I know a lot of Christians, and they have normal views on pollution and the environment. They are about as apathetic about the issue as the rest of us.

…they make similar arguments about atheists. “Since they don’t believe in sin, they are selfish and violent.”

I read it. It’s not compelling.

The first cited research regarding DNA damage is a dead link. It says “error: this is not a published article” or something like that.

The second cited research is an abstract claiming that 20% of mice developed lung cancer after being exposed to vape smoke for 9 weeks. The methodology is blocked behind a paywall, but I’m betting they concentrated trace components and blasted mice with it for two months straight. This isn’t very informative; if I concentrated the carcinogens found in normal city air, I could probably achieve a higher kill rate.

A better example of this strategy would be if I blasted mice with extremely high intensity UV radiation to prove that the sun was dangerous. Sure, 90% of mice would quickly get skin cancer, but it doesn’t tell us how harmful the sun is in real scenarios. Blasting an animal with a lifetime worth of sun in an hour is more dangerous than gradual exposure.

Tobacco the plant has a host of carcinogens. No matter where you put tobacco -mouth, lungs, bladder, nose, ass, wherever-it causes cancer. The article’s claim that nicotine causes lung cancer but nicotine gum is safe is pretty ridiculous.

Source: I’m a chemist. Part of my schooling was making mundane results appear as sensational as possible.