Category: Is It Safe

Thanks to the Dimitris and the Vape Team for this edited version of the entire press conference.

This is the abridged announcement of the results of the ECLAT Electronic Cigarette Study (“Efficiency and Safety of an Electronic Cigarette as a Tobacco Substitute”) headed by Dr. Riccardo Pelosa from the University of Catania in Italy. Dr. Michael Siegel from the Boston University School of Public Health also discusses the implications of the study from the perspective of public health.

The full results of the study can be found HERE. Video below.

The Video:

See more information by clicking the quote below:

I’ve said many times that since I’ve started vaping I haven’t taken as many sick days.  A friend who vapes has said the same thing.

Growing up I’ve always been prone to upper respiratory tract infections.  Has vaping helped me in this way as well?

Check out this article and decide for yourself:

Propylene glycol in e cigarettes might keep us healthy, says researchers

Thanks Rheal for the heads up on this one.

From Dr. Farsalinos,

Hello Phil.
This new site has been launched in order to present every scientific study performed on electronic cigarettes in an simplified and easy to understand language. It will include commentaries by me and other members of the research team. Our only purpose is to provide unbiased and useful information for every smoker, so that he makes the decision whether to use an e-cigarette or not based on real facts and data.
Additionally, we have launched our internet survey on electronic cigarette use. This will be (we hope) the biggest study ever performed on electronic cigarettes and will have significant impact on public health authorities when published in medical journals. We therefore invite every vaper to participate and tell us his sttory through this questionnaire.

Thank you so much!
Dr K. Farsalinos

No Dr Farsalinos, THANK YOU for all you do for the vaping community! Your support and information is greatly appreciated!

When you have some time, be sure to take the survey!!

Click the logo below to be directed to the site…

The study called, “Levels of selected carcinogens and toxicants in vapour from electronic cigarettes” further points to tobacco harm reduction when utilizing electronic cigarettes.

The study itself can be found HERE, but it appears you need to pay for it.

You can see a summary HERE

Results: We found that the e-cigarette vapours contained some toxic substances. The levels of the toxicants were 9–450 times lower than in cigarette smoke and were, in many cases, comparable with trace amounts found in the reference product.

Conclusions: Our findings are consistent with the idea that substituting tobacco cigarettes with e-cigarettes may substantially reduce exposure to selected tobacco-specific toxicants. E-cigarettes as a harm reduction strategy among smokers unwilling to quit, warrants further study.

Flavour Art Study

The FlavourArt ClearStream Website

Anti-Smoking Groups that Opposed Electronic Cigarettes Accepted Money

Greek scientist Konstantinos Farsalinos speaks out on ecigs, his heart study and tobacco harm reduction.

Check it out at Ashtray Blog here: Interview

VPLive Vape Team website: Vape Team

The episode is an important one and it’s why I’m posting it here. (yeah, I know Dimitris, they’re all important 🙂 )

The Vape Team has Dr. Konstantinos Farsalinos on the show. The doctor presents his study on “Acute effects of using an electronic nicotine-delivery device (e-cigarette) on myocardial function: comparison with the effects of regular cigarettes” at the European Society of Cardiology in Munich. Followed by a live interview with him.

The video is presented below in it’s entirety with the permission of the Vape Team.

Also, here is a follow-up article on Fox News: Fox News Article: Study finds e-cigarettes no threat to heart

THANK YOU TO DR. KONSTANTINOS FARSALINOS AND TO THE VP LIVE VAPE TEAM!! ONE POINT FOR THE GOOD TEAM!!

Well, the VapeTeam have outdone themselves again. In this interview, they talk to Dr. Konstantinos Farsalinos, a Cardiologist at the Onassis Cardiac Center in Athens, Greece to discuss his study, “The effects of vaping on the cardiovascular system, comparison with cigarette smoking”.

Some fantastic information and lots of charts (which I just love and will be coming soon)!!

Thanks to everyone on the VapeTeam for bringing this to the vaping community AND allowing me to re-post it here!