Slow hand clap for the Metro for this headline. Very responsible reporting. We wouldn't want smokers quitting, would we?
https://metro.co.uk/2020/01/07/smokers-switch-e-cigarettes-twice-likely-stroke-study-warns-12014509 …
That being said, there were sufficient numbers for statistical purposes, I'd say the bigger issue is that the study was cross-sectional so hard to make causal inferences here
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It’s surprising that the ex-smokers didn’t see their risk fall by more.
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Dunno, the adjusted odds ratio was 0.43, so a relative drop of 57%. You'd expect to see the absolute figures increase as the population ages I would say that these figures are the only ones that are a bit iffy, there weren't many sole vapers in the sample
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