"Nicotine is not only a "big player" with cancer risks but has been linked to hardening of the arteries and cardiovascular disease, memory impairment, dementia, and chronic depression."
"Post publication, the editors requested Dr. Bhatta et al conduct the analysis based on when specific respondents started using e‐cigarettes, which required ongoing access to the restricted use dataset from the PATH Wave 1 survey.1The authors agreed to comply with the editors’ request. The deadline set by the editors for completion of the revised analysis was not met because the authors are currently unable to access the PATH database. "
NO PROOF EITHER WAY BECAUSE A DEADLINE WASN'T MET DUE TO INACCESSIBILITY OF THE DATA.
a little research will show that they were caught counting people who had heart attacks long before they ever started vaping. The article was retracted because some real scientists caught them in the act.....
There may be lots of good reasons to quit vaping, but heart attacks ain't one of 'em.....
Of course it doesn't mean vaping is safe. It's just 95% safer than smoking, and is an evidence-based tool for smoking cessatiaon.
The retraction of the article is an example of junk science being used to fight a political battle. True believers who don't want facts and science to get in the way of their agenda. The anti-vaxxers do the same thing. While I might support the rights of a parent to not vaccinate their children I certainly would call out their use of junk science to justify their actions.
BTW, the CDC had to finally back off all their fearmongering about vaping and admit that rash of people who were getting sick did so by using street-contaminated (Vitamin E & THC) products, not regular vaping products aimed at people who want to quit smoking. But the damage is done, and the tobacco companies are laughing all the way to the bank...
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Hello,
My name is Dale. I was quit 18 months before joining this site and had participated on another site during that time. I learned a lot there and brought it with me. I joined this site the first week of August 2008. I didn't pressure myself to quit.
HOW I QUIT
I didn't count, I didn't deny myself to get started.
When I considered quitting (at a friends request to influence his brother to quit), I simply told myself to wait a little longer. No denial, nothing painful. After 4 weeks I was down to 5 cigarettes from a pack a day. The strength came from proving to myself, I didn't need to smoke because I normally would have smoked. Simple yes? I bought the patch. I forgot to put one on on the 4th day. I needed it the next day but the following week I forgot two days in a row I put one in my wallet with a promise to myself that I would slap it on and wait an hour rather than smoke. It rode in my wallet my first year.There's nothing keeping any of you from doing this. It doesn't cost a dime. This is about unlearning something you've done for a long time. The nicotine isn't the hard part. Disconnecting from the psychological pull, the memories and connected emotions is. :-) Time is the healer.
