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*See Also:  
*See Also:  
: [[Myth_Busting#ENDS_-_Popcorn_Lung|ENDS - Popcorn Lung]] below
: [[Myth_Busting#ENDS_-_Popcorn_Lung|ENDS - Popcorn Lung]] below
: [[https://safernicotine.wiki/mediawiki/index.php/ENDS_EVALI_VALI_THCVALI|EVALI Page]]
: [https://safernicotine.wiki/mediawiki/index.php/ENDS_EVALI_VALI_THCVALI EVALI Page]
: [https://safernicotine.wiki/mediawiki/index.php/Nicotine_-_COVID_/_SARS_/_ARDS COVID Page]


===2020: [https://rodutobaccotruth.blogspot.com/2020/07/e-cigarettes-and-respiratory-disease-no.html E-Cigarettes and Respiratory Disease: NO EVIDENCE]===
===2020: [https://rodutobaccotruth.blogspot.com/2020/07/e-cigarettes-and-respiratory-disease-no.html E-Cigarettes and Respiratory Disease: NO EVIDENCE]===
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=ENDS - Exhaled breath (e.g. secondhand vapour)=
=ENDS - Exhaled breath (e.g. secondhand vapour) contains toxic chemicals and VOCs=


===2015: [http://www.ecigarette-research.org/research/index.php/whats-new/whatsnew-2015/226-sp New study proves there is no second-hand vaping: e-cigarette aerosol contains less volatile compounds than normal exhaled breath]===
===2015: [http://www.ecigarette-research.org/research/index.php/whats-new/whatsnew-2015/226-sp New study proves there is no second-hand vaping: e-cigarette aerosol contains less volatile compounds than normal exhaled breath]===
* Obviously, smokers or vapers do not hold their breath for 20 seconds before exhaling the breath. Thus, the study probably overestimated the absorption rate of VOCs present in cigarette smoke or e-cigarette aerosol.
*The results of the study basically showed that indoor air and normal exhaled breath contains more VOCs that the e-cigarette aerosol.




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=ENDS - Gateway=
=ENDS - Gateway to smoking=


===2015: [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4454978/ On Gateway effects]===
===2018: [https://dailycaller.com/2018/01/07/expert-debunks-vaping-gateway-myth-ripping-bad-science-in-service-of-bad-theories/ Expert Debunks Vaping ‘Gateway’ Myth, Ripping ‘Bad Science In Service Of Bad Theories’]===
 
===2018: [https://rodutobaccotruth.blogspot.com/2018/01/tobacco-gateway-report-omits-important.html Tobacco Gateway Report Omits Important Information]===
*The Chaffee article emphasizes odds ratios but omits or obscures important contextual information.  While teens who try one tobacco product are more likely to try another, the dominant gateway in the PATH survey was from no previous tobacco use to cigarettes.
*Debunks: [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2666219 Association of Noncigarette Tobacco Product Use With Future Cigarette Smoking Among Youth in the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study, 2013-2015]
 
 
===2017: [https://dailycaller.com/2017/08/30/vaping-study-sinks-claims-e-cigarettes-are-hooking-teens-on-tobacco/ Vaping Study Sinks Claims E-Cigarettes Are Hooking Teens On Tobacco]===
*The hysteria over vaping allegedly serving as a gateway to smoking for teens is unfounded and goes against scientific evidence, according to a new study.
 
===2015: [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4454978/ Gateway Effects: Why the Cited Evidence Does Not Support Their Existence for Low-Risk Tobacco Products (and What Evidence Would)]===
*The simple counts of when subjects first tried a cigarette show earlier smoking among those who had tried e-cigarettes as compared to those who never tried e-cigarettes, which by itself is enough to favor the THR interpretation over the gateway interpretation.


