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*We observed that the majority of current and previous product users estimated the harmfulness of nicotine and cigarettes alike. This has led to the misled conclusion that nicotine is responsible for the detrimental effects related to combustible tobacco consumption, even though science has found only very limited and often inconclusive evidence to date that nicotine is any more harmful than other legally consumed stimulants. | *We observed that the majority of current and previous product users estimated the harmfulness of nicotine and cigarettes alike. This has led to the misled conclusion that nicotine is responsible for the detrimental effects related to combustible tobacco consumption, even though science has found only very limited and often inconclusive evidence to date that nicotine is any more harmful than other legally consumed stimulants. | ||
*Contradictory statements by leading researchers supported by renowned funding agencies and misreporting by the media may further public confusion as people have stated they use the media as a source of health information. | *Contradictory statements by leading researchers supported by renowned funding agencies and misreporting by the media may further public confusion as people have stated they use the media as a source of health information. | ||
===2020: Video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6_4RUTMFuE John Britton takes anti-vaping media to task]=== | |||
*E-cigarette Summit 2020 | |||
*John Britton, respiratory physician and Director of the UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies at the University of Nottingham tells media and medical journals that when they publish hyperbolic stories about the harms of vaping they are sending people back to smoking and early death. Full video of Britton's E-cigarette Summit presentation available at vimeo.com/373905893 | |||
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