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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]
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. Vaping illness: Teen's lungs aged 50 ...
A concern regarding vaping is that it could entice children to initiate smoking. This could be the argument that nicotine leads to smoking or making smoking appear more acceptable again. [28] Concerns exist in respect to adolescence vaping due to studies indicating nicotine may potentially have harmful effects on the growing brain. [29]
Vaping has slightly declined among teens. The use of e-cigarettes among high schoolers decreased from 14.1% to 10% from 2022 to 2023, the 2023 National Youth Tobacco Survey found.
News media featured hospitalized lung vaping illness patients in narratives including the following: Dehydration from nausea, multifocal pneumonia, sepsis, acute respiratory failure with hypoxemia, and blood clots, necessitating a medically induced coma and removal of fluid from the lungs. [109] Vomiting, coughing up blood, and lipid pneumonia ...
Teen lungs are not fully developed, which could potentially make them more vulnerable to the chemicals found in e-cigarettes. "The aerosol has heavy metals and ultrafine toxic particles that ...
The timespan in which a child is exposed to parental smoking has also been associated with increased risk of smoking. [25] [26] A negative association does appear to exist between parental smoking and an adolescent's first cigarette such that parents who smoked had a stronger negative response to a child's first cigarette. [25]
Vaping has an immediate effect on how well the user’s blood vessels work, even if the e-cigarette doesn’t contain nicotine, according to new research. ... which may mean the person’s lungs ...