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==Regulators, Government Agencies, and Policy Makers== | ==Regulators, Government Agencies, and Policy Makers== | ||
===Multiple years - Ongoing even after being debunked: Popcorn Lung=== | |||
*For more information on Popcorn Lung see: Science Hygiene - The Call To Correct Misinformation About Nicotine>> Non-profits or Their Funders | |||
*2020: Nora Volkow, MN (NIDA, NIH) - [https://web.archive.org/web/20200406163301/https://annals.org/aim/fullarticle/2764313/collision-covid-19-addiction-epidemics Collision of the COVID-19 and Addiction Epidemics] | |||
**The highly publicized lung illnesses from vaping, including “popcorn lung” and e-cigarette or vaping product use–associated lung injury, alert us to the potential for lung injury from vaping, which is on the rise especially in young persons. | |||
**Article: Filter - Anti-Vaping Zealots Find Opportunity in the Pandemic | |||
*2015: [https://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2015/12/new-study-finds-that-average-diacetyl.html New Study Finds that Average Diacetyl Exposure from Vaping is 750 Times Lower than from Smoking] | |||
*2015: [https://www.ecigarette-research.org/research/index.php/whats-new/whatsnew-2015/234-bo Medical journal MISPRESENTS a case of hypersensitivity pneumonitis as popcorn lung disease caused by e-cigarette] | |||
*Cancer Research UK: [https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/causes-of-cancer/does-vaping-cause-popcorn-lung Does vaping cause popcorn lung?] | |||
**E-cigarettes don’t cause the lung condition known as popcorn lung | |||
**There have been no confirmed cases of popcorn lung reported in people who use e-cigarettes | |||
**E-cigarettes are one of the tools that can help people who smoke to stop | |||
*2022: [https://nrgppi.org/recent-research/what-are-people-s-views-about-the-risks-of-vaping What are people’s views about the risks of vaping?] Findings from conversations with the public. | |||
**What might be causing an increase in inaccurate views of the harms of vaping compared to smoking? | |||
**Misinformation about vaping (for example, that it can cause popcorn lung) | |||
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