Photo: Tolga Akmen, AFP Author: Konstantinos Farsalinos Who would ever bet that products used without serious issues for over a decade by more than 20 million people worldwide would suddenly cause an outbreak of acute (sudden, developing within a few days of weeks) lung failure and several deaths only in one geographical region? For the past month, this has been a prevailing narrative about electronic cigarettes in the United States. Health authorities describe a “vaping disease,” a severe inflammatory condition affecting the lungs. The illness develops within a very short period and is in reality poisoning of the lung. Over 800 cases have been reported in the past few weeks, including thirteen deaths. […]

Has it ever happened to you to face direct and often provocative questions or even statements about alleged harmfulness of vaping? Did you start explaining the findings of all the studies you recalled at that moment and realize nobody was listening after three sentences? We have. Many times. And it’s still frustrating.  That’s why we decided to try and collect all the potentially confusing frequently asked questions and statements about vaping  Not because these statements could be correct, but because the answers are often too complex to answer in a simple and quick manner if you’re unprepared.  Of course, we will try and find clear, simple and effective answers, which […]