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Statewide vaping ban: Effective September 30, 2021, according to Chapter 3794 of the Ohio Revised Code, vaping is prohibited in all places where smoking is prohibited (which includes bars and restaurants), with the exception of retail establishments that make at least 80% of their gross revenue from the sale of vaping products.
[164] [165] From 1 July 2024, all e-cigarettes (vapes) and vaping products can only be sold in a pharmacy. [166] The importation of disposable vapes is banned and all other vaping goods require an import licence or permit. [167] Flavours for vapes are restricted to mint, menthol, and tobacco.
Electronic cigarettes are marketed to smoking and non-smoking men, women, and children as being safer than cigarettes. [1] In the 2010s, large tobacco businesses accelerated their marketing spending on vape products, [2] [3] similar to the strategies traditional cigarette companies used in the 1950s and 1960s.
Vaping typically gives a lower amount of nicotine per puff than smoking cigarettes. [183] E-liquids contain nicotine in a variety of different strengths. [ 184 ] From no nicotine [ 185 ] to 36 mg/ml. [ 186 ] On average a regular cigarette contains 6–28 mg of nicotine or the user will inhale about 1.1 to 1.8 mg of nicotine if just a portion is ...
Vaping [notes 7] generates particulate matter 2.5 μm or less in diameter (PM 2.5), but at notably less concentrations compared to cigarette smoke. [55] Particle concentrations from vaping ranged from 6.6 to 85.0 μg/m 3. [53] Particle-size distributions of particulate matter from vaping differ across studies. [1]
[2] Though patients have reported using vaping products containing THC, nicotine, or both types, 84% of patients studied by the CDC admitted THC use. [5] [2] The majority of those affected were young adults aged 18–34, which is the group with the greatest prevalence of cannabis use in the U.S. [10]
THC-containing e-cigarettes were deemed responsible for the 2019–20 vaping lung illness outbreak in North America that led to 68 deaths and was linked to vitamin E acetate in the e-liquid. [10] Misuse and accidents increase risks [ 11 ] such as nicotine poisoning , [ 12 ] [ 13 ] contact with liquid nicotine , [ 14 ] and fires caused by ...
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]