“US research that has said vaping can lead to “worrisome changes” in blood pressure and heart function has drawn criticism from British scientists who told the evidence remains that e-cigarettes are significantly safer than smoking. Senior academics in the UK expressed dismay and incredulity after suggestions by a US team of researchers that measurements of heart rate and blood pressure cast doubt on findings that smoking is much more dangerous than vaping.
UK-based scientists were critical of how the research, at abstract stage, had been introduced. Professor Peter Hajek, from the Wolfson Institute of Population Health at Queen Mary University of London, was among them and told the US researchers had been “irresponsible”. He said: “Like a number of such previous reports, the heart rate part is just noting a well-known short-term effect of nicotine that accompanies all types of stimulation. The same effect is generated by watching a thriller or a football match or sitting an exam. Drinking a cup of coffee actually produces a larger response of much longer duration.”
ARTICLE LINK: Why UK scientists are calling new research on the effects of e-cigarettes ‘irresponsible’
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