Re:Switching to e-cigarettes could save 6.6M American smokers
by gozur88 on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @12:33PM
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"I wouldn't be surprised..." isn't really a strong enough sentiment to support the statement "vaping definitely isn't healthy". At the moment, the harms of vaping are speculative.
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Re:Switching to e-cigarettes could save 6.6M American smokers
by hfourm on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @03:07PM
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Actually, as I already mentioned, there are cases with flavoring additives and other chemicals in the vape causing lung disease and other problems. I don't have it offhand but google should help you.
My sentiment is more about where I think the research will go.
Re:Switching to e-cigarettes could save 6.6M American smokers
by j0rd on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @03:55AM
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Popcorn Lung is the only thing I've seen in my research
https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/flavorings/
I'd be interested to hear of more.
Re:Switching to e-cigarettes could save 6.6M American smokers
by hfourm on Thursday October 05, 2017 @11:52AM
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I think that is kind of the major one that sticks out in my mind. But, its just more sinister then that IMO. Being that it is something newer, I have a feeling more will pop up.
I was friends with a major twitch streamer who used to vape literally 24/7, every stream. He got esophageal cancer and died after fighting it for ~1-2 years, roughly around age of 23. Now, obviously this is anecdotal, and obviously it could have just been bad luck/other factors/coincidence. But, I have always raised an eyebrow towards vaping since then. The only forms I consider safer with minimal consequence is dry herb based vaping with convection heat --- See silver surfer vapes for example.