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Research estimates vaping is at least 95% less harmful than smoking

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Re: Research estimates vaping is at least 95% less harmful than smoking

#21

I call bullshit, they can’t just put out numbers like this. I remember that one of the last times that I stopped smoking happened because I was literally overdosing on nicotine from vaping almost continuously while drinking. I stopped for almost one year at the time because I was completely nauseated by vaping. I think that night was much worse than anything I smoked before, probably comparable to a red Marlboro smok…

Hey, big tobacco is dead but welcome to era of big-vape!

Re: Research estimates vaping is at least 95% less harmful than smoking

#22
So it could be 99.99% but they are holding back...better to be pleasantly surprised. :)

Isn't it ironic that Philip Morris owns a nice chuck of Juul that aims to get rid of smoking. My guess is that they'll milk this for decades and then pay a small % of their profit to settle claims. Then they'll jump on another bandwagon, maybe buy El Chapo's Select. Rinse, repeat.

Re: Research estimates vaping is at least 95% less harmful than smoking

#23
I don't get why it is so difficult to check this. At this point there is probably a good amount of people that has been exclusively vaping for the past 10 or 20 years, after decades of smoking. The statistics for lung cancer and other smoke-related illnesses 10 or 20 years after quitting smoking completely should be already well known. It should be enough to compare the two to understand the difference in harm between smoking and vaping?

Re: Research estimates vaping is at least 95% less harmful than smoking

#24

I call bullshit, they can’t just put out numbers like this. I remember that one of the last times that I stopped smoking happened because I was literally overdosing on nicotine from vaping almost continuously while drinking. I stopped for almost one year at the time because I was completely nauseated by vaping. I think that night was much worse than anything I smoked before, probably comparable to a red Marlboro smok…

Thankee-sai

Re: Research estimates vaping is at least 95% less harmful than smoking

#25
post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here is Dr Rosemary’s twitter, she was quoted, you can ask her https://twitter.com/DrRosemaryL

No, Dr Rosemary is not quoted in the article as coming up with the number 95%. That number is mentioned before she is quoted or her name is used

Call me when multiple longitudinal studies independently verify that opinion.

Re: Research estimates vaping is at least 95% less harmful than smoking

#26
post #4

Phillip Morris owns Juul now, so it doesn’t surprise me that there might be efforts to throw smoking under the bus globally.

Altria, not Phillip Morris, bought a 35% stake, not full ownership.

Altria is Phillip Morris.

I see their rebranding effort has been successful on you.

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