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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]
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]
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 ...
As of 3 December 2019, the CDC is only reporting hospitalized vaping-associated lung illness cases and vaping-associated lung illness deaths, regardless of hospitalization status. [2] As of 15 October 2019, the CDC has reported on 1,358 people with data on age and gender: 70% of people are male. [2]
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 Pennsylvania teenager developed a severe case of 'wet lung' just three weeks after she began smoking e-cigarettes, according to a case study published on Thursday.. The 18-year-old girl, whose ...
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.
This phenomenon is also known as vaping but has many other names as well. [40] In 2020, it was estimated that approximately 1.3 million children in the United States smoke. [41] For the first time in 2014, e-cigarette use was higher among adolescents than smoking traditional cigarettes.