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That was from bootleg THC carts that had adulterated ingredients [0]. In this context we're talking about vaping (nicotine liquid) vs smoking (cigarettes). Vap

That was from bootleg THC carts that had adulterated ingredients [0]. In this context we're talking about vaping (nicotine liquid) vs smoking (cigarettes). Vaping is not as safe as inhaling nothing but air. But we do know scientifically that it is substantially safer than smoking [1], despite the (big tobacco-funded) scare campaigns that claim otherwise. In other words, nothing > vaping > smoking. If you don't use nicotine today, don't start. But if you want to get off cigarettes, vaping is a great choice and provably safer. [0] https://www.nbcnews.com/health/vaping/tests-show-bootleg-marijuana-vapes-tainted-hydrogen-cyanide-n1059356 https://www.nbcnews.com/health/vaping/tests-show-bootleg-mar... [1] https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/vaping-substantially-less-harmful-than-smoking-largest-review-of-its-kind-finds https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/vaping-substantially-less-harmful...

mil22 3y ago
Some, but not all [1]: "... the remaining 17% reported using only nicotine-containing vaping products... It is believed that the non-THC/CBD vapers who were diagnosed with EVALI were actually suffering from disparate vaping-associated lung diseases caused by different toxins within the aerosols or different host responses to the inhalants." [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10228557/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10228557/
- Domenic_S 3y ago
  An uncited claim in a summary paper. The CDC recommends not using THC vapes at all because of EVALI, but make no such recommendation about standard nicotine vapes (unless you've never smoked) [0]. [0] https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/severe-lung-disease.html https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/s...
nkozyra 3y ago
I'd inject nicotine pouches like Zyn in there, since they've also come up as a new moral panic: nothing > oral/mucousa nicotine > inhaled nicotine > oral/mucousa tobacco > inhaled tobacco

mil22 3y ago

Some, but not all [1]: "... the remaining 17% reported using only nicotine-containing vaping products... It is believed that the non-THC/CBD vapers who were diagnosed with EVALI were actually suffering from disparate vaping-associated lung diseases caused by different toxins within the aerosols or different host responses to the inhalants." [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10228557/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10228557/

Domenic_S 3y ago
An uncited claim in a summary paper. The CDC recommends not using THC vapes at all because of EVALI, but make no such recommendation about standard nicotine vapes (unless you've never smoked) [0]. [0] https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/severe-lung-disease.html https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/s...

nkozyra 3y ago

I'd inject nicotine pouches like Zyn in there, since they've also come up as a new moral panic: nothing > oral/mucousa nicotine > inhaled nicotine > oral/mucousa tobacco > inhaled tobacco