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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]
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 ...
Poison control center calls in the US related to e-cigarettes was one call per month in September 2010 to 215 calls per month in February 2014. [121] US poison control centers reported that 92.5% of children who came in contact with liquid nicotine swallowed it during the period from January 2012 to April 2017. [118]
An electronic cigarette (e-cigarette), or vape, [note 1] [1] is a device that simulates smoking. It consists of an atomizer, a power source such as a battery, and a container such as a cartridge or tank. Instead of smoke, the user inhales vapor. [2] As such, using an e-cigarette is often called "vaping". [3]
Regulation of electronic cigarettes varies across countries and states, ranging from no regulation to banning them entirely. [1] As of 2015, around two thirds of major nations have regulated e-cigarettes in some way. [2] A 2023 report by the World Health Organization (WHO) found that 34 countries had banned the sale of e-cigarettes. [3]
Electronic cigarettes are marketed to smoking and non-smoking men, women, and children as being safer than cigarettes. [1] In the 2010s, large tobacco businesses accelerated their marketing spending on vape products, [2] [3] similar to the strategies traditional cigarette companies used in the 1950s and 1960s.
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]
Disposable electronic cigarettes, also known as disposable vapes, combine various materials like plastics, metals, and electronic components, which present numerous environmental concerns. These single-use devices, while convenient, add to the growing problem of electronic waste due to their complex composition and the difficulties inherent in ...