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In September 2019, a lawsuit was brought on behalf of an 18-year-old from Illinois who had been hospitalized with lung damage from vaping. The plaintiff charged Juul with targeting teens with false marketing [clarification needed] of a dangerous product, and a gas station for allowing him to buy vaping products as a minor. [105]
Almost two dozen people in the Midwest have been hospitalized with severe breathing difficulties linked to vaping, and doctors aren't sure why. 22 people have been hospitalized with vaping-linked ...
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]
Beyond how it affects mental health, vaping THC — the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis — in particular has caused severe lung injuries linked to the vitamin E acetate found in such devices.
The 18-year-old was placed on a ventilator machine and had tubes inserted into both sides of her chest to help drain the fluid from her lungs. Teen develops severe case of 'wet lung' after smoking ...
Youth smoking is an issue that affects countries worldwide. While the extent to which smoking is viewed as a negative health behavior may vary across different nations, it remains an issue regardless of how it is perceived by different societies.
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 ...
However, if vaping is used as a way to get nicotine in situations where smoking is not convenient, vaping may negatively affect health. Other smoker-transition aids are available and may offer better safety and/or effectiveness profiles then vaping. Given equal effectiveness, relatively safety considerations would become paramount.