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*"The study by Zhang et al. used the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey, which contains no information about when participants started to smoke or vape, or when they were diagnosed with any disease. Their results are deficient and unreliable, because a recent analysis by my research group provides definitive evidence that the vast majority of diseases reported by vapers in cross-sectional surveys had been diagnosed before survey participants initiated the behavior." (Rodu) | *"The study by Zhang et al. used the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey, which contains no information about when participants started to smoke or vape, or when they were diagnosed with any disease. Their results are deficient and unreliable, because a recent analysis by my research group provides definitive evidence that the vast majority of diseases reported by vapers in cross-sectional surveys had been diagnosed before survey participants initiated the behavior." (Rodu) | ||
*Referring to: Zhang Z, Jiao Z, Blaha MJ, Osei A, Sidhaye V, Ramanathan M Jr, Biswal S. The Association Between E-Cigarette Use and Prediabetes: Results From the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2016-2018. Am J Prev Med. 2022 Jun;62(6):872-877. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2021.12.009. Epub 2022 Mar 3. PMID: 35597566. | *Referring to: Zhang Z, Jiao Z, Blaha MJ, Osei A, Sidhaye V, Ramanathan M Jr, Biswal S. The Association Between E-Cigarette Use and Prediabetes: Results From the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2016-2018. Am J Prev Med. 2022 Jun;62(6):872-877. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2021.12.009. Epub 2022 Mar 3. PMID: 35597566. | ||
==Gateway== | |||
===2022: Comments RE: [https://pubpeer.com/publications/9F3E9313EAE06ED991EE4834D69C8E Impact of the e-cigarette era on cigarette smoking among youth in the United States: A population-level study]=== | |||
*"The present re-analysis shows that the report of a gateway effect in the NYTS data by Harrell et al. is not supported by these data when appropriate statistical methodology is applied." (Foxon) | |||
*Referring to: Harrell MB, Mantey DS, Chen B, Kelder SH, Barrington-Trimis J. Impact of the e-cigarette era on cigarette smoking among youth in the United States: A population-level study. Prev Med. 2022 Nov;164:107265. [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10381788/ doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107265]. Epub 2022 Sep 22. PMID: 36152819; PMCID: PMC10381788. | |||
==HPHC - Harmful and Potentially Harmful Constituents== | ==HPHC - Harmful and Potentially Harmful Constituents== | ||
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