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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]
As of 2015, the long-term lung function effects of vaping were unknown. [130] [76]: 12 A 2014 study reported that limited evidence suggests that e-cigarettes produce less short-term effects on lung function than traditional cigarettes. [131] As of 2015 many e-liquid ingredients had not been examined in the lung. [101]
Critics of vaping bans state that vaping is a much safer alternative to smoking tobacco products and that vaping bans incentivize people to return to smoking cigarettes. [148] For example, critics cite the British Journal of Family Medicine in August 2015 which stated, "E-cigarettes are 95% safer than traditional smoking."
Take it from lung cancer experts: it's not just smoking cigarettes.
A study published by the Radiological Society of North America examined what happens to the bodies of smokers, vapers and dual users, and showed that using an e-cigarette decreased “venous ...
The CDC's findings were based on fluid samples from the lungs of 29 patients with vaping-associated pulmonary injury, which provided direct evidence of vitamin E acetate at the primary site of injury in all the 29 lung fluid samples tested. [35] Research suggests when vitamin E acetate is inhaled, it may interfere with normal lung functioning ...
Growing evidence suggests marijuana may be linked to certain heart problems. What's not clear is whether the heart risks are from smoking or if it’s the THC in weed that could be harmful.
[86] [54] Young people who smoke tobacco or marijuana, or who drink alcohol, are much more likely to vape. [87] [88] Among young people who have tried vaping, most used a flavored product the first time. [87] [89] Vaping correlates with smoking among young people, even in those who would otherwise be unlikely to smoke. [90]