Myth: Alternative nicotine products are as dangerous as smoking: Difference between revisions
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*Keywords: E-cigs: Electronic cigarettesUltrafine particlesELCRLung cancer risk | *Keywords: E-cigs: Electronic cigarettesUltrafine particlesELCRLung cancer risk | ||
===2017: Comparative tumor promotion assessment of e‐cigarette and cigarettes using the in vitro Bhas 42 cell transformation assay=== | ===2017 [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5435921/ Comparative tumor promotion assessment of e‐cigarette and cigarettes using the in vitro Bhas 42 cell transformation assay]=== | ||
Results from this study suggest that e‐cigarettes may have reduced tumor promoter activity compared to conventional cigarettes and therefore may provide a safer alternative to cigarettes. | *Results from this study suggest that e‐cigarettes may have reduced tumor promoter activity compared to conventional cigarettes and therefore may provide a safer alternative to cigarettes. | ||
* | *[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5435921/pdf/EM-58-190.pdf PDF Version] | ||
*Citation: Breheny D, Oke O, Pant K, Gaça M. Comparative tumor promotion assessment of e-cigarette and cigarettes using the in vitro Bhas 42 cell transformation assay. Environ Mol Mutagen. 2017 May;58(4):190-198. doi: 10.1002/em.22091. PMID: 28444993; PMCID: PMC5435921. | |||
*Acknowledgements: The authors are employees of British American Tobacco or BioReliance | |||
===2017: Comparing the cancer potencies of emissions from vapourised nicotine products including e-cigarettes with those of tobacco smoke=== | ===2017: Comparing the cancer potencies of emissions from vapourised nicotine products including e-cigarettes with those of tobacco smoke=== | ||