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Vaping Can Damage Vital Immune System Cells, Researchers Find (bbc.co.uk)
Vaping can damage vital immune system cells and may be more harmful than previously thought, a study suggests. Researchers found e-cigarette vapour disabled important immune cells in the lung and boosted inflammation. From a report: The researchers "caution against the widely held opinion that e-cigarettes are safe." However, Public Health England advises they are much less harmful than smoking and people should not hesitate to use them as an aid to giving up cigarettes. The small experimental study, led by Prof David Thickett, at the University of Birmingham, is published online in the journal Thorax. Previous studies have focused on the chemical composition of e-cigarette liquid before it is vaped. In this study, the researchers devised a mechanical procedure to mimic vaping in the laboratory, using lung tissue samples provided by eight non-smokers. They found vapour caused inflammation and impaired the activity of alveolar macrophages, cells that remove potentially damaging dust particles, bacteria and allergens.
I'm sure smoke does the same thing. It is also hot and contains contaminants.
When will the media learn that "safer than smoking" is not saying it is completely safe and stop conflating the two?
What vaping devices did they test? What materials were the coils built of? What type of cotton was used? Was it a VG or PG mix? I mean I realize that they ran these tests for 48 whole hours, but really, who pays for this garbage to get published? a 48 hour research study is about as reliable as using flatulence to measure climate change.
You can always move. We'd be glad to see your bitch ass go to Mexico and prove to us how wrong we are about their "culture."
Pure oxygen is poisonous.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
A coffee cup could also be considered a drug delivery device, so what?