The Scottish Sun: Shocking scan reveals first case of vaping-related lung disease in UK

[andipandi]

My condolences to this guy and his family, whatever the reason for his demise.

“He ultimately survived this acute illness and was repatriated to his referring hospital."

 

[Simon G]

As you say mate who knows? Vaping hasn’t been around that long yet

Who knows

We know a lot. There's years and years of ongoing research by experts.

I never thought the Royal Collage of Midwives could support vaping for pregnant mothers until their report last year.

I've had to change my views on vaping while pregnant BECAUSE of the research and what we now know, if there's anything the research is showing it's that we are finding out that it is even less harmful than we might have previously thought, not the reverse. I wouldn't be at all surprised if that 'at least 95% safer' finding becomes 'at least 99% safer' within the next 5 years.

 

[gouldenvape]

“He ultimately survived this acute illness and was repatriated to his referring hospital."

Oops, thanks for that.
A somewhat happier outcome than my scenario...
Also, having actually bothered to read the whole article, this time ( oops;!!!)
I see his 'smoking habit' consisted of what turns out to be approx 1.1 cigarettes per day ( 20 pack a year-- as it says)
But what would worry me was his use of THC Vapes and Peppermint E Liquids-- both of these have been known to problematic, probably more so than just over 1 fag per day.

 

[knome]

A "20-pack-year" smoker?
Something not right.

 

[OzoreXS]

As you say mate who knows? Vaping hasn’t been around that long yet

Theres always a possibility for the unknown, but, the facts are important and @Simon G explained it very here in a nutshell:

We know a lot. There's years and years of ongoing research by experts.

I never thought the Royal Collage of Midwives could support vaping for pregnant mothers until their report last year.

I've had to change my views on vaping while pregnant BECAUSE of the research and what we now know, if there's anything the research is showing it's that we are finding out that it is even less harmful than we might have previously thought, not the reverse. I wouldn't be at all surprised if that 'at least 95% safer' finding becomes 'at least 99% safer' within the next 5 years.

Specially if you look at the components of both, eliquid and tobacco, and the chemical processes that happens when someone consume one or the other thing... well theres a diference that help to think vape is safer than smoking. At least I see it this away.

Arsenic, ammonia, benzene, carbon monoxide, etc, etc, ETC, you will not find those in vapes. If this not means something...

 

[Jd_]

A "20-pack-year" smoker?
Something not right.

That is almost assuredly 1.1 packs per day

 

[Jd_]

Theres always a possibility for the unknown, but, the facts are important and @Simon G explained it very here in a nutshell:



Specially if you look at the components of both, eliquid and tobacco, and the chemical processes that happens when someone consume one or the other thing... well theres a diference that help to think vape is safer than smoking. At least I see it this away.

Arsenic, ammonia, benzene, carbon monoxide, etc, etc, ETC, you will not find those in vapes. If this not means something...

Theres always a possibility for the unknown, but, the facts are important and @Simon G explained it very here in a nutshell:



Specially if you look at the components of both, eliquid and tobacco, and the chemical processes that happens when someone consume one or the other thing... well theres a diference that help to think vape is safer than smoking. At least I see it this away.

Arsenic, ammonia, benzene, carbon monoxide, etc, etc, ETC, you will not find those in vapes. If this not means something...

Technically ammonia is what they use to process extracted nicotine into a freebase. No idea how or why or if it is still present in the nicotine in the form of ammonia.

Edit: i do know why, it strips a hydrogen proton from the nicotine which turns it into a freebase, thats all i know tho

 

[Jd_]

Nit picky and totally irrelevant tho, there are 6,999 other things to choose from. U r absolutely right

 

[Rickster]

Everyone that has ever smoked is at a higher risk of lung cancer, particularly non small cell lung cancer, can get you 20/30 years later.

 

[zouzounaki]

Technically ammonia is what they use to process extracted nicotine into a freebase. No idea how or why or if it is still present in the nicotine in the form of ammonia.

Edit: i do know why, it strips a hydrogen proton from the nicotine which turns it into a freebase, thats all i know tho

i don’t think that is the case. yes, ammonia is used to “freebase” the nicotine in tobacco for use in cigarettes, allegedly to make them more addictive.

nicotine extracted from tobacco for other uses (ie vaping) is extracted using a solvent. as i understand it the solvent breaks the nicotine’s chemical bond (it naturally exists as a salt in the tobacco plant), making it freebase as basically a side product of the extraction process. there are various solvents that might be used for this.