At the start of this year there was a report that greatly pleased the critics of e-cigarettes . It claimed that the product could generate high levels of formaldehyde far greater than from tobacco cigarettes. Oh how the critics loved reading that. I wonder if they'll read a new study that has just been published stating that to achieve those levels would require extreme conditions which vapers can easily expect to avoid. The previous report had been published in a letter in the New England Journal of Medicine, the far more sensible study has just been published in the scientific journal 'Addiction.'





Dr. Konstantinos Farsalinos and revealed that the high levels were only possible in what is known as 'dry puff' conditions. Farsalinos commented that this "dry puff" has been described by vapers as "the dreaded dry puff." That's because it will "deliver a strong unpleasant taste that vapers detect and avoid, by reducing power levels and puff duration or by increasing inter-puff intervals." He added that minimal amounts of aledhydes are released in "normal vaping conditions." In those normal-use conditions, the emissions are far lower than when smoking tobacco cigarettes. The study was led by cardiologistand revealed that the high levels were only possible in what is known as 'dry puff' conditions.commented that this "dry puff" has been described by vapers as "the dreaded dry puff." That's because it will "deliver a strong unpleasant taste that vapers detect and avoid, by reducing power levels and puff duration or by increasing inter-puff intervals." He added that minimal amounts of aledhydes are released in "normal vaping conditions." In those normal-use conditions, the emissions are far lower than when smoking tobacco cigarettes.





More support for e-cigarettes came from Professor Peter Hajek who is the director of the Tobacco Dependence Research Unit at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry. He says the new study emphasizes the importance of "the conditions in which tests of this kind are undertaken." If that is done then it will prevent "sweeping assertions that can mislead the public."



