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===Multiple years - Ongoing even after being debunked: Popcorn Lung=== | ===Multiple years - Ongoing even after being debunked: Popcorn Lung=== | ||
*See also: Science Hygiene - The Call To Correct Misinformation About Nicotine >>> Regulators, Government Agencies, and Policy Makers | |||
*Scaremongering shared by many health organizations. A few Examples: | *Scaremongering shared by many health organizations. A few Examples: | ||
**[https://www.lung.org/quit-smoking/e-cigarettes-vaping/whats-in-an-e-cigarette American Lung Association], [https://www.tobaccofreeco.org/product-facts/vaping-ecigs/ Tobacco Free Colorado], [https://www.saysandiego.org/wp-content/uploads/7.-TEROC-Tobacco-Talking-Points.pdf Say San Diego] | **[https://www.lung.org/quit-smoking/e-cigarettes-vaping/whats-in-an-e-cigarette American Lung Association], [https://www.tobaccofreeco.org/product-facts/vaping-ecigs/ Tobacco Free Colorado], [https://www.saysandiego.org/wp-content/uploads/7.-TEROC-Tobacco-Talking-Points.pdf Say San Diego] | ||
**Several NGOs sued the FDA in 2018 - they used misleading information on Popcorn lung as part of their [https://www.tobaccofreekids.org/assets/content/press_office/2018/2018_03_27_filing.pdf evidence] (#45 page 21/70) as to why they felt the submission date for Pre-Market Tobacco Applications (PMTA) needed to be changed. | **Several NGOs sued the FDA in 2018 - they used misleading information on Popcorn lung as part of their [https://www.tobaccofreekids.org/assets/content/press_office/2018/2018_03_27_filing.pdf evidence] (#45 page 21/70) as to why they felt the submission date for Pre-Market Tobacco Applications (PMTA) needed to be changed. | ||
*2015: [https://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2015/12/new-study-finds-that-average-diacetyl.html New Study Finds that Average Diacetyl Exposure from Vaping is 750 Times Lower than from Smoking] | |||
*2015: [https://www.ecigarette-research.org/research/index.php/whats-new/whatsnew-2015/234-bo Medical journal MISPRESENTS a case of hypersensitivity pneumonitis as popcorn lung disease caused by e-cigarette] | |||
*Cancer Research UK: [https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/causes-of-cancer/does-vaping-cause-popcorn-lung Does vaping cause popcorn lung?] | |||
**E-cigarettes don’t cause the lung condition known as popcorn lung | |||
**There have been no confirmed cases of popcorn lung reported in people who use e-cigarettes | |||
**E-cigarettes are one of the tools that can help people who smoke to stop | |||
*2022: [https://nrgppi.org/recent-research/what-are-people-s-views-about-the-risks-of-vaping What are people’s views about the risks of vaping?] Findings from conversations with the public. | |||
**What might be causing an increase in inaccurate views of the harms of vaping compared to smoking? | |||
**Misinformation about vaping (for example, that it can cause popcorn lung) | |||
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