September 24, 2019
"London, Ont.'s medical officer of health says he won't give in to vaping industry demands that he release the name of the brand used by a high school student who was on life-support after using a vaping device, the first such reported illness linked to the practice in Canada. "
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September 23, 2019
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Most of what is known about vaping suggests it’s saving lives. A randomized controlled trial in Britain’s National Health Service found that people offered vaping as a replacement for smoking were twice as likely to quit successfully as those given traditional nicotine-replacement therapy. I myself know at least a half-dozen heavy smokers who have kicked the habit thanks to vaping.
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September 20, 2019
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Researchers are working hard to determine the cause of more than 500 reported cases of lung illness affecting e-cigarette users. But even before this outbreak, e-cigarettes divided the medical community. Public Health England describes e-cigarettes as "at least 95% less harmful than tobacco cigarettes" – a claim New York University professor David Abrams agrees with. Abrams tells "CBS This Morning" Tony Dokoupil why he's concerned about what the current panic about e-cigarette safety could mean for public health.
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September 19, 2019
For the first time in Canada, there's a case linking severe lung disease to vaping.
Public health officials in London, Ont., say that a high school-aged student recently fell ill and was put on life support after using a vaping device.
It comes at a time when respiratory illnesses related to e-cigarette products are sharply on the rise — and as various jurisdictions are struggling to get a handle on the problem.
In the U.S., seven people have died from vaping-related illnesses. That has prompted New York state and Michigan to ban flavoured e-cigarette products. India just announced it would be banning e-cigarettes altogether.
But some doctors say authorities are snuffing out the wrong culprit.
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September 18, 2019
I have been following the recent developments and announcements in the US on the serious, acute cases of respiratory failure which have been presented as “vaping related”. It would not be a hyperbole to characterize the reactions, announcements and statements of some authorities, regulators and scientists as hysterical. There is no doubt that they are emotional, inaccurate and without any scientific and epidemiological basis.
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September 18, 2019
While this video is 4 years old this presentation still holds true to present day. The recent Flavor Bans in the United States of America and the hysteria media across North America has nothing to do with Lung Illnesses due to REGULATED E-Liquid products but rather BLACK MARKET THC liquids. Why blame it all on Vaping? Why are proven medically studied Regulated E-liquids being blamed for it all?
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September 15, 2019
Have a read at this article from CBS where Adam Hergenreder, of Gurnee, Illinois has been hospitalized since last week. Hergenreder said he vaped with THC, the primary ingredient of marijuana. "I got it off a drug dealer."
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September 14, 2019
Watch the compelling and emotional testimony by vaper-turned-life saver, Mark Slis at the Michigan House Oversight Committee hearing discussing Governor Whitmer's Executive Order to ban flavored vapor products.
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September 12, 2019
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Why is vaping suddenly in the news? More specifically, what is behind the current media attacks on vaping as a cause of lung disease? People have been vaping for over a decade now, but suddenly news outlets, the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control are reporting increasing incidents of potentially life-threatening lung disorders. What's going on?
Black Market Cannabis Products Are Causing Lung Disease, Not Vaping.
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