No, vapes aren't 95% less harmful than cigarettes. Here's how this decade-old myth took off

  • Written by: Michelle Jongenelis, Associate Professor, Melbourne Centre for Behaviour Change, The University of Melbourne
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It’s 2013. The Harlem Shake is on the radio and e-cigarettes are becoming a thing. A group of researchers convene to discuss these and other products containing nicotine.

In a 2014 paper detailing the outcomes of that meeting, the authors rated “electronic nicotine delivery systems” (e-cigarettes) as having...

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