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If nicotine vapes ("e-cigarettes") are, in fact, safer than smoking, and help smokers quit, they are (obviously) profoundly different from recreational drugs like alcohol, caffeine & cannabis.
So, what if we just ask ex-smokers who vape how they're doing?
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(2) Among ex-smokers who quit by switching to nicotine vapes, 93% say their health improved. 62% say "improved dramatically." The 5% who said "no change" said "I was healthy to begin with."
Healthier. This is so different from daily screaming headlines.
(3) Among ex-smokers who quit by switching to nicotine vapes ("e-cigarettes"), 90% say they now have fewer and less sever lung infections. We're healthier. Does no one care?
(5) Among ex-smokers who were previously diagnosed with asthma, almost 9 in 10 (87%) say their asthma symptoms improved. 48% say "I no longer need an inhaler."
(6) My father died, gasping for breath. That is not a good way to go. He died from #COPD after smoking 2 packs a day most of his life. I smoked, and quit with #SaferNicotine vapes. Now, almost every day, I'm accused of working for big tobacco. I hate big tobacco (see above).
(7) FACT: Smoking kills the cilia in your lungs. Healthy cilia remove debris, dust, particulates, bacteria, fungal spores, gunk.
According to the most recent US @Surgeon_General Report on tobacco, "cigarettes kill 490,000 Americans every year." That seems bad.
The USSG did not write "tobacco products." He wrote "CIGARETTES": Mass-produced combustible tobacco cigarettes.
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25 million US adults smoke. Cigarettes shorten the lives of 50% of lifelong smokers by 10 years. 99% of deaths are over the age of 50.
Those deaths are due to:
36% cancer (29% lung cancer)
36% cardiovascular disease
21% COPD
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Funny thing happened after nicotine vapes entered the US market 18 years ago. Adult vaping skyrocketed and smoking plummeted.
The media ignores adults and focuses on teen vaping. That went up, down, up and then WAY DOWN to a 10-year low... while teen smoking dropped 90%. cdc.gov/media/releases…
LONG THREAD: What happens when people switch from traditional cigarettes to nicotine vapes?
Does their risk of cancer, heart and/or lung disease increase or decrease? 10,000 scientific studies on e-cigarettes over the past decade. So no shortage of answers.
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First let's set the stage. Cigarette smoking is the starting point.
Here is a breakdown of cigarette smoking-related deaths: 36% cancer; 36% cardiovascular disease; 21% lung.
Lung cancer was the first evidence cigarettes kill half of all users.
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Cigarettes kill 480,000 Americans every year. They kill 8 million every year worldwide. Super bad.
Nicotine vapes are controversial. They entered the US market 18 years ago in 2007. Long enough to see the impact of product substitution on lung cancer.
Milestones in vaping history
2019: US-only outbreak of vape-related lung injuries caused by adulterated illicit THC vapes.
@CDCTobaccoFree deliberately blames this on legal nicotine vapes. Invents acronym "E-cigarette or Vaping-Related Lung Injuries" (EVALI).
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While @CDCTobaccoFree continues to claim "EVALI" is caused by nicotine vapes ("e-cigarettes"), numerous state health departments are telling a very different story.
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In mid- to late 2019, SOMEONE alarted local law inforcement to crack down on illicit THC vape cart dealers.