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Small study of young people with no history of smoking or vaping showed single vaping session led to cellular oxidative stress responses (cause of inflammatory disease, heart disease, etc). More investigation needed to determine long-term use outcomes.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 12, 2021 Source:‘Concerning’ study highlights dangers of vaping Reference:Association of 1 Vaping Session With Cellular Oxidative Stress in Otherwise Healthy Young People With No History of Smoking or Vaping
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Our odd “moderate” flu season still caused considerable harm. Non smokers who start vaping are at risk of harm despite the misconception that it is a safe practice.
Health Headlines Commentary for June 21, 2019 Source: CDC says 2018-19 flu season was odd but not as severe as the previous deadly season
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Study demonstrates your life expectancy is intertwined with what you eat, drink, smoke, and do
Health Headlines Commentary for August 18, 2016 Source: Canadian life expectancy: This is how much our bad habits cost us Reference: Measuring Burden of Unhealthy Behaviours Using a Multivariable Predictive Approach: Life Expectancy Lost in Canada Attributable to Smoking, Alcohol, Physical Inactivity, and Diet Project Big Life
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Revisiting prohibition-like solutions for smoking cessation will lead to same historical result
Health Headlines Commentary for February 16, 2016 Source: The tobacco endgame: Radical proposals part of strategy to win faltering war on smoking
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Ontario e-cigarette ban law: Trust government to ignore the evidence and pass policy anyway
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 26, 2014 Source: Ontario bans flavoured tobacco, cracks down on e-cigarettes Jesse Kline: Don’t believe the fear campaign — e-cigarettes can save millions of lives Jesse Kline: Ontario’s fear-based decision making
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Raising tobacco taxes to reduce smoking rates neglects human nature and the inverted "U" curve
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 2, 2014 [display_podcast] Source: Death and taxes Tobacco tax hikes would prevent millions of deaths, researchers say Reference: Global Health: Global Effects of Smoking, of Quitting, and of Taxing Tobacco
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Over-the-top headlines equate egg consumption with smoking with respect to heart disease risk
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for August 20, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: Egg yolks unhealthy says Western University’s David Spence Reference: Spence D, Jenkins DJA, Davignon J. Egg yolk consumption and carotid plaque. Atherosclerosis. Published online July 31 2012 NHS Choices: Eating egg yolks as ‘bad as smoking’
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New Zealand's tobacco tax hike and the law of unintended yet historically verifiable consequences
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 24, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: New Zealand hikes tobacco taxes 40% in bid to become a smoke-free country