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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 cigarettes cause more damage than vaping, e-cigarettes can have issues, such as the 2019–20 vaping lung illness outbreak in North America that led to 68 deaths and was linked to vitamin E acetate in THC-containing vaping liquid. [8]
Chest and back pain from recurrent pneumothoraces (air in the chest outside of the lungs) [115] Trouble breathing, necessitating a ventilator and medically induced coma. [116] The 18-year-old patient says she bought vaping products from a smoke shop that did not ask for her ID card, enabling her to lie and claim that she was 22. [117]
According to research, vaping, like smoking, has an immediate negative effect on the user’s blood flow — even if the vape does not contain any nicotine.
Middle and high school students are being exposed to second-hand fumes from vaping. What harm does second-hand fumes from vaping cause to young lungs? Medical experts want to know [Video]
UnsplashWhen electronic cigarettes arrived on the market over a decade ago, proponents touted the aerosol, battery-powered devices as a safer and healthier alternative to tobacco cigarettes, and ...
A 2018 Cochrane review found that, in rare cases, nicotine replacement therapy can cause non-ischemic chest pain (i.e., chest pain that is unrelated to a heart attack) and heart palpitations, but does not increase the incidence of serious cardiac adverse events (i.e., myocardial infarction, stroke, and cardiac death) relative to controls. [47]
A new study indicates that people who have used a vape at any point in their lives are 19% more likely to experience heart failure compared to people who have never used them.