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Electronic cigarettes that heat propylene glycol and glycerol, with or without nicotine and flavours, have been found to be safe based on a new meta-analysis of studies:
An update to the Cochrane review on electronic cigarettes [DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010216.pub3] [DX] has restated the findings of the initial research, which was completed two years ago. It found that e-cigarettes are potentially a valuable smoking cessation aid, although there was not enough evidence to conclude that they helped people quit smoking confidently.
The updated review now also includes observational data from an additional 11 studies which found no serious side-effects from using e-cigs for up to two years. Aside from throat and mouth irritation, which commonly dissipated over time, the review's co-author, Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, said "in the short to medium term, we didn't find any evidence that they were associated with any serious side-effects."
Evidence from two trials found that e-cigarettes helped smokers to quit in the long term, but "the small number of trials, low event rates and wide confidence intervals around the estimates" meant that the researchers could not conclude with confidence that e-cigs helped smokers quit more than other cessation aids.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 16 2016, @12:46AM
The whole point of quitting smoking is to stop ingesting shit into your lungs, other than the air you breathe as part of that natural function. using e-cigs is not a natural function. period.
(Score: 4, Informative) by takyon on Friday September 16 2016, @01:03AM
Vaping some flavored nicotine water is a massive reduction in harm if smokers switch from smoking cigarettes.
Nicotine is addictive, and if you can get a smoker to switch to vaping then you have turned their bad habit into something almost as harmless as that natural function of breathing air.
Of course, that natural function will harm you anyway, unless you live far away from modern civilization:
http://newscenter.lbl.gov/2013/04/10/hidden-dangers-in-the-air-we-breathe/ [lbl.gov]
http://www.healthline.com/health-news/air-pollution-what-are-we-breathing-and-how-bad-is-it-for-us-102115 [healthline.com]
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/05/toxic-air-pollution-particles-found-in-human-brains-links-alzheimers [theguardian.com]
Just kidding, you will be harmed by breathing even if there was no air pollution:
http://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/25/magazine/free-radicals-the-price-we-pay-for-breathing.html?pagewanted=all [nytimes.com]
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(Score: 2) by TheRaven on Friday September 16 2016, @08:40AM
sudo mod me up
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 16 2016, @10:21AM
There are 'vaping' shops going up all in my area, same as the old cigar stores. Their purpose is not to get you to quit smoking. They put fragrant flavors in the "vapor" that are not unpleasant when someone puffs one out, but you can still smell them from a distance. If you catch a whiff of berries in the air, while walking in a crowd, it is highly likely that it is someone vaping. If someone wants to smoke or vape, then do it in your house/car, with the windows sealed. You should get 100% of the chemicals in your lungs, and not puff them out for me to breathe. Anyone who believes it is just water vapor is deluding themselves. When last I checked, water vapor does not have a scent.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 16 2016, @12:23PM
It's not scented vape water, it's just the smell of an apple pie on someone's windowsill.
(Score: 2, Funny) by kurenai.tsubasa on Friday September 16 2016, @02:01PM
Well, it's clear what we need to do. Have you ever smelled an apple pie? Disgusting odor. We need to make apple pie illegal. Any smells I can't stand need to be illegal! Ban all pies, in fact. I'll bet apple pies don't even have meat in them. What a hipster fraud! Damn Millennials think they can survive eating apple pie! We evolved to eat meat!
I demand that the only thing I smell in public is meat being grilled! Anything else is just politically correct new age bullshit!
You want to bake an apple pie? Do it in your own house with the windows sealed shut.
/s
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 16 2016, @01:54PM
Please just stop eating mass manufactured food. Those flavoring are found in the items in your grocery store.
The world thanks your for your cooperation in regards to improving the gene pool.
Neither those (food grade) flavorings*, (food grade) propylene glycol or (pharmaceutical grade) nicotine cause cancer.
* There was a brew-ha-ha a while back about cheaper Chinese flavorings containing DiAcetyl-something-or-other and that it could possibly, potentially, some day maybe, cause cancer.
The same DiAcetyl was found to be a very common ingredient in butter flavored microwave popcorn found in every grocery store in the western world. May as well ban DiHydrogen Monoxide. That shit will kill you! /s
(Score: 2) by Hyperturtle on Friday September 16 2016, @02:03PM
I thought quitting smoking was to quit... smoking?
What is inhaled is a secondary nature, as you can see with the popularity of e-cigs. Maybe it made sense in the past that quitting smoking equaled the elimination of the addiction, but that approach has changed due to technology (gum/patches didn't help with psychological addiction behaviors, which often is a contributor to failing to stop smoking)
Mind you, smoking cessation is not the same as recovering from addiction. Most 'vapers' I know have zero intention to truly quit -- but are very happy there is a harm reduction technique that is inexpensive and works very well and is much less olfactorily offensive to others.
Of course, I'd hope people would try to kick the addiction, but I also know smart people that keep track of how much of a dose they appear to get and tend to reorder the products that give them the most 'bang for their buck'. Reduction of nicotine via this mechanism of delivery is not on their radar at all; its about maximizing the gain via cost control and thus is about *addiction management* as opposed to nicotine usage cessation.
And as one person told me, it beats picking out cigarettes based on the tar content. Some people really preferred a given brand, but many that had smoked for years... just wanted the cheapest and hopefully a selection from among the least damanging of the evils proffered for sale. Now they can be choosey and improve their health at the same time while still indulging (if you can call it that).