Kiwi experts criticize study that vapotage could cause the same toxic damage to lung cells as traditional cigarettes – 11-Feb. 2019

A new study suggests that new nicotine electronic devices may not be safer than cigarettes.

He directly compared the new heated tobacco devices with vaping and traditional cigarettes – and found that all three are toxic to human lung cells.

Ben Youdan, Policy Analyst for Action on Smoking and Health, says the study methods are flawed and contradict other studies showing that vaping is 95% less harmful than traditional cigarettes.

Youdan says that research has many limitations, including being conducted in a laboratory rather than looking at "real world impacts".