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We have all encountered them: the couch potatoes who insist that running is bad for their knees after watching a news segment on athletes with chronic knee injuries, or the cigarette smokers that dismiss vaping as a cessation tool because they’ve heard it’s just as harmful. We may have even been these people at times,...
When it comes to vaping, what feels true isn’t always necessarily true. You’ve probably seen short, scary, and convincing headlines such as, “Vaping causes lung disease.” These are made to grab your attention, but in reality, the headline should probably look something more like this: “Research suggests certain vaping conditions may increase risk factors for...
Many smokers who could benefit from switching to less harmful alternatives are held back by a concerning misconception: they believe vaping is just as harmful as – or even worse than – traditional cigarettes. This misperception appears to be growing, potentially hampering public health efforts aimed at reducing smoking-related harm. The Misconception Problem Recent research...
Vaping has emerged as a crucial tool in public health efforts to reduce the devastating effects of smoking. By eliminating tar and carbon monoxide—two of tobacco’s most dangerous components—e-cigarettes offer smokers an alternative that may significantly lower their risk of developing lung cancer, heart disease, and other smoking-related illnesses [1]. This harm reduction approach has...
In the UK, health authorities like the NHS and Public Health England have long endorsed vaping as a significantly safer alternative to smoking traditional cigarettes. According to a 2014 analysis led by Professor David Nutt, e-cigarettes pose only a small fraction of the harm caused by combustible tobacco, making them a valuable tool for harm...
