A study has found that vaping at normal power levels poses virtually no cancer risk from inhaling the smoke. The study was published in the journal Tobacco Control last week.
Professor William Stephens of the University of St Andrews in Scotland used conventional exhaust gas analysis to measure the carcinogenicity of vape , heat-not-burn and regular cigarette smoke. He devised a way to equate these indices to the same unit for the most accurate comparison.
Although he explains that vaping at too high a power (enough to cause dry hits) will produce high levels of aldehydes, when used properly, e-cigarettes pose only 1% the cancer risk of cigarettes. In fact, vaping is as low as nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) like nicotine gum and patches.
“This study should dispel any lingering doubts in tobacco control plans about whether vaping actually reduces health risks,” said Boston University Professor Michael Siegel. “Many anti-tobacco groups and health agencies have repeatedly claimed that vaping is no less harmful than smoking, but this claim is false, and the current studies add significant weight to the already strong evidence that vaping is much safer than smoking.
Professor Glantz: Who cares about cancer?
Congratulations to Professor Stanton Glantz of the University of California-San Francisco for acknowledging the existence of this encouraging research. Shame on him for misleading his blog readers by deliberately hiding this good news and posting what he believes to be true.
“This analysis ignores that cancer accounts for only about one-third of tobacco-related deaths,” Glantz wrote. “Most are due to cardiovascular disease and non-cancer lung disease. Current evidence suggests that e-cigarettes pose a significant risk for these outcomes, especially because of the fine particles they emit.”
“Any consideration of e-cigarettes needs to consider the impact on the whole population, especially how they expand the nicotine market by attracting children and discouraging adults from quitting smoking.”
The microscopic particles that cause heart disease in tobacco smoke are solid and are formed from the combustion of fuel. The vapor particles are liquid and are absorbed by the tissues of the larynx, esophagus and lungs. There is no evidence that the liquid particles cause blockages in the lungs and blood vessels like the solid particles.
But that was the hypothesis Professor Glantz asserted and pursued even though no other scientists confirmed this “danger.” Nor did anyone even touch the issue except the health authorities and politicians who regularly discussed it with him and his subordinates at UCSF.
His claim that vaping “makes it harder for adults to quit smoking” comes from his 2016 analysis of e-cigarette theory. This hypothesis has been refuted by many other professors (Ann McNeill and Peter Hajek, Clive Bates, and Carl Phillips).
Professor Konstantinos Farsalinos responded to Glantz’s blog post. “This statement is not only inhumane but also completely unscientific, contradicting most of the available data,” the cardiologist wrote.
Weeks of good news for vapers
The last weeks of July brought a lot of good news for American vapers, and a lot of good news in a record short time. The FDA extended the PMTA until 2022, and decided to reconsider the issues of nicotine, tobacco, and vaping in a more objective way. High-quality studies with data confirmed that vaping really does help smokers quit. Vapers gathered enough signatures to challenge the flavored e-liquid ban in San Francisco.
And now we have evidence that the most dangerous thing about smoking is not present in vaping. It has been a good few weeks, and hopefully this positive news will spread to India and Australia, which are facing many challenges.
Source: Jim McDonald - Vaping360
Translated by: The Vape Club
