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Squirrels are ‘vaping’ e-cigarettes after mistaking fruity aromas for food (nypost.com)
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[–] 9 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Do they?

The overall results of the trials indicated that vaping was effective in helping smokers to quit. It was also associated with a lower risk of adverse events than combustible cigarettes.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    "A total of 87 clinical trials were identified, of which only seven were related to smoking cessation through vaping as a form of treatment. "

    Had to scrape the pubmed barrel pretty deep for that one.

    Meta analysis is best done by Cochrane, and they see a slight to mild effect, but indicate huge bias in the CTs. Also the conflicts sections is three pages long as the number of MDs running these studies funded by Vape companies is hilarious.

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  • [–] -4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Whack ass study alert. 7 studies used… just read the titles of the studies.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    It's a meta study, and 7 studies is more than sufficient to establish statistical significance. There's also no issue with the study titles.

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Really? Ones about women vaping on opioids. Two of them were about dual users of cigarettes and ecigarettes. None of them came close to correlating with OP‘s statement.

    would you like to summarize those seven studies with me and see if there’s any relationship in there?

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago

    I gotta be honest with you chief if I was a scientist, trying to establish a point. And I had the choice between a meta-analysis and running an actual study….. I would run a study and not a meta analysis. For only the fact that he examined 87 studies and could barely find 7 to use for his analysis. The bar for scientific publishing is in hell. But hey look at the audience.

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