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    1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 11 Jun 2018

      It's also worth noting that, again BASED ON THIS STUDY, there are a number of options that are actually BETTER THAN VAPINGpic.twitter.com/TJCmjAa3GT

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    2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 11 Jun 2018

      There's also emerging evidence that vaping might not be the silver bullet for smoking cessation many people want it to be i.e. https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/bitstream/2123/18240/3/Missing%20Elephant_in_room.pdf …

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    3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 11 Jun 2018

      So, the "95% safer" figure is: a) based on the lowest quality of evidence b) NOT about individual harms c) a bit outdated d) doesn't put vaping at the top anyway

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    4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 11 Jun 2018

      To sum up: vaping is almost certainly better for your health than smoking cigarettes How much? No one really knows What we do know is that the "95% safer" figure is both wildly misleading and not based on good evidence

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    5. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 11 Jun 2018

      Even based on the original study providing the 95% safer figure, cigars score almost as well as vaping! It is an interesting hypothesis, nothing more

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    6. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 11 Jun 2018

      Vaping is less bad for you than smoking cigarettes. How big this difference is is very hotly debated. Is vaping harmless? Is it like comparing Coke to Diet Coke? Is it like comparing Coke to fruit juice? We just aren't really sure what the answer is yet

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    7. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 12 Jun 2018

      P.S. Several people have raised this as an issue, so I'll add on - VAPING IS DEFINITELY SAFER THAN SMOKING The question is how much, how you quantify that, and how we actually got the 95% figure

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    8. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 12 Jun 2018

      P.P.S Yes, I'm aware that there has been further research on vaping (including systematic reviews etc). The point is that this research is mostly preliminary, and the 95% figure was essentially taken for convenience's sake as the best guess. Except, it wasn't really a great guess

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    9. Dr. Johnny Twovapes, VBOSB‏ @mihotep 12 Jun 2018
      Replying to @GidMK

      Thread started well, but quickly degenerated into nonsense. The fact is 544M people worldwide used #vaping over the past 15 years & not a single adverse #health effect has been verified as a result. The correct answer is that #ecigs are completely #harmless, as identified by RCPpic.twitter.com/GHndjDH5nk

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    10. Dr. Johnny Twovapes, VBOSB‏ @mihotep 12 Jun 2018
      Replying to @mihotep @GidMK

      Even compared to air, #vaping has been proven #harmless. Why do you go through so much trouble to deny the overwhelming scientific consensus? http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0887233315001228 …

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 12 Jun 2018
      Replying to @mihotep

      Question: if I were to cite a highly experimental in vitro study of tracheal cells as evidence that vaping caused cancer, what would you say?

      9:24 PM - 12 Jun 2018
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        2. Dr. Johnny Twovapes, VBOSB‏ @mihotep 12 Jun 2018
          Replying to @GidMK

          I'd look at the methods, data, & analysis and evaluate the study on its merits. However, if you were looking for a long-term clinical trial in humans...👇 http://nature.com/articles/s41598-017-14043-2.epdf?author_access_token=l8t_CFXFba_tlW0txUFYUdRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0NMAt6ii4ZbzbtpwtFdFYJVlcs1hjXJUiKOVlCiChaYgQ3RjmmwdRwporGc5koKIqktQg7FZIzM0ufasP_kftVHRZKBv_sHlOeDl5KjZoab0Q%3D%3D …

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        3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 12 Jun 2018
          Replying to @mihotep

          And if I cited a study of 9 participants to prove my point? I've seen you laugh uproariously at such arguments before

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