| category | factcheck |
| score | Mostly False 🟥🟥🟥🟥🟧 |
| claim | "Vaping raises blood sugar, leads to prediabetes" |
| url | https://www.prevention.com/health/a39326791/e-cigarette-vaping-increases-risk-for-diabetes-raises-blood-sugar-new-study/ |
| author | Hearst Magazine Media / Arielle Weg |
| tags | ['third-party-fact-check', 'popcorn-news', 'pr-study', 'title-exacerbation'] |
Article reiterates talking points from a PR study bent on attributing risks to e-cigarettes. Even though most of which are former smokers, and simply retain the existing raised levels of blood sugar.
added contartions
Leading to Prediabetes
makes a causality claim unspported by the papere-cigarette use may increase
tries to subjunctively walk it backthose who vape have a 22% increased risk of developing prediabetes compared to those who do not
- only if current smokers are discounted (which article later notes)to stop smoking e-cigarettes
- well, no smoke in e-cigs, but furthering relapse might make it truevaping has long been associated with fewer smoking-related complications
- unfortunately also linking to Johns Hopkins (EVALI, tobacco trivialization, vaping hysteridemic)can still cause your body some serious harm
- concluded from "prediabetes" (a somewhat non-descript nutritional assessment)Prediabetes is often reversible, …
- link to more worthwhile prevention.com article“Our study demonstrated a clear association of prediabetes risk with the use of e-cigarettes,” Shyam Biswal, Ph.D., lead investigator on the study, explained in a press release.
- parrots the "clear association" which the study itself very much did not.… 22% are more likely …. In comparison, those who smoke traditional cigarettes had a 40% chance…
- at least compared the numbers here"touted as a safer alternative, which we now know is not the case,”
→ no reputable scientist…
verdict
Albeit the article goes on to add some more useful notes on diabetes; it mainly passes on PR here. For absence of much review, and exaggartion in title and teaser, this post inherits a "mostly false" score.