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Depression causes vaping
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===2022: [https://academic.oup.com/ntr/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ntr/ntac088/6562888 Exposure to Negative News Stories About Vaping, and Harm Perceptions of Vaping, Among Youth in England, Canada, and the United States Before and After the Outbreak of E-cigarette or Vaping-Associated Lung Injury (‘EVALI’)]===
===2022: [https://academic.oup.com/ntr/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ntr/ntac088/6562888 Exposure to Negative News Stories About Vaping, and Harm Perceptions of Vaping, Among Youth in England, Canada, and the United States Before and After the Outbreak of E-cigarette or Vaping-Associated Lung Injury (‘EVALI’)]===
*Between 2017 and February–March 2020, youth exposure to negative news stories, and perceptions of vaping harms, increased, and increases were exacerbated during and immediately after ‘EVALI’. By August 2020, exposure to negative news stories returned to 2019 levels, while perceptions of harm were sustained.
*Between 2017 and February–March 2020, youth exposure to negative news stories, and perceptions of vaping harms, increased, and increases were exacerbated during and immediately after ‘EVALI’. By August 2020, exposure to negative news stories returned to 2019 levels, while perceptions of harm were sustained.
===2021: Video: [https://vimeo.com/649054668 Depression causes vaping!]===
*In this talk [https://www.e-cigarette-summit.co.uk/seminar/depression-causes-vaping/ Professor Notley] will discuss the latest evidence exploring associations between nicotine use and common mental health conditions, including depression.
*Interpretive assumptions will be drawn out, including inappropriate claims of causal relationships between vaping and depression.




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*However, there is lots of confusion, even misinformation, about vaping. The most common relates to its harm. I have spoken to the very best academics and scientists across the country and internationally. They all told me that vaping is far less harmful than smoking.
*However, there is lots of confusion, even misinformation, about vaping. The most common relates to its harm. I have spoken to the very best academics and scientists across the country and internationally. They all told me that vaping is far less harmful than smoking.
*In cigarettes, we know that it is not the nicotine that kills you but the other thousands of toxic chemicals such as tar and carbon monoxide. Vapes give smokers the nicotine they crave but protect them from the toxins they would inhale from a cigarette.
*In cigarettes, we know that it is not the nicotine that kills you but the other thousands of toxic chemicals such as tar and carbon monoxide. Vapes give smokers the nicotine they crave but protect them from the toxins they would inhale from a cigarette.
===2021: Video: [https://vimeo.com/649054668 Depression causes vaping!]===
*In this talk [https://www.e-cigarette-summit.co.uk/seminar/depression-causes-vaping/ Professor Notley] will discuss the latest evidence exploring associations between nicotine use and common mental health conditions, including depression.
*Interpretive assumptions will be drawn out, including inappropriate claims of causal relationships between vaping and depression.




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*Public mistrust about ECs is exacerbated by the spread of misinformation and distortion of scientific truth.
*Public mistrust about ECs is exacerbated by the spread of misinformation and distortion of scientific truth.
*Although EC use by young non-smokers is a legitimate concern, known risks from vaping are often greatly exaggerated; common misconceptions about EC use and the evidence to refute these misconceptions have been summarized in Table 2
*Although EC use by young non-smokers is a legitimate concern, known risks from vaping are often greatly exaggerated; common misconceptions about EC use and the evidence to refute these misconceptions have been summarized in Table 2
===2021: Video: [https://vimeo.com/649054668 Depression causes vaping!]===
*In this talk [https://www.e-cigarette-summit.co.uk/seminar/depression-causes-vaping/ Professor Notley] will discuss the latest evidence exploring associations between nicotine use and common mental health conditions, including depression.
*Interpretive assumptions will be drawn out, including inappropriate claims of causal relationships between vaping and depression.