Expert Reaction to Qualitative Risk Assessment on the Carcinogenicity of E-Cigarettes

Broad evidence implicates e-cigarettes as a cause of cancer

Bernard Stewart and colleagues from Australia just published “The carcinogenicity of e-cigarettes: a qualitative risk assessment” in Carcinogenesis. This review (summary) of the literature cites 116 papers, 15 of which were published in 2025. The fact that so many of the citations are recent is important because the evidence on the health risks of e-cigarettes is rapidly accumulating. Unlike most discussions of e-cigarettes and cancer, the autho…

expert reaction to qualitative risk assessment on the carcinogenicity of e-cigarettes

A risk assessment published in Carcinogenesis looks at the carcinogenicity of e-cigarettes.    Prof Peter Hajek, Professor of Clinical Psychology and Director of the Health and Lifestyle Research Unit, Queen Mary University of London, said: “The review’s conclusions are misleading. The authors specify early on that they are not comparing vapers and smokers. This allows them to present a detection of any level of a suspect chemical, however negli…