" A replication study has demonstrated that vaping is far less toxic than tobacco cigarettes.
The study was carried out by Center of Excellence for the acceleration of Harm Reduction of the University of Catania. (CoEHAR). The study is part of the Replica Project, which aims to replicate high quality studies that compare cigarettes with electronic alternatives.
The studies chosen were originally conducted by the tobacco industry, and therefore carry a high risk of bias. To eliminate this risk, studies were replicated by 5 different universities across the world. To minimise the risk of error, each university used three different protocols to measure the toxicity of vapour on human cells.
In an interview with the Ashtray Blog, CoEHAR Director Professor Giovanni Li Volti explained that the different methods gave the same results, albeit with some minor differences, adding:
…the final message is the same… e-cigarettes and heated tobacco are far less toxic than traditional cigarettes.”
The study also uses open science, making all the data available for other scientists and journalists to read and analyze, a practice still rare in the scientific world."
" Unfortunately we’re still in a situation where doctors and scientists, many of whom are afraid of being associated with the tobacco industry if they recommend vaping, advise smokers to simply quit smoking. But only around 15% of smokers are able to simply quit. That leads to many smokers “dying and getting sick because of an abundance of caution.”
One statement that frustrates Giovanni is the claim that we don’t know how vaping affects people in the long term. In the early days of vaping this was true, and we needed time to find vapers who hadn’t smoked before, and to track the impact of vaping on them over the years.
Fortunately, thanks to efforts that involved recruiting people across different countries, there is now ten year data on people who vape but have never smoked. The research on this cohort shows that vaping is far less likely to cause respiratory disease than smoking."
Study Shows Vaping Far Less Toxic Than Smoking | Ashtray Blog
So we now see long term {10 year} studies are now available
- And the truth about vaping holds - It is less toxic and probably much safer
than lit tobacco. And of course you can vape with 0mg nicotine and no tobacco at all
- Not possible with any cigarette!
The study was carried out by Center of Excellence for the acceleration of Harm Reduction of the University of Catania. (CoEHAR). The study is part of the Replica Project, which aims to replicate high quality studies that compare cigarettes with electronic alternatives.
The studies chosen were originally conducted by the tobacco industry, and therefore carry a high risk of bias. To eliminate this risk, studies were replicated by 5 different universities across the world. To minimise the risk of error, each university used three different protocols to measure the toxicity of vapour on human cells.
In an interview with the Ashtray Blog, CoEHAR Director Professor Giovanni Li Volti explained that the different methods gave the same results, albeit with some minor differences, adding:
…the final message is the same… e-cigarettes and heated tobacco are far less toxic than traditional cigarettes.”
The study also uses open science, making all the data available for other scientists and journalists to read and analyze, a practice still rare in the scientific world."
" Unfortunately we’re still in a situation where doctors and scientists, many of whom are afraid of being associated with the tobacco industry if they recommend vaping, advise smokers to simply quit smoking. But only around 15% of smokers are able to simply quit. That leads to many smokers “dying and getting sick because of an abundance of caution.”
One statement that frustrates Giovanni is the claim that we don’t know how vaping affects people in the long term. In the early days of vaping this was true, and we needed time to find vapers who hadn’t smoked before, and to track the impact of vaping on them over the years.
Fortunately, thanks to efforts that involved recruiting people across different countries, there is now ten year data on people who vape but have never smoked. The research on this cohort shows that vaping is far less likely to cause respiratory disease than smoking."
Study Shows Vaping Far Less Toxic Than Smoking | Ashtray Blog
So we now see long term {10 year} studies are now available
- And the truth about vaping holds - It is less toxic and probably much safer
than lit tobacco. And of course you can vape with 0mg nicotine and no tobacco at all
- Not possible with any cigarette!
