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It's still breathing in artificial and chemical substances in higher dosed than normal. What would they have expected? No influence?
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.