Does vaping lead to smoking? Public health researchers say no

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Public health researchers have confirmed that e-cigs are not a gateway to smoking cigarettes, as some misleading studies suggest.

The paper, which was produced by researchers from the University at Buffalo and the University of Michigan writing in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence, focused on the risks for moving from e-cigs to traditional cigarettes.

“There is little evidence that those who have never smoked cigarettes or never used other tobacco products and first try e-cigarettes will later move on to cigarette usage with great frequency or daily, regular smoking,” said Lynn Kozlowski, the paper’s lead author.

The research paper also highlights shortcomings in studies that show a link between e-cig use and subsequent smoking.

Some studies use misleading measures for what is actually considered smoking. “Measures of ‘at least one puff in the past six months’ can mean little more than the experimenting vaper was curious how cigarettes compared,” said Lynn Kozlowski, the paper’s lead author.

Authors of the study say that more accurate information needs to be provided to the public on the health risks of e-cigs versus traditional cigarettes.

“From the best evidence to date, e-cigarettes are much less dangerous than cigarettes. The public has become confused about this,” Kozlowski added.

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