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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: 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.
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