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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]
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 ...
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]
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 ...
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]
A 22-year-old North Dakota man who has vaped since his teens has started to make a “miracle” recovery ... While scientists and doctors are not clear on the link between vaping and lung issues ...
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 ...
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 ...