Juul bought an entire issue of a scholarly journal

Re:Juul bought an entire issue of a scholarly journal by uniqueuid on Thursday July 08, 2021 @07:26AM (#27770575)

I don't know (not my area of expertise), but aren't there some reliable meta-analyses on the effects of vaping?

I would be surprised to see that inhaling any kind of smoke or non-water aerosol is good for your lungs, so I'd expect at least a minor harmful effect.

This study, for example, claims increased risks for heart disease [1] (disclaimer: I'm not a medical doctor and cannot evaluate its credibility)

[1] https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40138-020-00219-0

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Re:Juul bought an entire issue of a scholarly journal by kortex on Thursday July 08, 2021 @09:17AM (#27771546)

Anything going into the lungs besides atmospheric air, and specific medications, is potentially inflammatory. At best, the VOCs (in vaping) do absolutely nothing in either direction. At semi-worst, they cause low-grade inflammation, and worst-case they cause chemical pneumonitis.

However, by comparison, tobacco smoke is like "what if we could engineer the perfect lung assailant."

Tar causes inflammation, damages DNA directly, intercalates DNA and induces replication errors, collapses alveoli, and paralyzes cillia, making clearance of all those chemical assailants from the lungs even harder.

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