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E-Cigarettes Likely Cause Lung and Oral Cancer: Study

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Above: **Watermarked Getty Image. Kindly Replace** A teenage boy smokes a vape at a cafe in Bekasi, West Java, on Feb. 22, 2026. Image credit: Aditya Irawan/NurPhoto/Getty Images

The Spin

Vaping is a genuine health threat that exposes users to thousands of unidentified chemicals, nicotine addiction and serious lung disease risks. E-cigarettes haven't earned FDA approval as cessation tools, and most people who try them to quit end up using both products. A new generation is getting hooked on nicotine through vaping, and that addiction pipeline leads straight to traditional tobacco use.

Johns Hopkins Medicine Nhs.Uk

The science is settled — vaping is far less harmful than smoking, and misleading headlines have convinced smokers to stick with cigarettes instead of switching to a proven quitting tool. Cochrane Reviews show high certainty that vapes outperform patches and gums for quitting. Letting smokers believe vaping is equally dangerous is a public health failure that costs lives.

Tom Slater on X Our World in Data

Metaculus Prediction

There is a 60% chance smoking and sex will be less prevalent in the United States in 2050 than in 2021, according to the Metaculus prediction community.