Scientists Says That E-Cigs Are Safer Than Smoking
Scientists Says That E-Cigs Are Safer Than Smoking

 

  • Five scientists, including Assistant Professor Raciti, Research Fellow Maglia, Assistant Professor Caponneto, and Professor Polosa, make the case for electronic cigarettes in a recent publication. Additionally, Professor Polosa graciously consented to respond to certain inquiries we had regarding the study.
  • The authors of the study emphasize the apparent safety and rising quality of e-cigarettes, as well as their enormous advantages over more conventional but ineffectual methods of quitting smoking.

The study, according to Professor Polosa, had two goals:

  1. to make a compelling case for e-cigarettes as a tool for reducing the harm from tobacco.
  2. to promote additional study into electronic cigarettes.

Arguments In Favor Of A New Alternate

The issue is very straightforward: not enough smokers are giving up.

Success rates VS Quit smoking attempts

  • That's partially because nicotine (or smoking, as e-cigarettes don't seem to be as addicted as cigarettes) alters your brain, which can make it challenging for you to stop.
  • Some of these changes might be permanent, which would help to explain why so many of us quit smoking for a while before picking it back up again.
  • In actuality, only 5% of long-term attempts to quit are successful.
  • Without smoking, nicotine is relatively safe and has advantages as well.

Studies listed in the article also demonstrate:

  • Little to no cardiovascular risk exists.
  • Some disorders, such as Tourette's Syndrome and ulcerative colitis, may be helped by nicotine
  • nicotine is being explored as a treatment for memory impairment, attention deficit disorder, depression and Parkinson’s disease
  • And that:
  • nicotine is well tolerated during weeks and months of treatment
  • showed no indication of significant health impacts

Are E-Cigarettes Safer?

  • However, despite believing that the health risks of e-cigarettes were similar to smokeless tobacco (around 1% of the risks of smoking), the authors did call for more research to be done into the safety of electronic cigarettes. The authors also highlighted a report by a group of international scientists working for the Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs (ISCD), who concluded that electronic cigarettes carried no more harm for you than nicotine patches.
  • I questioned Professor Polosa why he would try to establish a case for e-cigarettes when additional research was needed, to which he replied:
  • There is no doubt that ecigs are significantly safer than traditional cigarettes and for this simple reason we advocate their adoption by smokers not intending to quit, and/or smokers who have repeatedly tried to quit and failed.

Are electronic cigarettes improving?

The document references  which asserts that eliquid is now:

  • purer
  • more reliable
  • more precise

Recent tests indicated that current e-liquid does not contain ethylene glycol or diethylene glycol and that nicotine content was typically 1-2% of reported amounts in the tested samples, supporting these claims.

E-cigarettes are enhancing nicotine delivery, as shown by a number of research on nicotine absorption.

An early study (2010) discovered that e-cigarette users were only absorbing a small amount of nicotine. However, a subsequent 2013 study by the same author revealed little distinction between users of tobacco and those using electronic cigarettes.

Conclusion

Professor Polosa and his colleagues ultimately make a compelling case for e-cigarettes to be considered as a tobacco harm reduction device, although advocating for further research, and for nations to avoid the mistakes of the past—mistakes that have claimed the lives of many smokers.

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