Health & Studies
Immune Research At Odds With Reality
Researchers have produced a study claiming vapers are at greater risk of contracting influenza and COVID-19, but this contrasts starkly with what vapers are reporting from lived experience
Help The University of Exeter
A researcher at the University of Exeter is asking for new vapers to take part in a study to determine how people experience the switch from smoking to using vape kit
Number of GB Vapers Declines
Unfounded concerns about safety of e-cigarettes are likely to be behind the reported drop in the number of vapers in Great Britain
Polosa’s COPD Follow-up
Professor Polosa follows up on the COPD study he completed five years ago and finds that vaping improves the condition in smokers who switch to vaping
Efficacy in Austria
New Austrian study finds vapers are 1.69x more likely to quit smoking than those relying on traditional nicotine replacement/quit methods
California Coil Catastrophe
Anti-vape journal carries research from the University of California claiming nichrome coils caused the EVALI lung outbreak
Ridiculous Fish Study
Flavours in eliquids cause zebra fish embryos to exhibit hyperactivity and demonstrate dull sensory perception, according to hyperactive and dull researchers
YPBAS Teen Survey
Northern Ireland’s Chief Medical Officer has welcomed the findings from a young people’s survey on smoking, alcohol and drugs
UKECRF Research Roundup
The UK E-Cigarette Research Forum issues its latest coverage of vape and tobacco harm reduction related research and passes comments on some studies
Study: Vaping Reduces Smoking
A University of Otago study has found that vaping is contributing to reducing “the epidemic of ill health and death caused by smoking”