Scientists Say E-Cigs Contain 10 Times As Many Cancer Chemicals As Cigarettes

[dixiegrrrrl]

Researchers commissioned by Japan's Health Ministry found carcinogens such as formaldehyde and acetaldehyde in vapour produced by several types of e-cigarette liquid, a health ministry official told AFP.
Formaldehyde -- a substance found in building materials and embalming fluids -- was present at much higher levels than carcinogens found in the smoke from regular cigarettes, the official said.

"In one brand of e-cigarette the team found more than 10 times the level of carcinogens contained in one regular cigarette," said researcher Naoki Kunugita, adding that the amount of formaldehyde detected varied through the course of analysis.

"Especially when the... wire (which vaporises the liquid) gets overheated, higher amounts of those harmful substances seemed to be produced."

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[SomethingFishy]

1. Already posted... and debunked...

Yeah they found 1 chinese brand of e-juice that contained "10 times the level of carcinogens"... Woo Hoo.

If you Vape, use a local store that mixes onsite. Avoid "gas station juice".. Which I may change to "Wal-Mart juice" since now the Chinese are looking to poison us some more..

There are 4 ingredients in my "juice" and none of them are formaldehyde or acetaldehyde...

Matter of fact I looked up the ingredients and found they are in everything from beer to food to soda.

[Warpy]

2. I figured as much, the tobacco giants are getting a little scared

Anything is better than inhaling concentrated smoke into your lungs.

Just stay away from the cheap stuff. Those wires are likelier to overheat (and catch fire) and the stuff they produce in China can be pretty dodgy, thanks to lax enforcement.

[Eleanors38]

3. Hmm. Well, folks will go back to the real thing...

since very standard and orthodox black market structures are Already bringing in billions of cigarettes at less than OTC prices.

Prohibition: America's most addictive substance.

[L0oniX]

4. Republican wanna be scientists with a degree from a box of Cracker Jack. See below for details...