New Study Claims One-Third of Vapers Report Respiratory Symptoms

Source from:  Vapingpost 02/02/2021

The researchers of the study analysed the responses of 1,400 current e-cigarette and related products users, ages 18 to 64, who took part in a national, online survey in 2016. The researchers concluded that any respiratory symptoms reported by the participants may be attributed to vaping.

“Although many people continue to view vaping or using e-cigarettes and related products as safe—or at least safer than smoking combustible cigarettes—the use of these products can be risky,” said Thanh-Huyen T. Vu, M.D., Ph.D., senior author of the study and research associate professor of epidemiology in the department of preventive medicine, at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.

Several public health experts have previously spoken up about such claims and “findings”, yet these studies all seem to fail at disclosing what came first, the respiratory symptoms or vaping initiation. Therefore, given that it is a well known fact that most vapers are ex-smokers, attributing any negative health effects to vaping, when they are more likely residual effects of the previous (and more harmful) smoking, is nonsensical

Sadly, the researcher went on to refer to the EVALI outbreak, failing to point out that the injury was brought about by the consumption of illegal THC, rather than regular vaping products. “Recent outbreaks of e-cigarette– or vaping-associated lung injury—known as EVALI—have raised significant public health concerns about the impact of vaping on lung health. However, information is limited about clinical symptoms related to the use of different types of e-cigarettes and related products, especially information on symptoms among otherwise healthy individuals.”