Spiked: No, vapers are not at greater risk of catching Covid-19

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No, vapers are not at greater risk of catching Covid-19

New York mayor Bill de Blasio has claimed that ‘smokers and vapers’ are more vulnerable to the infection. De Blasio is joined by prominent anti-vaping academic Stanton Glantz. (Glantz’s infamous multimillion-dollar, taxpayer-funded anti-vaping study had to be retracted from the American Heart Association’s journal because of its poor methodology and baseless findings, following a backlash from fellow academics.)

Indeed, Professor Glantz’s retracted study made this exact error when it alleged that vaping increases the risk of heart attack. His analysis even included heart attacks experienced by e-cigarette users prior to them ever using taking up vaping.

Advising them against a nicotine alternative (and stress buster) that is nearly twice as effective at helping people to quit smoking as conventional nicotine patches and gums is unconscionable.