• Halcyon@discuss.tchncs.de
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      Lungs are simply not made for absorption of substances. The tissues are very delicate and are there for the exchange of gases. Everything else is a pollution.

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      I suspect it’s what got mixed in the nicotine it is probably impossible to have a pure nicotine. I haven’t read the article to be fair.

      • BygoneNeutrino@lemmy.world
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        I read it. It’s not compelling.

        The first research article claiming DNA damage is a dead link. It says error:this is not a published article or something like that.

        The second cited research is an abstract claiming that 20% of mice developed lung cancer after being exposed to vape smoke for 9 weeks. The methodology is blocked behind a paywall, but I’m betting they concentrated trace components and that blasted mice with it for two months straight. This isn’t very informative; if I concentrated the carcinogens found in normal city air, I could probably achieve a better kill rate in mice.

        Tobacco has a host of carcinogens. No matter where you put tobacco -mouth, lungs, bladder, nose,ass, whatever-it causes cancer. Claiming that nicotine causes lung cancer but nicotine gum is safe is pretty ridiculous.