Anti-Vaping Researcher Gives Negligent Advice to the Public

An anti-vaping researcher, citing findings solely from anin-vitro cell culture study without clear clinical significance, has claimed that vaping can cause fatal respiratory infections. Based on his extrapolation from anin-vitro study to human disease, this researcher has advised all vapers to be vaccinated for serious bacterial lung infections. However, at the same time, he failed to advisesmokers to be vaccinated against these same serious infections.According to anarticle in theTimes of London, a professor of pediatric respiratory and environmental medicine at Queen Mary University of London " has found that the chemical propellants and nicotine used in ecigarettes both have a powerful effect on lung cells,effectively opening them up to infection by the bacteria that cause pneumonia. " Based on this finding, he has warned that " Vaping may raise people ’s risk of pneumonia and other deadly bacterial infections. "Despite the fact that these findings related only to a cell culture and cannot be extrapolated to living humans, the researcher nevertheless recommended that " People who vape should consider vaccination against bacterial pneumonia. " The researcher did not make a similar recommendation for smokers.The researcher presented these results at the annual meeting of the European Respiratory Society, although they have not yet been published in a medical journal.The Rest of the StoryLipinski and Hopkinsexplained that the findings ofin vitro (orex vivo, as in this case)...
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