A new study finds that if you vape and then quit, you’re more likely to suffer a fracture than if you currently vape.
The authors say their results suggest that e-cigarettes pose a risk to bone health. What sense does that make? Very little. Let’s take a closer look at the paper.
“The evidence against vaping is mounting, and a new study now links e-cigarettes with an increased risk for broken bones,” a recent MSN headline claimed, based on the results of a study just published in the American Journal of Medicine Open. Like so many adverse effects allegedly linked to e-cigarettes, their supposed impact on bone health is speculative at best. We can see why by comparing what the media said about the research to what the paper actually reported.
According to the press release, the researchers studied a sample of more than 5,500 American adults. There were 4,519 (81.2%) never e-cigarette users in the sample, 1,050 (18.8%) ever e-cigarette users, and 444 (8.0%) with fragility fractures. All the numbers were reported in 2017-2018 as part of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).
Cameron English – American Council on Science and Health – 2021-11-23.
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