| category | factcheck |
| score | False 🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥 |
| claim | "Vaping risks diabetes" |
| url | https://nypost.com/2022/03/03/vaping-raises-risk-of-diabetes-john-hopkins-researchers/ |
| author | New York Post / Ben Cost |
| tags | ['third-party-fact-check', 'popcorn-news', 'pr-study', 'title-exacerbation'] |

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## Prediabetes junk news associated with NYPost

Likely the worst article that parrots a PR study attributing prediabetes risk
to e-cigarettes (for mostly former smokers), despite the study itself not
sustaining that claim. Respecting the 24h rule or a plausibility check for
medical news is seemingly out of scope for the NYPost. They're also either
unaware of Johns Hopkins` reputation in this field, or possibly even
satirizing themselves.

> [PR study attributes prediabetes to e-cig usage](doc/trunk/factcheck/10.1016/j.amepre.2021.12.009.md)

### phrasing check

 * Title jumps from the orignal wishy-washy "prediabetes" right to diabetes claims.
 * <q>Scientists at one of America’s leading medical research universities</q> - questionable on this topic.
 * <q>an “important” new study</q> - important mostly for sustaining funding perhaps.
 * <q>as a serious wake-up call for e-cigarette smokers.</q> - nope.
 * <q>“Our study demonstrated a clear association of prediabetes risk with the use of e-cigarettes,”</q> - it takes like all of 2 minutes to visit the journal and peek at the  "Limitations" section, which spells out the lack of causality.
 * <q>e-cigarettes carry a similar risk to traditional cigarettes with respect to diabetes</q> - not what the numbers say, Ben.
 * <q>trendy e-cigarettes have been linked to …, erectile dysfunction"</q> -  same lack of causility, different NYP author though.
 * <q>after analyzing the health data</q> - well, yeah, it's technically data once it's in a database; but still from a telephone survey.
 * <q>those who vape … are 22% more likely … traditional cigarette users were 40% …"</q> - so author aware of the discrepancy.
 * <q>nicotine has a detrimental effect on insulin action</q> - 🟩 correct
 * <q>electronic tobacco dispensers</q> - unclear, possibly means HTP?
 * <q>traditional cancer sticks</q> - 🟩 approved
 * <q>Researchers found the correlation particularly alarming as  e-cigarettes, … have been promoted by UK public health officials.</q> - maybe the more objective research could have been a clue, that reducing COPD + stroke + cancer deaths is slightly more important than side scares.
 * <q>… because they are touted as a safer alternative, which we now know is not the case,” said Biswal.</q> - see hint on "no reputable scientist".

### vaped crusaders respond

Amanda Wheeler had a more detailed response to this article, so:

 * <https://twitter.com/VaporAmerican/status/1499503777723858945>

### verdict

These news stories are not consequence-free. Scaring people back to smoking
will cause morbidity and death. Unfortunately the US media landscape has
ethics comparable to their privatized public health sector.

#### Other potential issues in article

 * [popcorn-news](/wiki/popcorn-news)
 * [ergo-harmful](/wiki/ergo-harmful)



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