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Headlines have been screaming about a new study suggesting that vaping could cause cancer — and that vaping could be just as dangerous as cigarettes. And if this were true, it would be a HUGE deal. We’ve been hearing for years that vaping is a safer option — and can help you quit ciggies. But the new paper has run up against angry criticisms from other scientists, with some calling the paper "misleading" and "problematic." So what’s going on?
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It took just on 100 years to definitively prove that cigarettes cause cancer. Cigarettes by that time had become the major known cause of cancer in the world.
“They're present in the pee of vapors at five times the levels. They're in the pee of non-vapors. Five times higher in vapors. But when you look at smokers, these tobacco-specific nitrosamines, they're in the smoker's pee 220 times as much as, you know, your goody-two-shoe that doesn't smoke or vape.”
“Even in the best clinical trials, it's about 10%. So, it's a 90% failure rate, right? This is not a miracle cure.”
“one randomized control trial found that 80% of the people who quit cigarettes using vapes were still vaping a year later, 80%, while only 9% of those who did stuff like patches and gums were still using those products.”
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