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Electronic Cigarettes And Risk Of Respiratory Infections. Part 3 of 3

Electronic Cigarettes And Risk Of Respiratory Infections – Part 3 of 3

So “Many in public health agree that the risks of vaping must always be considered in the structure of the risks of cigarette smoking and traditional stop-smoking therapies,” said Gregory Conley, president of the American Vaping Association. “Unlike past studies, this study provides the reader with no statistics to compare the liquid results to. What would happen if these same cells were exposed to combustible cigarettes, nicotine gum, or the smoking cessation drug varenicline Chantix ? That is an impressive – and unanswered – question that the authors don’t appear to have great interest in answering”.

Dr Norman Edelman, senior medical advisor for the American Lung Association, agreed that people should be watchful in drawing conclusions based on lab tests using cell cultures. At the same time, Edelman said the study findings are “interesting and provocative,” and fit in with prior research on the effects of e-cigarette use. “We already understand that if you have someone smoke an e-cigarette and then test them, they show airway inflammation.

The susceptibility to viral infection is brand new and interesting”. On Thursday, two groups representing cancer researchers and specialists said the implied health hazards of e-cigarettes remain unclear, and more regulation on their use is needed online. The American Association for Cancer Research and the American Society of Clinical Oncology together issued a itemize of recommendations aimed at bringing e-cigarette regulations more in line with those of traditional cigarettes.