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Adding to the long list of tobacco control practitioners who have publicly declared that smoking may be no more harmful than vaping - which involves no tobacco and no combustion - a South Carolina respiratory therapist is telling patients that they should not quit smoking using electronic cigarettes because these devices may be more dangerous than tobacco cigarettes, which kills more than 400,000 Americans each year.

To make matters worse, the deeming regulations would prohibit electronic cigarette companies from informing their consumers that vaping is less hazardous than smoking. In fact, e-cigarette companies would not even be allowed to inform consumers that electronic cigarettes are free of tobacco, or that they have much lower levels of a number of carcinogens and are free of thousands of harmful chemicals that are present in tobacco smoke.

The reason for the failure of these researchers to disclose their past relationships with the tobacco industry is not entirely clear, but may revolve around their interpretation of the conflict of interest disclosure form's requirements. In section 3 of the form, authors of articles are asked to disclose any financial relationships with industry that occurred within the past three years. However, neither of the two co-authors has received money from any tobacco companies since 2010.

A issued by UC Riverside states unequivocally that this research finds thirdhand smoke to be every bit as harmful as active smoking.

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