Respiratory harms from vaping: Questions for debate and discussion

Note from the Editors-in-Chief This Correspondence is a response to a recent research study by Lee et al. published in Respirology (doi/10.1111/resp.14113). It is accompanied by a rebuttal and response by the authors of the research study (doi/10.1111/resp.14181). Both communications pertain to a study of vaping and detrimental effects on lung function. The policy of Respirology is not to publish research from authors who are associated with organisations that accept funding from the tobacco and vaping industry and the journal is not diverting from this policy. This Correspondence does not present new research findings but we are of the opinion that it raises legitimate scientific questions about the published work by Lee et al. For a robust discussion to be freely conducted on the scientific merits of the published work, it was deemed essential to publish this Correspondence and associated Reply. The relevant disclosures of the authors of the Correspondence are clearly stated and research and other funding from tobacco and vaping industry sources are unambiguously identified. We therefore leave it to our esteemed readers to make their own judgements on this noteworthy and contemporary debate. Philip Bardin and Paul Reynolds Co-Editors in Chief, Respirology