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Vaporizers, or e-cigarettes, are commonly compared to traditional cigarettes, and while both are tobacco products, they have stark differences, according to Franziska Rosser, MD, a pediatric pulmonologist at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. “The cigarette is a tobacco product that causes harm and death,” she told MTV News. “Many things compared to cigarettes are less harmful. Being less harmful doesn’t make something safe.
“[Vaporizers] are not just water vapor and steam,” Dr. Yolanda Evans of Seattle Children's Hospital told MTV News. “There are other substances in there that are used to help keep the product’s shelf life and help it become more of an aerosol to get into the body. Those things are not without consequences.”
Rosser added that the aerosol inside e-cigarettes are created by electronic nicotine delivery systems, or ENDS, which “have been found to contain dangerous chemicals such as,” Rosser said. “E-liquids can contain substances that have been deemed generally safe to eat, but have not been deemed safe to breath. As a lung doctor, I can tell you that food in the lungs is harmful.”
From vape pens to hookah sticks, finding a different way to get a nicotine fix isn’t new — but the potential that some of these new methods are causing deaths andis certainly something that should cause concern, Dr. Starla Martinez, director of the Robert T. Stone Respiratory Center at Akron Children’s Hospital and a pediatric pulmonologist, told MTV News. And with homemade vaping solutions popping up, it’s difficult to regulate what you’re actually putting in your lungs.
With research into the implications of vaporizing still pending and long-term consequences completely unknown, it’s far too soon to say definitively what, if any, element contained in ENDS could be the cause of extreme illness or death. But as these mysterious illnesses become increasingly common, it’s best to proceed cautiously.
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