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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]
Chest and back pain from recurrent pneumothoraces (air in the chest outside of the lungs) [115] Trouble breathing, necessitating a ventilator and medically induced coma. [116] The 18-year-old patient says she bought vaping products from a smoke shop that did not ask for her ID card, enabling her to lie and claim that she was 22. [117]
Vaping can cause dependence on nicotine, amongst other potential health-related risks. [28] A concern regarding vaping is that it is linked with an increased risk of children or adolescents being enticed to initiate smoking tobacco or cannabis products as they enter adulthood. [29]
Dr. John E. Parker was working at a West Virginia hospital in 2015 when a 31-year-old female patient was admitted with acute respiratory problems.
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More deaths are expected from vaping-related lung illnesses, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. More deaths expected from vaping lung illnesses, CDC says Skip to main ...
A Texas teenager says he nearly died after his lung collapsed from excessive vaping, K TVT reports. Though 17-year-old Tryston Zohfeld, of Weatherford, said he was well aware of the dangers of ...
The LD 50 of nicotine is 50 mg/kg for rats and 3 mg/kg for mice. 0.5–1.0 mg/kg can be a lethal dosage for adult humans, and 0.1 mg/kg for children. [19] [20] However the widely used human LD 50 estimate of 0.5–1.0 mg/kg was questioned in a 2013 review, in light of several documented cases of humans surviving much higher doses; the 2013 review suggests that the lower limit causing fatal ...