Ignore The Headlines: There’s No Science Linking Vaping To Prediabetes

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Another day, another bad vaping study makes headlines. This time researchers speculate that e-cigarette use may increase your risk for prediabetes.

Recent research has suggested that e-cigarette use is linked to bone damage, erectile dysfunction, smoking relapse, depression and heightened stroke risk.

None of these associations is supported by good data, and it appears we may have to add a new malady to this list. A new study published March 2 in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine has supposedly linked vaping to an increased risk of prediabetes. The paper has all the hallmarks typical of research in the vaping-more-harmful-than-we-thought genre. And, as usual, the media has done nothing more than uncritically amplify its conclusions.

The researchers analyzed data from 600,046 individuals who reported their experience with vaping and smoking between 2016 and 2018 to the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), a CDC-sponsored project of telephone surveys that monitor health-related risk behaviors, chronic conditions, and use of preventive services across the US.

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Cameron English – American Council on Science and Health – 2022-03-08.

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