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An 18-year-old's vaping-related illness left him with lungs that more closely resemble a 70-year-old's than those of a teenager, according to his doctors.
The CDC recommends that e-cigarette, or vaping, products should never be used by youths, young adults, or women who are pregnant. [2] Adults who do not currently use tobacco products should not start using e-cigarette, or vaping, products, according to the CDC. [2] Various diluent thickening products were sold online via wholesale suppliers. [54]
Vaping-associated pulmonary injury (VAPI), [4] also known as vaping-associated lung injury (VALI) [1] or e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury (E/VALI), [2] [a] is an umbrella term, [15] [16] used to describe lung diseases associated with the use of vaping products that can be severe and life-threatening. [3]
In analyzing 51 different flavored e-cigarettes, author of the study Joseph Allen and his team found at least one of three top toxins — diacetyl, acetoin and 2,3-pentanedione — in 47 of the e ...
[72] A US federal law in 2019 raised the minimum age to buy e-cigarettes from 18 to 21 years. [73] E-cigarettes are a source of potential developmental toxicants. [74] Child vapers had a higher likelihood of more and more significant adverse effects than child smokers. Significant harmful effects included cyanosis, nausea, and coma. [75]
This indicated that exposure to e-cigarette components in a susceptible time period of brain development could induce persistent behavioral changes. [17] E-cigarette aerosols without containing nicotine could harm the growing conceptus. [115] This indicates that the ingredients in the e-liquid, such as the flavors, could be developmental toxicants.
Nicotine dependence is a serious public health concern due to it being one of the leading causes of avoidable deaths worldwide. [51] The medical community is concerned that e-cigarettes may escalate global nicotine dependence, particularly among adolescents who are attracted to many of the flavored e-cigarettes. [56]
In 2019, Trump signed legislation raising the federal minimum age for sale of tobacco products from 18 to 21 years. But he also weakened a plan to crack down on flavored e-cigarettes, ...