Doctors gave a 22-year-old North Dakota man a 1% chance of survival after he was hospitalized and placed on life support. He needed a double lung transplant because his oxygen levels had dropped after years of heavy vaping, NewYorkPost reported. Jackson...
The U.S. Medical Association is calling for an immediate ban on all e-cigarettes and vaping devices. Because of them, 42 people died in the United States. Writes about this Daily Mail. A leading U.S. health authority has called for an immediate nationwide ban on all vaping devices. American Medical Association ...
Vitamin E acetate was found in alveolar lavage samples, which “caused concern” among specialists. According to experts, further work may reveal other toxic substances. DW writes about this. Specialists from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
US President Donald Trump said the US plans to raise the age limit for buying e-cigarettes and related vaping products to 21. Writes about it Reuters. Trump, speaking to reporters at the White House, did not give more details about ...
The number of deaths from vaping has risen to 37 cases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has officially confirmed over 1800 cases of e-cigarette-related ill health. Writes about this CNBC. The total number of probable cases of diseases, according to the latest data, is 1888, with ...
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at the end of last week published a new name for lung disease associated with vaping: in America, more than 1000 people have already fallen ill with this disease, at least 26 of them have died. In its weekly incidence report ...
Since the beginning of summer 2019, there have been reports of new victims of e-cigarette smoking in the US almost daily. Today, almost every state has cases. Writes about this "Voice of America". The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Confirmed More ...
Studies at the Mayo Clinic (Scottsdale, Arizona) show that “toxic chemical vapors,” not oils, may be to blame for vaping-related lung disease. Writes about this USA Today. The results, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, were based on organ biopsies ...
The fifteenth e-cigarette user has died in the United States. Doctors are talking about a “vaping epidemic”; manufacturers of electronic cigarettes claim that their health hazard is still less than the harmful effects of traditional smoking. “Present Time” writes about this. The expert explained what science knows...
Two more Americans have lost their lives due to a vaping-related illness. The total number of deaths due to the use of electronic cigarettes has reached 11 people. Writes about this New York Post. The latest deaths have been reported by health officials in Florida and Georgia. Department of Health ...