Spain patient gets pneumonia by e-cigarettes

[Scoff]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/af...eg?docId=3d31f5f6-5121-457c-8846-4e8d6931520c

 

[pez]

Feeking witch doctors, what they be. No wonder he didn't want rto be named. Bet he wasn't even Spanish, I mean the Dr.

 

[ZT]

"There is no proof that this illness was linked to use of an electronic cigarette," said Alejandro Rodriguez, vice-president of the National Electronic Cigarette Association, which represents 500 companies active in Spain.

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[KulrMeStoopid]

aaaaaaaaaaaand this is probably a case of every sniffle and cough being blamed on ecigs.

*eye roll* hope whoever it is is ok now though and not back on cigs.

"According to the medical journals, it is the second case in the world of a breathing complaint related to consumption of electronic cigarettes."
The US specialist medical journal Chest in April 2012 recorded the case of a 42-year-old woman who also caught pneumonia from using e-cigarettes.
Makers of e-cigarettes say they are much less harmful than tobacco and can help people give up smoking. They brushed off the case in A Coruna.
"There is no proof that this illness was linked to use of an electronic cigarette," said Alejandro Rodriguez, vice-president of the National Electronic Cigarette Association, which represents 500 companies active in Spain.
"How many people die every day from smoking? If in the 15 years that e-cigarettes have been around only two people in the world have caught light pneumonia from this product, we should say well done to it," he told AFP.

2nd case in the WORLD out of nearly 15 years of them being used and by MILLIONS around the world (7 million just in the EU alone)

45K a month swtiching to ecigs...and in that month how many died of a smoking related illness? In the last 15 years? IN THE WORLD. Think about it...

 

[Gonloopy]

Personally, I think this probably will turn out to be false. To the best of my knowledge the first reported case has been 'thrown out' now. Glycerin breaks down in the body to an alcohol and not to a lipoid. The only way I could see a pneumonia happening with vaping is inappropriate additives placed in mixes.
Either way, on the off chance this turns out to be correct, -note this person got better. I'll take my chances with a pneumonia rather than, lung cancer COPD, heart disease, peripheral vascular disease etc etc.

 

[anthonyb]

whilst I hope the person is fine, two things stand out to me.

1; " was admitted in the northwestern city of A Coruna for a separate illness and came down with the lung complaint while there"
Sorry this line comes across as suspicious to me.

2; "The disease was caused by a vegetable-based ingredient in the replaceable cartridges "
This line, is important to all users. We NEED TO KNOW what it was, and how it got there. And that's not to pass blame or go vendor bashing. It's so we all know what to avoid, and in turn, inform the masses.

 

[pabs]

surely this is a meme in the making - e-cigarettes [insert bullshit]

 

[vaporsizer]

Right , that's it ! I'm not vaping any more, too dangerous ! .........Now if somebody will just pass me the custard...

 

[LilyRed]

2; "The disease was caused by a vegetable-based ingredient in the replaceable cartridges "
This line, is important to all users. We NEED TO KNOW what it was, and how it got there. And that's not to pass blame or go vendor bashing. It's so we all know what to avoid, and in turn, inform the masses.

Hmm, possibly something that's not legal in Spain and/or not meant to be used in PVs was my thought when I read this in my newsfeed earlier....

 

[REDEYEI]

More propaganda and scaremongering