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2024-05-08 14:19:09 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: FF07B1F2BAADA814C4200C3442D477AB7736EFF1002527C4EC9B7191A8E0DA96
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Smoking is the leading cause of cancer, not vaping. Nicotine is on the WHO essential medicine list, safe for ages 12+ https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/WHO-MHP-HPS-EML-2021.02 Nicotine does not cause cancer https://cancer-code-europe.iarc.fr/index.php/en/ecac-12-ways/tobacco/199-nicotine-cause-cancer Less than 1% cancer risk https://www.acsh.org/news/2016/11/11/can-electronic-cigarettes-cause-cancer-10424?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-study-on-ecig-vapour-and-cancer-in-mice/ https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/27/1/10 short/medium term risks studies, found no major causes of concern associated with vaping. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nicotine-vaping-in-england-2022-evidence-update
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