The following response has been issued to address the misinterpretation by the media of a Cancer Research UK funded paper looking into a potential ‘gateway effect’ between e-cigarette vaping and cigarette smoking in young people. Carl Alexander from Cancer Research UK said: “While this study shows young people who experiment with e-cigarettes are likely to […]
Headlines saying ‘vaping might cause cancer’ are wildly misleading
Cancer Research UK has joined other public health experts in criticizing a study on the effects of e-cigarette vapor on mice and human cells tested in a lab. Despite the clear limitations of the study and the shaky (at best) history of conclusions of mouse and cell studies actually matching up with impacts on humans, […]
