Over 35 respected scientific & public health organizations, and governments, around the world that have reviewed the evidence and issued public statements concluding e-cigarettes are safer than smoking.
2/8 None of these organizations have "industry influence." In fact, according to the @BloombergDotOrg-funded front group, @exposetobacco, the one country that makes the strongest public statements (the UK) is among the 4 least influenced by big tobacco. drive.google.com/file/d/1Ty7pgRβ¦
3/8 It all starts to get pretty overwhelming no? And this is only 3 of 8. Thousands of experts have reviewed over 7,000 research studies on nicotine vapes ("e-cigarettes") and reached this conclusion: SAFER than smoking. Odd that @FCTCofficial continues to deny evidence.
November 2019: Because "use of e-cigarettes in young people has since skyrocketed to epidemic proportion," ACS decided to stop telling smokers the truth ("less harmful than smoking cigarettes"). cancer.org/healthy/stay-aβ¦
Nicotine is beneficial for people with #ADHD. Research on adults and adolescents with ADHD shows that nicotine patches improve focus and attention, and reduce hyperactivity & impulsivity.
RESULT: Young adult use of "flavored tobacco products" did not drop "sharply." E-cigarette and cigar use dropped a bit. And cigarette smoking increased. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/Pβ¦
I'm sharing these 10 online surveys with permission. Assume they may be biased because we, in the #VapeFam, self-select in (we had positive experiences switched from smoking to nicotine vapes). Still very interesting!
93% of nicotine vapers say their health has improved.
90% of nicotine vapers say they have fewer and less severe lung infections (consistent with peer-reviewed research). omicsonline.org/open-access/chβ¦