Howsit Guys
I've been on the forum for a while, started vaping about 2.5 years ago and I've never looked back, originally from Vape Town, now living in Joburg! I've mainly used the site for selling and buying vape goods, but now I need your help.
I work in the pharmaceutical industry as a medical scientific liaison and I meet with pulmonologists, cardiologists and internists across the country regularly. I was recently approached by a professor of pulmonology that saw me vaping and we started chatting about the pro's and con's of our habit.
He asked if I would be willing to assist him with a vaping study in my personal capacity, I agreed immediately!
In 1992 he did a study on stinkies that he wants to replicate with electronic cigarettes, the basic design involves abstaining from vaping for 12 hours (overnight) and then rocking up at the university the next morning where a few milliliters of your blood will be drawn and tested for inflammation markers. You are then put into a room with all the volunteers where you can vape as much as you want for 2 hours. The prof is still considering having non-vapers in the room whom he will also assess before and after.
After the vape session, blood will be drawn again and tested for the same markers to see if they increased to the same degree as with the stinkies. I think this is a pretty simple and awesome study to spot the differences between old and new nicotine delivery systems. And its proudly South African!
I hope to see a good response from the community, and I will include as many participants as possible! Please PM me your details (email and cell) and I will contact you early next year, the study is due to start at the end of February or the beginning of March.
I hope this is in the right section, please tell your friends about this. Mods please feel free to move it if I got it wrong!
Thanks!
Chris Coetzee
I've been on the forum for a while, started vaping about 2.5 years ago and I've never looked back, originally from Vape Town, now living in Joburg! I've mainly used the site for selling and buying vape goods, but now I need your help.
I work in the pharmaceutical industry as a medical scientific liaison and I meet with pulmonologists, cardiologists and internists across the country regularly. I was recently approached by a professor of pulmonology that saw me vaping and we started chatting about the pro's and con's of our habit.
He asked if I would be willing to assist him with a vaping study in my personal capacity, I agreed immediately!
In 1992 he did a study on stinkies that he wants to replicate with electronic cigarettes, the basic design involves abstaining from vaping for 12 hours (overnight) and then rocking up at the university the next morning where a few milliliters of your blood will be drawn and tested for inflammation markers. You are then put into a room with all the volunteers where you can vape as much as you want for 2 hours. The prof is still considering having non-vapers in the room whom he will also assess before and after.
After the vape session, blood will be drawn again and tested for the same markers to see if they increased to the same degree as with the stinkies. I think this is a pretty simple and awesome study to spot the differences between old and new nicotine delivery systems. And its proudly South African!
I hope to see a good response from the community, and I will include as many participants as possible! Please PM me your details (email and cell) and I will contact you early next year, the study is due to start at the end of February or the beginning of March.
I hope this is in the right section, please tell your friends about this. Mods please feel free to move it if I got it wrong!
Thanks!
Chris Coetzee
