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Australian Study: E-Cigarettes Likely Cause Lung and Oral Cancer
UNSW review analyzed over 100 studies and found evidence linking nicotine vaping to lung and oral cancers, urging regulators to act amid rising dual use with smoking.
- A comprehensive UNSW review of more than 100 studies concludes that e-cigarettes are likely to cause oral and lung cancer, with lead author Professor Bernard Stewart stating vaping is hazardous in its own right.
- Researchers sought to assess "the carcinogenic impact of e-cigarettes in their own right," challenging the marketing narrative that vaping serves as a safer, less smelly alternative to burning tobacco leaves.
- The review identified DNA damage, oxidative stress, and inflammation as biomarkers, while laboratory experiments in mice confirmed lung tumors developed directly from exposure to vape aerosols.
- Johns Hopkins Medicine physician Dr. Panagis Galiatsatos warned that "damage is happening" even if effects are not immediately visible, cautioning that current usage creates conditions leading to future disease.
- As e-cigarettes were introduced about 20 years ago, experts argue against waiting decades to act; Sitas noted, "Though smoking was once given the benefit of doubt," the same should not now be accorded to vaping.
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A new scientific overview warns that vapors probably cause oral and lung cancer. Researchers find DNA damage, inflammation and epigenetic changes.
More than 100 studies conducted on humans, animals, and cells over the past 9 years all support that e-cigarettes are carcinogenic.
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