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A comment on Safer to Puff, E-Cigarettes Can’t Shake Their Reputation as a Menace. Parent comment

Re:Safer to Puff, E-Cigarettes Can’t Shake Their Reputation ... by NTripleOne on Thursday November 03, 2016 @09:58AM (#12863955)
What's bad about smoking is burning tobacco.

Important distinction.

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Re:Safer to Puff, E-Cigarettes Can’t Shake Their Reputation ... by montecarl on Thursday November 03, 2016 @10:13AM (#12864063)
You can be even more general than that. Inhaling burning organic matter is probably worth avoiding. There is some good evidence that wood smoke is also quite bad for you.[1]

[1] https://www.uvm.edu/~susagctr/Documents/Woodsmoke.pdf

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