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===<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 51, 183);" data-mce-style="background-color: #FF33B7;">Retraction</span> | ===2020: <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 51, 183);" data-mce-style="background-color: #FF33B7;">Retraction</span> Explanation: [https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.119.014519?fbclid=IwAR1XO5MCXg73Ps4WsF0qvoNv--zURthnxq1PRz-yCphRmEIhDeTnBrAk_y8& 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 | *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 It's been retracted for being 'unreliable'] | : USA Today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/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 It's been retracted for being 'unreliable'] | ||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] | : 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] | : 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] | ||
*<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 57, 33);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ff5733;">Truth</span> [https://casaa.org/02-09-20-weekend-heads-up-round-up/ URGE JAHA TO RETRACT BAD SCIENCE – TOBACCO HARM REDUCTION NEWS] | |||
: Includes and excellent time line of events with links. | |||
*<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 57, 33);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ff5733;">Truth</span> 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] | *<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 57, 33);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ff5733;">Truth</span> 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] | ||
: Dr Farsalinos: “Increasing the risk” means that someone is FIRST exposed to a condition (in this case, exposed to e-cigarette use) and THEN, BECAUSE OF THIS EXPOSURE, he/she develops disease. Both studies CANNOT provide any of this information to substantiate an increased risk. Both are cross-sectional surveys, meaning that they asked participants if they have heart disease and if they use e-cigarettes. The studies provide no information on whether e-cigarette use was initiated before (and how long before) or after the development of disease. What if participants used e-cigarettes after they developed the disease in order to quit smoking? | |||
* <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 57, 33);" data- -style="background-color: #ff5733;">Truth</span> 2019: [https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/j.amepre.2018.06.007 Association of Electronic Cigarette Use With Myocardial Infarction: Persistent Uncertainty]. | * <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 57, 33);" data- -style="background-color: #ff5733;">Truth</span> 2019: [https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/j.amepre.2018.06.007 Association of Electronic Cigarette Use With Myocardial Infarction: Persistent Uncertainty]. | ||
*According to their results, MI risk is lower in daily [[Abbreviations|EC]] users compared with daily [[Abbreviations|TC]] smokers, although both are worse than nonsmokers. Perhaps this is another message of the study, and TC smokers, if unable or unwilling to quit entirely, should be encouraged to switch to ECs, potentially saving thousands of lives.4 This harm reduction strategy has been embraced successfully in England,5 and we would argue, should be considered more widely | *According to their results, MI risk is lower in daily [[Abbreviations|EC]] users compared with daily [[Abbreviations|TC]] smokers, although both are worse than nonsmokers. Perhaps this is another message of the study, and TC smokers, if unable or unwilling to quit entirely, should be encouraged to switch to ECs, potentially saving thousands of lives.4 This harm reduction strategy has been embraced successfully in England,5 and we would argue, should be considered more widely | ||
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===2016: [https://senseaboutscience.org/activities/response-to-stories-suggesting-that-vaping-is-as-bad-for-the-heart-as-cigarettes/ Response to stories suggesting that vaping is as bad for the heart as cigarettes]=== | ===2016: <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 57, 33);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ff5733;">Truth</span> Comment: [https://senseaboutscience.org/activities/response-to-stories-suggesting-that-vaping-is-as-bad-for-the-heart-as-cigarettes/ Response to stories suggesting that vaping is as bad for the heart as cigarettes]=== | ||
: 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.” | |||
*<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">Debunked</span> Study: [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0735109716326559 Electronic Cigarette Smoking Increases Aortic Stiffness and Blood Pressure in Young Smokers] | |||
*<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">Debunked</span> Article: [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3763932/E-cigarettes-bad-heart-tobacco-Nicotine-vapour-damages-blood-vessels-raises-risk-disease.html E-cigarettes are 'as bad for the heart as tobacco': Nicotine vapour damages blood vessels and raises risk of disease] | |||
=<span style="background-color: rgb(51, 254, 255);" data-mce-style="background-color: #33FEFF;">Myths</span> ENDS - Multiple Myths= | =<span style="background-color: rgb(51, 254, 255);" data-mce-style="background-color: #33FEFF;">Myths</span> ENDS - Multiple Myths= | ||
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