Bad news for "Vapers" from Harvard

[joeyg]

 

Turns out E-Cigarettes Cause a Horrible Incurable Disease Called “Popcorn Lung”

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 Ryan

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November 7, 2017

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The latest trend in smoking has been E-cigarettes. They have been promoted as a much safer alternative to smoking regular cigarettes.

But of course, there’s the old saying that starts out, if it’s too good to be true…It turns out the Harvard School of Public Health decided to do a study on E-cigarettes and the results are startling. It looks as if they may not pose the traditional cigarette threat, but they pose a different one altogether.

Diacetyl is a flavoring chemical used in E-cigs which are linked to cases of severe respiratory disease, most notably the incurable condition called “Popcorn Lung.” This condition was first noticed in workers in microwave popcorn processing facilities who inhaled the artificial butter flavoring. The disease is totally debilitating and irreversible. It’s a respiratory disease which causes scarring in tiny air sacs in the lungs. This leads to shortness of breath and excessive coughing.

“The amount of diacetyl in 39 of the e-cigs exceeded the amount that was able to be detected by the laboratory. Diacetyl and other related flavoring chemicals are used in many other flavors beyond butter-flavored popcorn, including fruit flavors, alcohol flavors, and candy flavored e-cigarettes.”

https://enlightened-planet.com/turns-e-cigarettes-cause-horrible-incurable-disease-called-popcorn-lung/ 

[Air Smiles]

This issue is really nothing to do with vaping:

 

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"Diacetyl is a flavoring chemical used in E-cigs which are linked to cases of severe respiratory disease, most notably the incurable condition called “Popcorn Lung."

 

[joeyg]

4 minutes ago, Air Smiles said:

This issue is really nothing to do with vaping:

 

 

When you smoke E-cigs isn't it called Vaping?  

Dictionary

 

 

vape

vāp/

informal

verb

gerund or present participle: vaping

1. inhale and exhale the vapor produced by an electronic cigarette or similar device.

   "I'd rather people vaped indoors than smoked outside"

    

 

[Air Smiles]

1 hour ago, joeyg said:

When you smoke E-cigs isn't it called Vaping?  

Dictionary

 

 

 

vape

vāp/

informal

verb

gerund or present participle: vaping

1. inhale and exhale the vapor produced by an electronic cigarette or similar device.

   "I'd rather people vaped indoors than smoked outside"

    

 

 

The article is about popcorn lung. Is vaping the cause of popcorn lung?

 

Let me put it another way, If I vaped rat poison and died, what would that tell us about vaping?

[nisakiman]

The alleged connection between vaping and 'popcorn lung' is non-existent. This is just a click-bait headline generated by the anti-smoking, anti-vaping propaganda machine.

 

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The most important bit of evidence is that after many millions of person-years of vaping, some unknown but nontrivial portion of which included diacetyl exposure, there has not been a reported case of a vaper getting bronchiolitis obliterans. Those who follow the anti-vaping propaganda will no doubt know that the anti-THR liars have picked up on the consternation as their latest claim — “Vaping causes popcorn lung!!!” Never mind that it hasn’t done so.

https://antithrlies.com/2016/02/04/diacetyl-in-e-cigarettes-what-we-can-really-say-not-much/

[metisdead]

As the source of this is not from a credible source, and vaping is illegal in Thailand anyway, this topic is now closed.