It\u2019s happening. Slowly but surely the science is starting to eclipse the fear-mongering and doubts proffered by government officials.<\/p>\n
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A new study conducted by the Tobacco Journal found that \u201creplacement of cigarette by e-cigarette use over a 10-year period yields 6.6 million fewer premature deaths with 86.7 million fewer life years lost.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Their ultimate conclusions stated, \u201cThe tobacco control community has been divided regarding the role of e-cigarettes in tobacco control. Our projections show that a strategy of replacing cigarette smoking with vaping would yield substantial life year gains, even under pessimistic assumptions regarding cessation, initiation and relative harm.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Yes, you read that right. What we have now is definitive evidence from scientists explicitly naming vaping a safer alternative to smoking. This is a big win for the vaping community who has been fighting legislative battles for years over the inflated health risks of vaping.<\/p>\n
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Lead researcher of the study, David Levy of the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center went so far in a recent statement to say that \u201cpolicy strategy that encourages replacing cigarette smoking with vaping [can] yield substantial life year gains.\u201d<\/p>\n
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As far as the rationale behind the results, there are a few suggested reasons for the longer life expectancy. One being that e-cigarettes leave fewer smokers disabled as opposed to traditional cigarettes. Another is the lower levels of toxins smokers are exposed to with e-cigarettes.<\/p>\n
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While the long-term health effects of e-cigarettes are still unclear, Levy says, \u201cEven the gloomiest analysis shows a significant gain in years of life if nicotine is obtained from vaping instead of much more deadly amount of toxicants inhaled with cigarette smoke.\u201d<\/p>\n
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It\u2019s happening. Slowly but surely the science is starting to eclipse the fear-mongering and doubts proffered by government officials. A new study conducted by the Tobacco Journal found that \u201creplacement of cigarette by e-cigarette use over a 10-year period yields 6.6 million fewer premature deaths with 86.7 million fewer life years lost.\u201d Their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":1398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vaping-blog","editor-tinymce"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n