E-cigarettes cause MORE lung inflammation than normal cigarettes, study finds — as experts warn vaping is causing 'unique' damage to users

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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Contents of e-cig "smoke":

nicotine water vapour maybe some flavouring.

You seem to have some misconceptions about the contents of ecig vapor. You are primarily vaping propylene glycol, sometimes mixed with vegetable glycerine, not water, in quantities that absolutely dwarf anything that has been tested, and when heated it forms methylglyoxal, which is very concerning. In addition, you have atomizers that perform the vaporization and are known to impart heavy metals into the vapor. There is also strong evidence that ecig vapor significantly reduces testosterone while cigarette smoke does not.

Methylglyoxal from propylene glycol vapor

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33419122/

Ecigs and testosterone

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7504689/

E cigs and heavy metal

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7137911/

It is VERY early in terms of the knowledge we have about the specific harms of e-cigarettes, plenty of things have been thought to be 'safe' or 'safer alternatives' that didn't out to be nearly as safe as we thought.

[–]weavilsatemyface 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Hmm, well today I learned. Fair enough, and thank you.