Australian vaping cancer study is deemed a flawed metareview

9 articles · Updated · Filter · Apr 27

The paper reviewed studies from 2017 to 2025, added no new evidence and was criticised on PubPeer for lacking clear criteria, protocol and bias assessment.
It relied partly on case reports and, critics said, drew conclusions unsupported by comparative evidence on smoking, while media coverage amplified claims that vaping causes oral and lung cancer.
The article says such messaging could deter smokers from switching, despite decades of research suggesting vaping is substantially less harmful than cigarettes, which cause more than 480,000 US deaths annually.

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