American Lung Association Tells Public that Smoking May Be No More Hazardous than Vaping

Despite the abundance of scientific evidence, including clinical studies, which demonstrate that vaping is much safer than smoking, the American Lung Association - as recently as last week - told the public that smoking may be no more hazardous than vaping.AUPIarticle quoted the American Lung Association ' s senior scientific advisor as stating: " We have no idea what the long-term effects are because they [e-cigarettes] haven ' t been around long enough, but there ' s no reason to consider e-cigarettes safe. Whether they ' re going to cause less disease than tobacco cigarettes, we ' ll eventually get that answer but it ' s going to take years. "The Rest of the StoryUnfortunately, in my view, the American Lung Association has completely lost any semblance of scientific credibility. They are telling the public that smoking may be no more hazardous than vaping, which is inconsistent with the scientific evidence, which definitively demonstrates that vaping is much safer than smoking. While one might argue about the exact magnitude of the decreased risk, there is no legitimate scientific argument that vaping is not drastically safer than smoking.Even the fiercest vaping opponents - like Stan Glantz - agree that smoking is much more hazardous than vaping.The evidence that vaping is dramatically safer than smoking continues to build. Recently, a study out of the Roswell Park Cancer Institute demonstrated substantialreductions in carcinogens and toxicants in vapers who had switched ...
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