===2018: [https://www.innokin.com/expert-debunks-vaping-gateway-myth-ripping-bad-science-service-bad-theories/ expert debunks vaping gateway myth]===




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=ENDS - Heart Disease=
=ENDS - Heart Disease=


===2020: [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012369220307546?dgcid=author Vaping Nicotine Is Far Less Harmful Than Smoking Tobacco]===
===2020: [https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.119.014519?fbclid=IwAR1XO5MCXg73Ps4WsF0qvoNv--zURthnxq1PRz-yCphRmEIhDeTnBrAk_y8& <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">RETRACTED</span>: Retraction to: Electronic Cigarette Use and Myocardial Infarction Among Adults in the US Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health]===
* Given these issues, the editors are concerned that the study conclusion is unreliable.
* The editors hereby retract the article from publication in Journal of the American Heart Association
*News items regarding the retraction
: USA Today [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/02/20/nyu-scientists-others-call-taxpayer-funded-ucsf-vaping-study-probe/4805323002/ A study claimed vaping doubles risk for heart attacks. It's been retracted for being 'unreliable']
: USA Today [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2019/07/17/vaping-heart-attacks-false-claims-sexual-harassment-allegations/1676473001/ Study linking vaping to heart attacks muddied amid spat between two tobacco researchers]
: Vaping 360 [https://vaping360.com/vape-news/88729/journal-retracts-unreliable-glantz-study-tying-vaping-to-heart-attacks/ Journal Retracts "Unreliable" Glantz Study Tying Vaping to Heart Attacks]


===2019: [http://www.ecigarette-research.org/research/index.php/whats-new/2019/268-ecig-heart E-cigarette use increases the risk of stroke and heart attack: conclusions that constitute epidemiological malpractice]===
===2019: [http://www.ecigarette-research.org/research/index.php/whats-new/2019/268-ecig-heart E-cigarette use increases the risk of stroke and heart attack: conclusions that constitute epidemiological malpractice]===
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* Professor Peter Hajek: “The study is reporting on a well-known short-term effect of nicotine – stiffening of arteries – that accompanies all types of stimulation. The same effect is generated by watching a thriller or a football match or sitting an exam. Drinking a cup of coffee actually produces a larger response of much longer duration. The key heart health risks of smoking are not caused by nicotine but by other chemicals in tobacco smoke that are not present in e-cigarette vapour.”
* Professor Peter Hajek: “The study is reporting on a well-known short-term effect of nicotine – stiffening of arteries – that accompanies all types of stimulation. The same effect is generated by watching a thriller or a football match or sitting an exam. Drinking a cup of coffee actually produces a larger response of much longer duration. The key heart health risks of smoking are not caused by nicotine but by other chemicals in tobacco smoke that are not present in e-cigarette vapour.”


===[https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.119.014519?fbclid=IwAR1XO5MCXg73Ps4WsF0qvoNv--zURthnxq1PRz-yCphRmEIhDeTnBrAk_y8& <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">RETRACTED</span>: Retraction to: Electronic Cigarette Use and Myocardial Infarction Among Adults in the US Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health]===
* Given these issues, the editors are concerned that the study conclusion is unreliable.
* The editors hereby retract the article from publication in Journal of the American Heart Association
: News items regarding the retraction
[https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/02/20/nyu-scientists-others-call-taxpayer-funded-ucsf-vaping-study-probe/4805323002/ nyu scientists and others call for taxpayer funded ucsf vaping study probe]
[https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2019/07/17/vaping-heart-attacks-false-claims-sexual-harassment-allegations/1676473001/ Study linking vaping to heart attacks muddied amid spat between two tobacco researchers]
[https://vaping360.com/vape-news/88729/journal-retracts-unreliable-glantz-study-tying-vaping-to-heart-attacks/ Journal Retracts "Unreliable" Glantz Study Tying Vaping to Heart Attacks


=ENDS - Multiple Myths=


=ENDS - Multiple Myths=
===2020: [https://journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-3692(20)30754-6/fulltext Vaping Nicotine Is Far Less Harmful Than Smoking Tobacco]===
*Comments on several misperceptions from a study


===2020: [https://publichealthmatters.blog.gov.uk/2020/03/05/8-things-to-know-about-e-cigarettes/ 8 Things to know about Ecigaretes]===
===2020: [https://publichealthmatters.blog.gov.uk/2020/03/05/8-things-to-know-about-e-cigarettes/ 8 Things to know about Ecigaretes]===