Deaths from vapes. EVALI is a disease that affects the lungs from vapes. Parsing.
It started when my dad (knowing I consume a lot of vape and hookahs) discounted a cautionary article to me (link to source):
A new disease with symptoms similar to COVID-19: pulmonologist warns of the danger.The Russian Ministry of Health reported a new disease that is associated with smoking vapes and electronic cigarettes. It is called Evali and affects the lungs. The first cases were registered in the United States in 2019, and now there are thousands of sick people around the world.Pulmonologist from Krasnodar Lyudmila Isaeva said that the symptoms of Evali are very similar to COVID-19: cough, fever, weakness, shortness of breath. When inhaling vapor from vape, dangerous substances get into the lungs, which can disrupt their work, cause hypoxia (lack of oxygen) and serious diseases, which are sometimes difficult to treat.The danger is that there are no accurate tests for diagnosis and no special methods of treatment for Evali. Usually oxygen and antibiotics are used. The only way to avoid the disease is simply not to smoke vapes and electronic cigarettes.The doctor also advises parents to set a good example for their children and explain that smoking is always harmful.
– The article itself, from the “We Are Retired” community, had no links to any prufs or studies, so I googled EVALI disease. The first link that came up gives a clearer description with links to sources:
EVALI (or electronic cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury) stands for “electronic cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury.” The disease came to light in 2019 following a report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Since June 2019, more than 1,000 EVALI-related hospitalizations have been reported in the United States. Patients have reported the following symptoms: dyspnea, cough, and hypoxemia with bilateral airspace opacity on chest imaging.
The first fatality was reported in August 2019 in Illinois. A young man was using a vaporizer with liquid containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and was hospitalized in serious condition with acute respiratory distress syndrome. To date, there have been more than 70 EVALI-related deaths reported in the United States.
Numerous actual studies* prove the unequivocal harm of vaping and e-cigarettes in cases where:
- The liquid contains tetrahydrocannabinol, other narcotic substances or is homemade.
- The liquid contains fat-soluble vitamin E (acetate) – inhalation of this oily substance causes complications resembling the symptoms of lipoid pneumonia.
- Daily consumption of vaping exceeds the permissible norms.
- The manufacturer has grossly violated the technology of manufacturing an electronic cigarette or liquid.
I remember this case of 2019 very well, when in the United States ligalize continued to march through the states and it was very fashionable to add cannabis additives to various products: smoking and non-smoking, on and off occasion. Of course, the trend also reached vaping – there were skillful people who added cannabis products to e-cigarette liquid without conducting any tests.
The result was so sensational that a separate wikipedia article was even written about it:
2019-2020 vaping lung illness outbreak
– 2,807 people hospitalized.
– 68 deaths
Before commenting on this, let’s first understand what it is:
– Tetrahydrocannabinol or THC, one of the main cannabinoids, is an aromatic terpenoid. Tetrahydrocannabinol is a psychotropic substance and is listed in Schedule 1 of psychotropic substances under international control under the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971.
It is found in the inflorescences and leaves of hemp, cannabis, known as marijuana.
I will translate you some excerpts from Wikipedia, about what happened in the US (I hope my article will inspire someone to make a Russian version of this article on wikipedia):
An outbreak of lung damage associated with electronic cigarettes or vaping (EVALI) began in 2019 among users of illegal, unregulated cannabis vaping products.
The first cases of this particular outbreak were identified in Illinois and Wisconsin in April 2019; as of February 18, 2020, a total of 2,807 hospitalized cases, including 68 deaths, have been confirmed.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “Vitamin E acetate is strongly associated with the EVALI outbreak … Evidence is insufficient to rule out the contribution of other chemicals of concern, including chemicals in both THC and non-THC products, to some of the reported EVALI cases.”
In those years (2019-2022), while the trial was underway, everyone got caught in the hot seat – tobacco manufacturers and vape and hookah manufacturers alike – as a wave of new anti-smoking laws swept across the states, specifically banning the sale of flavored tobacco products, putting the entire US hookah market at risk altogether. There was even created a non-profit movement #SaveHookah, the active figures of which were our friends – participants of HookahBattle George Jonson and Neeve Donoghue (give them pluses in karma).
It was eventually recognized that it was Tetrahydrocannabinol,THC (in 84% of the deaths it was possible to prove that the trail led to THC), not nicotine or other vape derivatives, that was to blame for the incident that occurred
Let’s understand what is in the composition of the most common ordinary liquid for vape or electronic cigarette (what you buy in stores in 99% of cases):
– Vegetable glycerin (it’s what gives that thick vapor when heated at 100 degrees), remember how smoke machines in the theater blow smoke – they use industrial glycerin there
– Propylene glycol (solvent for flavoring and nicotine)
– Nicotine
What is included in the composition of the most common tobacco for hookah (vaporized from hookah aerosol is similar in composition to vape):
– Tobacco leaf (provides nicotine)
– Vegetable glycerin (same as for vape)
– Flavoring
– Preservative (so it doesn’t rot in two days)
– Sugar syrup (molasses).
As you can see – the THC that killed 68 Americans in 2019 isn’t in there.
With the same success you can take any case of mass food poisoning, for example with fruit juice and then prove to everyone that all fruit juices are dangerous for health – this is approximately what opponents of vape and hookahs do, because for their war – all methods are good.
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