Some Disposable E-Cigarettes Are More Toxic Than Traditional Cigarettes, Study Finds

‘Vapes are safe alternatives to smoking’ — and other lies they tell us – The Mail & Guardian

Smoking cigarettes on a plane was normal until tobacco control laws put a stop to it.  The new normal — taking a puff on any of the latest electronic devices in a shopping centre where smoking isn’t allowed. Big Tobacco is good at adapting. With fewer people smoking cigarettes globally, the industry has pivoted the playbook towards electronic devices like vapes and heated tobacco products (HTP). The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Global Tobac…

Some Disposable E-Cigarettes Are More Toxic Than Traditional Cigarettes, Study Finds

Alarming research challenges the widely held belief that vapes are safer than cigarettes.

E-cigarettes emit very high formaldehyde levels only in conditions that are aversive to users: A replication study under verified realistic use conditions

In 2015, a study identified 5–15-fold higher levels of formaldehyde emissions from an old-generation e-cigarette tested at 5.0 V compared to tobacco c…

Disposable ecigs expose users to much higher levels of toxic metals than earlier generations of ecigs or cigarettes

Mark Salazar, and his colleagues at UC Davis new paper “Elevated Toxic Element Emissions from Popular Disposable E‑Cigarettes: Sources, Life Cycle, and Health Risks” provides a comprehensive analysis that shows that how popular disposable e-cigarettes (Esco Bar, Flum Pebble, and ELF Bar) expose users to levels of toxic metals that are orders of magnitude higher in concentration than traditional cigarettes and other e-cigarettes. They explain the…

UC Davis study reveals higher toxicity in disposable e-cigarettes than traditional cigarettes

UCD details toxics in e-cigs

They may look like travel shampoo bottles and smell like bubblegum, but after a few hundred puffs, some disposable, electronic cigarettes and vape pods release higher amounts of toxic metals than older e-cigarettes and traditional cigarettes, according to a study…