by PediaBlog | Apr 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
Last week on The PediaBlog, we spent two days (here and here) poking holes in the myth that vaping is less harmful than smoking. Katherine Martinelli at Child Mind Institute tells parents of teens “What You Need To Know” by listing some of the health...
by PediaBlog | Mar 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
One of the most attractive features of electronic nicotine delivery systems has to be the perception that they are less harmful to one’s health than the most traditional nicotine delivery devices of all — cigarettes. But less harmful is not the same...
by PediaBlog | Mar 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
Health data regarding the use of electronic nicotine delivery systems has been piling up lately and the results are not good for people who think they are avoiding the dangers of tobacco smoke by vaping instead. In a large American study from earlier this year,...
by PediaBlog | Jan 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
One very promising health statistic in recent years has been the declining rate at which Americans smoke cigarettes. Hard as it is to believe, almost half (42%) of adults in the U.S. smoked cigarettes in 1965. But more than half a century later, only 14% (34.3...
by PediaBlog | May 31, 2018 | Uncategorized
Everyone knows that smoking tobacco is really bad for your health. And everyone knows that indirect secondhand exposure to tobacco smoke is really bad, especially in children. Now there is evidence that thirdhand smoke — residual chemical compounds from...
