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Electronic cigarettes are sometimes billed as a safer alternative to smoking tobacco, but there is still a lot that medical professionals don’t know about “vaping.”
“A lot of the products are so new that the research is still being done,” said Chantal Fields, area director of the American Lung Association of West Virginia. But some of what is known about e-cigarettes is of concern, she said.
One study, by the health watchdog group the Center for Environmental Health, found that 97 e-cigarettes and vaping products had high levels of formaldehyde and acetalehyde, which are cancer-causing chemicals. Vape “e-juice” (the liquid that is poured into the e-cigarettes for users to inhale) also has high concentrations of nicotine. The juice can poison a child who drinks it and burn the skin it comes in contact with, Fields said.
E-juice often comes in colorful bottles and is often candy-flavored.
“We are seeing kids poisoning themselves because it looks like candy and it’s not,” Fields said. There’s no research that shows e-cigarettes are safer than traditional tobacco products, Fields said.
A chemical found in some electronic cigarettes, diacetyl, has been linked to debilitating lung disease. Diacetyl is used in butter flavoring.
Charleston Gazette-Mail | Health advocates express concerns over safety of âvapingâ chemicals
“A lot of the products are so new that the research is still being done,” said Chantal Fields, area director of the American Lung Association of West Virginia. But some of what is known about e-cigarettes is of concern, she said.
One study, by the health watchdog group the Center for Environmental Health, found that 97 e-cigarettes and vaping products had high levels of formaldehyde and acetalehyde, which are cancer-causing chemicals. Vape “e-juice” (the liquid that is poured into the e-cigarettes for users to inhale) also has high concentrations of nicotine. The juice can poison a child who drinks it and burn the skin it comes in contact with, Fields said.
E-juice often comes in colorful bottles and is often candy-flavored.
“We are seeing kids poisoning themselves because it looks like candy and it’s not,” Fields said. There’s no research that shows e-cigarettes are safer than traditional tobacco products, Fields said.
A chemical found in some electronic cigarettes, diacetyl, has been linked to debilitating lung disease. Diacetyl is used in butter flavoring.
Charleston Gazette-Mail | Health advocates express concerns over safety of âvapingâ chemicals
