Current Impactful Studies

These studies will have been recently published in the last few months, and rightly or wrongly receiving media attention. Negative media attention is by its very nature, vastly more common, as 'bad news travels or sells'. Some may be described as junk studies, but we must demonstrate why that is the the case in a Scientific logical manner,not just simply dismiss. Please consult this other entry that may well have examined and assessed a study you may have an interest

hot off the press **New WHO report reveals that while smoking continues to decline among European adolescents, the use of electronic cigarettes by young people is on the rise **from this data the mythical gateway effect is clearly not the case

Socioeconomic distribution of e-cigarette use among recent former regular smokers and current smokers at ages 25-26 in England

Information and sin goods: Experimental evidence on cigarettesand here

A randomised controlled single-centre open-label pharmacokinetic study to examine various approaches of nicotine delivery using electronic cigarettes

Commentary on Notley et al. (2020): Understanding transitions in the use of nicotine and tobacco products-the value of qualitative longitudinal research

impact of lung diseases, smoking and e-cigarette use on the severity of COVID-19 illness at diagnosis

Effects of E-Cigarette Use on Cigarette Smoking among U.S youth, 2014-18 see also accompanying Glantz blognote another paper published 2/12 finds the exact opposite, due to differing frequency of use measures applied,ie one includes ever use as opposed to regular use.

New Lancet Study: vaping is rare among individuals who have never smoked conventional cigarettes. see reaction and interpretation of this study via a UK Regional Public Health Director

Effects of tobacco cigarettes,e-cigarettes...on endothelial function reaction from Science Media Centre

E-Cig Experimentation data analysis from France