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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]
It's another reason to stop vaping in the new year. According to research, vaping, like smoking, has an immediate negative effect on the user’s blood flow — even if the vape does not contain ...
Vaping has quickly gained public awareness with greater use among adolescents and adults, resulting in greater inhaled second-hand vapor for adolescents, children, and infants. [134] Second-hand vapor does vary depending on the e-liquid, the device and in the way it is used.
This video from the US Surgeon General advises parents to "Know the Risks," and highlights how e-cigarettes have the potential to cause lasting harm to the health of young users, especially their brain development, which continues until about age 25. [72] E-cigarettes use by children and adolescents may result in nicotine addiction. [73]:
The stats, revealed in an FOI, show admissions of kids made up just 6% of total admissions in 2020. But last year 14% of the 365 vape-related hospital admissions related to patients aged 19 and under.
The sale of vape and tobacco products to minors is illegal in the U.S. Experts have called for greater regulation on sales to keep tobacco out of the hands of kids — and for enforcement of ...
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. [127] For example, critics cite the British Journal of Family Medicine in August 2015 which stated, "E-cigarettes are 95% safer than traditional smoking."
Anti-smoking campaigners are calling for tigher regulation of vapes