Vaping & Your Health: What We Know 12 Years Later

By Ana-Marija Dolaskie — Jan 30, 2026
Twelve years ago, ACSH produced a video based on our publication titled: The Effects of Nicotine on Human Health. In a recent interview, ACSH's Director of Bio-Sciences, Cameron English, and Video Producer Ana-Marija Dolaskie revisited the topic to discuss how much, if anything, has changed on vaping and its safety, and whether or not the video's core message remains true today, more than a decade later.
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English calls the original video “prophetic,” explaining that decades of additional research have only
strengthened the evidence that vaping is dramatically less harmful than smoking because it eliminates combustion—the source of most tobacco carcinogens. He points to long-term data showing few adverse health effects among adult smokers who switch and argues that shifting language from “e-cigarettes” to “vaping” has helped separate these products from traditional tobacco, even as public debate remains clouded by misinformation and stigma. Their
conversation explores effects on human health and teen vaping trends, which are now at record lows despite persistent media headlines touting otherwise.

Curious about the original publication and video? Find them both here.

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