Ok-Lobster-919 t1_ixxy57u wrote on November 27, 2022 at 6:19 AM

Reply to comment by tornpentacle in Researchers say e-cigarettes and similar devices are associated with a higher risk for dental cavities by giuliomagnifico

It was easy for them to ask about marijuana use, and they could have excluded them from the study. There are better studies that do take this into account like this one:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6636695/

This systematic review of studies highlights the problem https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36276349/

Conclusions: This review provides an update to the 2018 NASEM report on chronic health effects of e-cigarette use. While the number of studies has grown, the certainty of evidence remains very low largely because of cross-sectional designs and lack of reporting on exclusive e-cigarette exposure. There remains a need for higher quality intervention and prospective studies to assess causality, with a focus on exclusive e-cigarette use.

mime454 t1_iy9czur wrote on November 29, 2022 at 6:53 PM

Both questions seem important. I keep waiting for solid research into the safety of vaping as a route of administration and separately the effects of the chemicals being vaporized and inhaled.