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Vaping likely to cause lung and oral cancer, Australian researchers find in new review of evidence (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 4 months ago by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to c/science@lemmy.world

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[-] Triumph@fedia.io 12 points 4 months ago

Since vaping has been around since 2006, we should have seen a whole lot of such cases, if it's likely.

[-] Wolf314159@startrek.website 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Take a look at the timeline for cigarettes. The time between something causing harm and someone putting together the statistics to prove that it does is not that short. 2006 was like yesterday. Kids that started vaping as children in 2006 aren't even old enough for a midlife crisis yet.

[-] village604@adultswim.fan 4 points 4 months ago

They knew smoking was harmful for a long time before it became a major public health issue.

[-] Triumph@fedia.io 4 points 4 months ago

There should still have been lots of cases. Where are they?

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago

It takes over 25 years to see cancer effects of smoking.

But any source of inflammation is an increased risk of cancer.

[-] Napster153@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

It's a matter of how much attention was put on the matter before and after

Actual researches could've existed for a while or were left stagnant prior to the current trend, which attracted a fresh group of curious minds to continue where the last left off.