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The first case of a vaping-related lung illness in the Philippines was reported in November 2019. [89] A 16-year-old girl from central Philippines was vaping e-cigarettes for half a year. [89] She had difficulty breathing and was admitted to the hospital in October 2019. [89] She was discharged after she received treatment from a pediatric ...
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 ...
Chapman told NBC News that the four teens admitted to Children's Minnesota all arrived with what doctors originally thought was a bad respiratory infection, like pneumonia. But instead of getting ...
On 18 September 2019, a case of severe lung illness associated with vaping in Canada was reported. [28] A high school student in Ontario needed to be put on life support. [28] The person had been vaping every day. [29] His health improved and he was released from the hospital. [28] This case has not been confirmed, as 27 September 2019. [30]
Even though traditional cigarettes have a higher damage record than e-cigarettes, e-cigarettes can have risks such as the highly publicized and deadly 2019–20 vaping lung illness outbreak in North America that lead to 68 deaths and was strongly linked to vitamin E acetate in THC-containing vaping liquid. [8]
According to the study, 75 percent of flavored e-cigarettes and their refill liquids were found to contain Diacetyl, "a flavoring chemical linked to cases of severe respiratory disease" such as ...
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.
The extent to which teens are using e-cigarettes may lead to addiction or substance dependence in youth, is unknown. [89] A 2017 review noted that "adolescents experience symptoms of dependence at lower levels of nicotine exposure than adults. Consequently, it is harder to reverse addiction originating in this stage compared with later in life ...