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"As for the claim that his collapsed lung was caused by juuling, well…someone’s lying. Either the surgeon who repaired his lung was telling Ammirata a white lie to prevent him from vaping again, or the young man is making up the story about what the doctor said.
"The kind of lung collapse that Chance Ammirata had is caused by spontaneous pneumothorax, a condition caused when air escapes the lungs into the chest cavity. According to the National Institutes of Health, 'Primary spontaneous pneumothorax is likely due to the formation of small sacs of air (blebs) in lung tissue that rupture, causing air to leak into the pleural space. Air in the pleural space creates pressure on the lung and can lead to its collapse.' " #vaping #ecigarettes
Fact Check: Did Vaping Cause a Man's Collapsed Lung? - Vaping360
Viral social media posts from a young Florida man claimed he suffered a collapsed lung from vaping a JUUL. But the facts don’t seem to add up.Let's take a look at a few responses from across the globe to an ongoing factasia.org petition.
I wonder who among the many respondents is, according to Dr Adam Zappata, Federal Vice Presidentr of the AMA, the "odd person who says (ecigarettes) work for them"?
AUSTRALIA
Mario
Vaping has saved my life. I managed to quit smoking while patches, champix, hypnosis has not worked for me. Banning vaping or over regulating it is an ethical crime to humanity.
Paul
Anything that reduces forced non-smoker exposure to the 443 toxins of second-hand smoke is good. Nicotine-vaping for cigarette smokers would contribute to this.
Rod
The AMA has taken an aggressive and essentially unhelpful position against vaping, consistent with the privileged position of the (largely) academic domination of that organisation and its associated "left wing" rigid outlook. Unfortunately it is thus distanced from the humanity we once associated with the medical profession. This will condemn smokers to illness or death who would otherwise have survived with the help of vaping.
CANADA
Jackie
Vaping is the only method that worked for me, and helped me finally get away from tobacco cigarettes. I was a 30 year plus, 2 package a day smoker prior to trying vaping as a safer alternative. 95% safer if not more as endorsed by the Royal College of Physicians in Great Britain.
Larry
I was a 20 year, 1 pack a day smoker. I tried to quit at least fifteen times using various methods such as cold turkey, Zyban, Chantix, and NRT products with no success. I had given up on trying to quit smoking even while my breathing and smokers cough became worse and worse. Thankfully, I was introduced to vaping by a co-worker three years ago. I quit smoking the same day I bought my first vaping device, something I never believed could happen. My health has improved greatly, I'm able to play sports and go on long hikes. I believe that vaping has saved my life!
IRELAND
Andrew
Best harm reduction nicotine product in the market
MALYSIA
Zulkiflee
I'm a man aged 46 years old and I started smoking at the age of seventeen. When i was a smoker, I used to smoked not less than a box (of 20 pcs) daily. I started vaping since May, 2014 (until today) and 100% switched to vaping from the first day i bought my first e-cigg…. my personal and honest comment on the impact of vaping would be, it have improved my sense of smell, my appetite is back, no more tightness in the lungs and my stamina is better.
IMHO, switching to vaping was the best decision I've ever made.
Zulkifli
No to smoking. yes to vape.
Shall we go on?
Irresponsible comments by the AMA or a determination to hide the growing numbers who exclusively used e-cigarettes as an effective stop-smoking aid?
“We know that vaping is the most effective quitting aid -- more effective than nicotine replacements such as patches,” said Colin Mendelsohn, Conjoint Associate Professor at University of New South Wales' school of public health & director at athra.org,au.
In what could be seen as a direct response to Dr Mendelsohn, Dr Chris Zappala, Federal Vice President of the AMA, disagreed, saying the eviudence is "variable."
'You might come across the odd person who will say it works for them, but there isn't sufficient evidence at the moment that vaping should be used or recommended as a population-wide cessation technique,” he told 10 daily.'
"The odd person"??? Visit the real world at Vapers Voices on factasia.org, and find more than an "odd person" - find 1000s of former smokers echoing the effectiveness of ecigarettes as a stop-smoking tool. .
Quitting Aid Or Slippery Slope? Experts Divided Over Health Risks Of Vaping
Unsubstantiated claims linking vaping to health problems are "misleading", a public health expert warns, as Australia's peak medical body maintains e-cigarettes are a “slippery slope”.Vaping products that have careful temperature control, overcharge protection, etc., do not present a high risk of producing these unwanted chemicals.- Michael Siegel, Professor of community health sciences at the Boston University School of Public Health
#ecigarettes #vaping #tobaccoharmreduction
How Regulators Misunderstand The Toxicity Arguments About E-Cigarettes | Vaping Post
As federal regulators propose guidance to address toxins in e-cigarettes, misunderstandings abound. While there are cases of potentially toxic chemicals present in e-juices from various brands, regulators and researchers should consider critical components to any regulation governing allowed toxicit...