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*Activist-group rhetoric aside, no evidence implicates vaping in teenage depression. There is an established link between the disease and nicotine consumption, though it's a complicated relationship that doesn't lend itself to political causes. | *Activist-group rhetoric aside, no evidence implicates vaping in teenage depression. There is an established link between the disease and nicotine consumption, though it's a complicated relationship that doesn't lend itself to political causes. | ||
*The Truth Initiative seems to be aware that mental illness often leads to nicotine use as patients seek symptom relief, pointing out that its “surveys reveal that many young people cite feelings of stress, anxiety, or depression as reasons they start and continue vaping.” | *The Truth Initiative seems to be aware that mental illness often leads to nicotine use as patients seek symptom relief, pointing out that its “surveys reveal that many young people cite feelings of stress, anxiety, or depression as reasons they start and continue vaping.” | ||
*Citation: Cameron English, American Council on Science and Health | **Citation: Cameron English, American Council on Science and Health | ||
===2019: [https://filtermag.org/nicotine-hunger-uk-harm-reductionists-inspiring-work-protecting-vulnerable-peoples-health/ “Nicotine Hunger”—UK Harm Reductionist’s Inspiring Work Protecting Vulnerable People’s Health]=== | ===2019: [https://filtermag.org/nicotine-hunger-uk-harm-reductionists-inspiring-work-protecting-vulnerable-peoples-health/ “Nicotine Hunger”—UK Harm Reductionist’s Inspiring Work Protecting Vulnerable People’s Health]=== | ||
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===2018: [https://filtermag.org/by-ignoring-vaping-mental-health-organizations-abandon-vulnerable-people/ By Ignoring Vaping, Mental Health Orgs Abandon Vulnerable Smokers]=== | ===2018: [https://filtermag.org/by-ignoring-vaping-mental-health-organizations-abandon-vulnerable-people/ By Ignoring Vaping, Mental Health Orgs Abandon Vulnerable Smokers]=== | ||
*"Professional organizations like RANZCP coming out in favor of tobacco harm reduction really matters, because people with psychiatric diagnoses suffer disproportionately from the harms of tobacco smoking. In Australia 70 percent of people with schizophrenia and 61 percent of people with bipolar disorder smoke. But incredibly, Australia has completely banned vaping products." | |||
**Helen Redmond, ''Filter Magazine'' | |||
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