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Death and hospitalization of vapers: what really happens

In the United States, the death toll from a mysterious lung disease caused by smoking e-cigarettes has reached six. Almost 400 more vapers with similar symptoms are under medical supervision, 60 of them in New York.

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On Sunday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued an emergency order banning the sale of flavored e-cigarettes in the state. Previously, a similar ban was introduced in Michigan, followed by California and Massachusetts, writes Air Force

Last week problem discussed at the White House. Health Secretary Alex Azar has promised to soon develop a plan to completely phase out flavored vaping liquids from sale - only tobacco-flavored e-cigarettes should remain on the market.

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At the same time, vaping was initially positioned as a safer alternative to traditional smoking. There is no tobacco in electronic cigarettes, and even nicotine is not a necessary ingredient in the smoking liquid.

How did the events develop?

First posts about outbreak of severe lung disease among vapers appeared in early August, although it later became clear that in some patients symptoms began to appear in April.

Smokers of electronic cigarettes - mostly young people around 20 years old - began to see a doctor complaining of difficulty breathing, coughing and chest pain, and the symptoms worsened every day. In some, the disease was accompanied by fever, nausea, vomiting, or abdominal pain.

By the middle of the month, a total of almost 14 people had already been hospitalized in 100 states. Some of them had to be placed in intensive care and even connected to an artificial respiration apparatus.

23 August Illinois Authorities Reported first dead patient.

“The severity of the disease that people are suffering from is alarming,” stated then head of the state health department. “We need to tell everyone that vaping can be dangerous.”

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According to recent reports, US authorities have confirmed 380 cases of severe pulmonary disease caused by electronic cigarette smoking in 36 states.

Six patients admitted to hospitals perished. There is little information about them, but it is known that at least three of them are not young people, but middle-aged and elderly.

What exactly causes the disease?

Surely we do not know this, although physicians have some very plausible assumptions.

US Centers for Disease Control underline: “We don’t yet know what exactly caused these cases. The ongoing investigation has not been able to identify specific e-cigarettes or other vaping products (devices, liquids, refills and/or cartridges) or specific substances that link all cases."

Moreover, many experts believethat pulmonary insufficiency can be caused by inhalation of vapors of vitamin E in oil form. It is found in various additives used in the preparation of liquids for electronic cigarettes.

With external use and even eating, vitamin E is safe (if the dosage is not exceeded), but if it enters the lungs, it may well disrupt the normal respiratory process.

The same applies to some flavorings, which can decompose when heated, forming new substances that are absent in the original fragrance.

In addition, the basic components of the smoking liquid themselves can cause an inflammatory reaction in the lungs - usually a mixture of glycerin and propylene glycol.

Is vaping less harmful than smoking?

We do not know the answer to this question.

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The first electronic cigarettes went on sale only in 2006 - and despite the enormous popularity of vaping around the world, especially among young people, very little is known about its effect on the body in the long term.

At the same time, many smokers switched to them from regular cigarettes precisely because vaping manufacturers positioned them as a safer alternative to bad habit.

On the one hand, smokers of electronic cigarettes inhale thick vapor of boiling liquid, and not tobacco smoke containing thousands of harmful chemicals (although nicotine is dangerous regardless of the form of use).

On the other hand, vaping vapor cannot be considered safe either. In addition to the components mentioned above, it contains a lot of “potentially harmful” compounds (the American Department of Health began keeping a list of them only last year) and many well-known toxic impurities, including carcinogens and toxic substances. This is not to mention cheap fillers of handicraft production.

In addition, there is strong evidence that e-cigarette vapor contains traces of metals, either from the heating element or other parts of the smoking device.

Scientists continue to study the effects of vaping on health.

Just a month ago was another article published, the authors of which found increased levels of protease enzymes in the lungs of vapers - just like in regular smokers. At the same time, it is known that in “tobacco users” this can lead to the development of emphysema.

“Our findings suggest that vaping may be every bit as dangerous as smoking,” said Robert Taran, a professor of cell biology at the University of North Carolina.

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