Nicotine - Retracted Studies, Papers, and Articles

Retractions

2022: Original: Association of Smoking and E-Cigarette in Chronic Liver Disease: An NHANES Study

• 2023: Retraction Notice to “Association of Smoking and E-Cigarette in Chronic Liver Disease: An NHANES Study”
  • Media - Filter: Journal Retracts Study That Linked Vaping to Liver Disease

2022: Original: Cancer Prevalence in E-Cigarette Users: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional NHANES Study

• 2022: Retraction Notice to “Cancer Prevalence in E-Cigarette Users: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional NHANES Study”
  • Media - Reason: A Medical Journal Retracts a 2022 Study That Linked Vaping to Cancer

2019: Original: Electronic Cigarette Use and Myocardial Infarction Among Adults in the US Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health

• 2020: Retraction to: Electronic Cigarette Use and Myocardial Infarction Among Adults in the US Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health
  • Media - USA Today: A study claimed vaping doubles risk for heart attacks. It's been retracted for being 'unreliable'

How Mistakes Can Happen

2022: Cross‑sectional e‑cigarette studies are unreliable without timing of exposure and disease diagnosis

• "Studies based on cross-sectional data with no information on age of e-cigarette initiation and age of diagnosis invariably overestimate associations by including cases that were diagnosed before e-cigarette exposure. Although the authors of those studies did not make causal claims in the reports, university media releases and subsequent media articles invariably misled the public to believe that e-cigarette use increases risk for diseases."
• Rodu B, Plurphanswat N. Cross-sectional e-cigarette studies are unreliable without timing of exposure and disease diagnosis. Intern Emerg Med. 2023 Jan;18(1):319-323. doi: 10.1007/s11739-022-03141-3. Epub 2022 Nov 25. PMID: 36434423.

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