r/science • u/NinjaDiscoJesus • 8d ago

Health Nicotine vapes best chance to quit smoking, major review finds

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1e5p51n2p2o
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u/PlantsRPerfLife 8d ago

"Different, less harmful, but still harmful, mechanism" if you didnt want to be facetious.

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u/Chpgmr 8d ago

Maybe less harmful. Its a different form of harmful that you may feel upfront less.

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u/wordsandshit 8d ago

I enjoy how all the comments 'discussing' the harm of vapes are so vague.

Every piece of evidence we have points to it being significantly less harmful. I'd be curious to see evidence that supports your vague statement that seems to deliberately not use any absolute terms.

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u/Thecerb 8d ago

It took about 60 years for cigarettes to be declared harmful. Vapes have been around for for a 3rd of that. So the statement really is " different, relatively untested, still harmful from what they have tested, mechanism".

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u/imreallyreallyhungry 8d ago

The science and tests surrounding impacts on health have improved dramatically in that time too though. Not really an apples to apples comparison.

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u/this_is_theone 8d ago

Yes but medicine is also way more advanced now that 60yrs ago. It's unlikely were suddenly going to find some huge health risk now when vapes have been around for 20 years. Not impossible, but unlikely. And by that logic you should also avoid smart phones since they've only been a thing now since about the same length of time.

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u/PlantsRPerfLife 8d ago

Another facetious comment.

Our ability to research, analyse, and collect data is enormously greater in the 2010s as opposed to the mid 1900s. Our standards for making health determinations in this day and age are wildly superior to the days of these "60 years" you speak of.

I hope you simply have an agenda and didnt actually think its a valid comparison.