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As a result of the 380 illnesses and six deaths of people across the United States from vaping cannabis or e-cigarettes, consumers, vape makers, and retailers alike have to be aware of how ...
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]
The vape cartridges purportedly contained as high as 1,000 milligrams of THC, [69] when the packaging stated it was just 5 milligrams. [70] Roughly $1.5 million worth of THC products were seized during the raid. [71] 57 mason jars containing THC oil were also seized during the raid. [72] Each jar was worth about $6,000. [72]
Poison control center calls in the US related to e-cigarettes was one call per month in September 2010 to 215 calls per month in February 2014. [126] The US poison control centers reported 92.5% of children coming in contact with liquid nicotine was from swallowing during the period from January 2012 to April 2017. [123]
A vape cartridge containing Delta-8 sold in North Texas. Under federal and Texas law, hemp is cannabis with a Delta-9 THC concentration below 0.3%.
In February, a Texas man identified as 24-year-old William Eric Brown died after a vaping device he was smoking exploded in the parking lot of a vape supply store, severing his carotid artery.
Governor Charlie Baker ordered a 4-month ban on all e-cigarette sales. This was later changed to a ban lasting indefinitely. Vaping is banned on all state college & university campuses. Localities with vaping bans that include all bars and restaurants (116 total): Acton, banned in all enclosed workplaces, including bars and restaurants [3]
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.