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Vaping may be causing irreversible harm to children’s health, doctors say (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 5 days ago by Powderhorn@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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Doctors have raised the alarm about high levels of vaping among children worldwide, saying they are convinced e-cigarettes are causing irreversible harm to their health.

Cardiologists, researchers and health experts said they were “extremely concerned” about the harmful effects of e-cigarettes on millions of teenagers and young people, including exposure to toxins and carcinogens – some of which are still unknown.

Nicotine levels in e-cigarettes can be very high, raising the risk of addiction and injury to the developing brains of adolescents. Children are also risking long-term cardiovascular effects as a result of vaping at school and college, experts say.

Speaking at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) annual congress in Madrid, the world’s largest heart conference, Prof Maja-Lisa Løchen, a senior cardiologist at the University hospital of North Norway, said she was concerned that millions of children could face ill health in future.

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[–] vinceman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Tried looking up the New England study mentioned but don't have access, does anyone have a link? Would love to see an actual study on the dangers of vaping that doesn't cite the vitamin e acetate incident from 2017 or so. I've never once claimed it's healthy, but we are getting pretty close to where it's the same cost for me just to smoke cigs and I don't understand why vaping is seen as so much worse by our governments and the media.

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 4 days ago

Yeah it's always that, "popcorn lung" which is so horseshit it's laughable, and studies that burn coils down until they're dry and red hot (figuratively you'd cough so hard your lungs would come out, you'd have other problems like maybe literal burns).

As far as I've seen, some UK studies have shown it's not good for you (which is a strawman, people claim it to be better than cigarettes, not healthy like fucking broccoli. "Good" in terms of harm reduction sure but literally nobody has ever claimed it to be beneficial otherwise), but city air with it's pollution is often worse for you than vapes, so anyone who lives in a moderately large city can STFU, if you live in Unincorporated Loupe Co. Nebraska and have never smoked, maybe you have room to talk shit.

As far as cost goes, if you can homebrew juice in your location it's an absolute game changer. ~$3/60ml.

[–] Gaywallet@beehaw.org 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I'm fairly certain that this is what's being cited. The journalism, unfortunately, is quite poor and it's hard to confirm precisely what article she was referring to.