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kleinbl00 · 3344 days ago · link · · parent · post: Possible side effects from vaping. Shut down of immune system genes.
Well, let's not gallop to conclusions like Ars.
1) There's no actual data available - the paper was presented, but I can't find anywhere to look at it.
2) The n of the paper is itty bitty - "about a dozen" of three cohorts of patients.
3) The study is on the immune response of nasal mucosa, not on the immune response of the patient overall.
Sure - vaping is worse for you than not vaping. I think everyone - including vapers - will acknowledge this. But there's this amazing drive within the blogosphere to find some way in which vaping is somehow worse for you than smoking. And nobody ever wonders why.