{"id":4295,"date":"2026-03-31T08:02:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/31\/vaping-likely-to-cause-cancer\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T08:02:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:02:16","slug":"vaping-likely-to-cause-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/31\/vaping-likely-to-cause-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaping \u2018likely\u2019 to cause cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2026-03-31 08:02:13<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Vaping could raise the risk of lung and mouth cancer.<BR><br \/>\nResearchers from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, have cast fresh doubt on the safety of e-cigarettes &#8211; which have often been marketed as a safer alternative to smoking.<BR><br \/>\nThe team reviewed a series of studies, including experiments in mice that developed lung tumours after exposure to vape aerosol, alongside reports of heavy users who went on to develop aggressive mouth cancer.<BR><br \/>\nThey believe vapour from e-cigarettes may contain cancer-causing chemicals that can damage DNA and trigger inflammation in body tissues.<BR><br \/>\nLead author Professor Bernard Stewart said: &#8220;We\u2019ll only be able to determine the precise risk once longer-term studies are available.&#8221;<BR><br \/>\nDespite the concerns, scientists stressed that vaping is still widely considered less harmful than traditional smoking \u2014 but warned it may not be risk-free, especially for those who have never smoked.<BR><br \/>\nProfessor Becky Freeman, from the University of Sydney, cautioned: &#8220;Vaping is not a safe alternative to smoking for nonsmokers.&#8221;<BR><br \/>\nHowever, the findings have sparked backlash from other experts, who argue the evidence is far from conclusive.<BR><br \/>\nProfessor Lion Shahab, of University College London, said: &#8220;No one would argue that e-cigarettes are entirely risk-free.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;They should be used as a harm reduction product to help those who smoke to quit and reduce their risk of developing smoking-related diseases.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;However, this review does not offer a \u2018smoking gun\u2019 that e-cigarettes cause oral or lung cancer, nor does it make an attempt at quantifying this risk.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;The evidence is simply not there.&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026-03-31 08:02:13 Vaping could raise the risk of lung and mouth cancer. Researchers from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, have cast fresh doubt on the safety&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4296,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4295"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4297,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4295\/revisions\/4297"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}