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February 01, 2024 by newsweek.com

Vaping is often considered to be a safer alternative to smoking. But that does not mean it is without risks. In a new study, published in the Journal of Public Health, nearly 4 in 5 e-cigarette users reported experiencing adverse health outcomes within six hours of vaping. The results raise serious concerns about the health impacts associated with these devices. [...] However, because of the nature of the study, we do not know for sure that the e-cigarettes themselves were causing these effects. The authors said more work is needed in this area to determine the mechanisms underpinning this association. Even so, the study is an important look at the potential side implications of vaping.

February 01, 2024 by futurity.org

“Our study found that when people were exposed to more waves of e-cigarette coupon advertising, they were more likely to initiate e-cigarette use and it was more challenging for them to quit,” says Zongshuan Duan, assistant professor in the population health sciences department at Georgia State University. “The effect sizes were actually quite large and meaningful given the number of people who might be exposed to this marketing strategy.” For the study, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Duan and colleagues analyzed data from a nationally representative sample of nearly 20,000 American adults that spanned a four-year period.

January 30, 2024 by businessinsider.com

Nicotine has suddenly found its way into the churn of America's never-ending culture wars. After Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called for a federal probe into "Zyn" nicotine pouches last week, the GOP backlash was swift. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene called for a "Zynsurrection." Other GOP lawmakers, outing themselves as Zyn users, urged Schumer to "come and take it." Among them was Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, who told Business Insider that he took up the product "four or five years ago" as a safer alternative to the cancer-causing spitless tobacco he once used.

January 29, 2024 by realclearhealth.com

In their latest attack on personal freedom and individual liberty, progressive New York Sen. Chuck Schumer is hard at work pitting working-class Americans against the elite establishment with his attack on Zyn. Zyn is a popular tobacco-free nicotine product that’s widely used by the type of blue-collar men and women I was proud to represent for years in Congress. Zyn is dangerous, Schumer claims, because he believes it’s being aggressively marketed to kids via social media. To be clear, the legal age to use any tobacco and nicotine products, including Zyn, is 21. [...]

January 23, 2024 by vapingpost.com

A study by researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has found that cigarette smoking is associated with brain shrinkage, heightening the risk of cognitive decline, dementia, and Alzheimer’s disease. Published in Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science, this research emphasizes that the damage escalates with prolonged and increased smoking.

January 18, 2024 by vaping360.com

The FDA [...] took a major step toward banning open-system vaping hardware sold without e-liquid. Open-system products are refillable, allowing consumers to use them with bottled e-liquid from any manufacturer—including e-liquid that contains no nicotine, or non-nicotine ingredients like CBD. The FDA issued marketing denial orders (MDOs) for six SMOK-brand vaping devices, and 14 pods and replacement coils used in the prohibited devices. [...]

January 17, 2024 by forbes.com

Smoking remains a habit some Americans just can’t kick, with 5.8% of adults turning to the modern allure of e-cigarettes, according to a new Forbes Advisor study. Despite its popularity, e-cigarette usage remains controversial and unsafe, particularly among youth, young adults and pregnant women. [...] Forbes Advisor compared hundreds of data points from the CDC across all 50 states to determine which have the most and least vapers.

January 16, 2024 by openaccessgovernment.org

With the rise of vaping continuing to increase, electronic (e-) hookahs have been advertised as a safer tobacco alternative, but it’s not all it seems. A recent study funded by the University of California, Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program studied the immediate effects of e-hookah vaping on vascular health and has revealed that e-hookah’s may not be a safer alternative to tobacco. The research focused on determining the role of nicotine, a common component found in vaping products, on endothelial function and the crucial regulation of blood vessel health.

January 16, 2024 by time.com

NEW YORK — Sixty years ago, the U.S. surgeon general released a report that settled a longstanding public debate about the dangers of cigarettes and led to huge changes in smoking in America. Today, some public health experts say a similar report could help clear the air about vaping. Many U.S. adults believe nicotine vaping is as harmful as — or more dangerous than — cigarette smoking. That’s wrong. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and most scientists agree that, based on available evidence, electronic cigarettes are far less dangerous than traditional cigarettes.

January 15, 2024 by substack.com

YouGov put out a poll [...] which showed an appalling lack of public understanding about the relative risks of vaping and smoking. Only 24 per cent of respondents knew that smoking is much worse for your health than vaping. 52 per cent reckoned vaping is as bad or worse than smoking. Surveys from the USA show that public ignorance among Americans is even worse, with a mere 2.6 per cent of them able to give the correct answer.