Health & Studies
UKECRF Research Roundup
The UK E-Cigarette Research Forum passes comment on another selection of vape-related studies
Teenage Rates On The Slide
E-cigarettes act as a ‘gateway’ to smoking tobacco for U.S. teens, a self-proclaimed expert warns, but this runs contrary to findings showing American teens' use of tobacco has dropped to a record low
COVID-19 and Vaping
A new paper looking at COVID-19 and vaping rounds off a year where many sought to demonise electronic cigarettes yet shows no association between ecig use and contracting the virus
Look Out! Short-sighted Docs About
Doctors blame an electronic cigarette for an old man’s fall and say that vaping may be hazardous to your eye
RCT Shows Vaping Reduces Harm
New study finds “e-cigarettes may be an inclusive harm reduction strategy for African American and Latinx smokers”
Immune Research At Odds With Reality
Researchers have produced a study claiming vapers are at greater risk of contracting influenza and COVID-19, but this contrasts starkly with what vapers are reporting from lived experience
Help The University of Exeter
A researcher at the University of Exeter is asking for new vapers to take part in a study to determine how people experience the switch from smoking to using vape kit
Number of GB Vapers Declines
Unfounded concerns about safety of e-cigarettes are likely to be behind the reported drop in the number of vapers in Great Britain
Polosa’s COPD Follow-up
Professor Polosa follows up on the COPD study he completed five years ago and finds that vaping improves the condition in smokers who switch to vaping
Efficacy in Austria
New Austrian study finds vapers are 1.69x more likely to quit smoking than those relying on traditional nicotine replacement/quit methods