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Vaping Vindicated! Vitamin E Acetate “Strongly Linked” to Vaping Outbreak says CDC.

Vitamin E Acetate Molecule

The Center for Disease Control has finally vindicated the vaping world.

In September, the CDC released a blanket statement warning against the dangers of all vaping products. Even though it was suggested by other sources that nicotine vaping was not the culprit, the CDC and other news sources brought fear to all nicotine vaping individuals.   As early as September 19th, 2019 we reported that the vaping lung breakout was very likely a result of Vitamin E acetate, and had nothing to do with traditional nicotine e-liquid vaping products.  5 months later, the CDC finally agrees. Unfortunately, the major news outlets across  North America ran with the original story, lumping in nicotine vapes such as these with illicit THC infused vapes being sold on the street or on the black market.

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50,000-70,000 smokers quit each year using vapes in England, a UCL study finds

Vaping and quitting smoking

A recent study published by the scientific journal of addiction in England found a positive link between the effectiveness of people Starting vaping and quitting smoking.

The study that was led by University College London researchers, and was funded by Cancer Research UK, found a correlation between the success rates of quitting smoking and the use of e-cigarettes starting in 2011.

Further, in England, the number of smokers using e-cigarettes leveled out about four years ago and so did the success rate of quitting smoking.

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Vaping Illness Breakthrough – CDC Reports Vitamin E Acetate linked to all lung testing

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Vaping Illness Breakthrough – Vitamin E Acetate a strong culprit, says CDC. The Center for Disease Control has finally found a likely culprit in the vaping related illness saga. In the CDC’s recent update from their website: “Recent CDC laboratory testing of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid samples from 29 patients submitted to the CDC from … Read more

96.5% reduction in vaping related lung disease across the United States

Reduction in vaping disease graph

In September of 2019, many news reports started surfacing regarding vaping related illness and vaping related lung disease. Very little specific information was given by either the CDC, or the various news media sources reporting on these incidents. The media did in fact do a great job of lumping all vaping into one, and simply … Read more

Harm reduction benefits of vaping may be allowed to be promoted according to Health Canada

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Our federal government is considering allowing vape companies to promote the health benefits of their products. Examples of these approved statements may include “switching completely from smoking to E-cigarettes will reduce harms your health” and “if you are a smoker switching completely to vaping is much less harmful option”. This may come as a surprise … Read more

CDC Report – Over 50% decline in smokers aged 18-24 shows no ‘gateway effect’ of vaping

CDC Report

A recent study released by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention shows some interesting data. The CDC reports that between 2014 and 2018, the percentage of young adults aged 18-24 who currently smoke cigarettes in the United States has gone from 16.7% to 7.8%.  This is an overall reduction of over 50% in smokers … Read more

By the numbers – Vaping vs. Smoking Health Statistics

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I am a numbers guy. Since high school, I have always broke down the data in my head when dealing with a situation.  Maybe it was my early days of playing poker on the internet or my hyper-analytical brain, but I have always seen a situation and broke down the math behind it.  Percentages, calculations, … Read more

86.7 Million years of live saved if American smokers switched to vaping

Smoking vs vaping

A recent article published in Tobacco Control estimates that up to 6.6 million premature deaths could be prevented, which would equate to 86.7 million years of life saved, if current smokers in the U.S. switched to vaping. Dr David Levy, at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington DC, ran two scenarios in his study; an optimistic … Read more

Oil in the lungs? Lipid laden macrophages? Know the FACTS about what’s in Canada Vapes e-liquid!

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In recent media reports, there have been many misguided statements regarding the e-liquid traditionally used in e-cigarettes.  These conversations make statements like “Doctors found his lungs had become severely congested with solidified oil (Source) and lipid laden macrophages,” calling them “oily chemicals” and making statements like “inhaling oil into your lungs” (Source).  These are certainly … Read more