If you "Vap" might want to read this article

[TheButcher]

I personally have never been a fan of Vaping and not tried it, I did quit smoking recently and I went cold turkey, it worked for me after a log time of smoking those cancer sticks.

Just thought I would share this article with everyone.

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/city-milwauke ... ories.html

"The city of Milwaukee issued a health alert Wednesday urging residents to stop vaping "immediately," after at least 16 people were hospitalized with severe lung disease this month.

The individuals all reported using vape products or dabbing -- which is the vaping of marijuana oils, extracts or concentrates -- in the weeks and months prior to being hospitalized. They were diagnosed with severe chemical pneumonia, an inflammation of the lungs due to aspirating or inhaling of irritants, according to a press release from the city's health department. The specific products used were unknown.

Milwaukee's health commissioner, Dr. Jeanette Kowalik, said she is "committed to protecting the public from the dangers of secondhand exposure" to vaping devices or electronic cigarettes.

“We continue to learn more about the health effects associated with e-cigarettes," Kowalik said in a statement Wednesday.

(MORE: FDA investigating 127 reports of seizures, other neurological symptoms after vaping)

The city's health department again "strongly encouraged" residents against using any THC products containing e-liquid. THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, is the main active compound in cannabis.
PHOTO: In this April 23, 2014 file photo, a man smokes an electronic cigarette in Chicago. (Nam Y. Huh/AP)

"As someone who has worked diligently to eliminate access to tobacco and e-cigarettes among youth, I urge residents pay close attention to the poor health effects from using these products," Alderman Michael J. Murphy, the co-chair of the Milwaukee City-County Heroin, Opioid, Cocaine Task Force, said in a statement Wednesday.

(MORE: Teen vaping on the rise as use of other substances remains steady or declines, survey shows)

The warning in Wisconsin's largest city comes as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigates at least 127 reports of people suffering seizures or other neurological symptoms after using e-cigarettes. All of the reported cases occurred between 2010 and 2019, and many involved youth and young adults. It remains unclear whether there's a direct link between vaping and the reported cases of neurological events, according to the agency.

Meanwhile, a mother in Missouri is suing Juul Labs, Inc. in federal court, accusing the California-based e-cigarette company of developing a marketing strategy that targeted unwitting teenagers, including her daughter. The Kansas City Star reports that Juul released a statement denying the allegation, saying it has "never marketed to youth" and even launched "an aggressive action plan" last year to combat underage vaping."

[HeidiHoe]

Yeah, I heard about that and definitely ruled out vaping in the future. I've tried vaping a few years ago to get off the cigs and found it to be lacking unless I smoked some weed first

[khosango]

Moved to San Francisco & 100% not legal.

[Ricks-Cams]

You know what is worse for you in my opinion, hookahs, who knows what they are smoking and passing that mouth piece from one person to the other is just disgusting.

[shoopa]

Oops I might stop using mine

[viking]

Vapping is big business, stores are popping up every where.

[BrasSmonkey]

you want the shit that was in the cigs. those cigs are a good idea the fake ones but in a way its not. your body won't be fooled

[born2bewild]

Not my problem I smoke real stuff

[LuKenGas]

I'll pass this information to my friends who are vapers.

[misty]

Has anypne here tried the patch, and did it work for you.

[24alex]

Just saw this story on Yahoo dot com

(Bloomberg) -- Juul Labs Inc. was warned by U.S. health officials that it may have violated the law by making claims its e-cigarette devices are safe. The letter increases pressure on the richly valued company at the same time a mysterious lung ailment is raising new questions about the health effects of vaping.

The Food and Drug Administration sent Juul a warning letter on Monday that said the agency had determined that the company has marketed its products as less risky than cigarettes without gaining the agency’s approval. Juul has pitched its sleek, USB-like vaping device as a way for adults to quit smoking -- though the FDA said that the company also targeted students.

The reprimand could foreshadow a tough road for Juul’s efforts to gain FDA clearance to continue selling its products, which all e-cigarette makers must do starting next year. The industry is under mounting scrutiny due to a surge in teenage vaping and recent deaths that public-health officials have connected to inhaling vapor from e-cigarettes.

The FDA also sent Juul a letter requesting documents related to the company’s advertising and promotional efforts, given that its vape devices “continue to represent a significant proportion of the overall use” of e-cigarettes by children. Juul halted much of its social-media marketing last year after criticism that its stylish ads on Instagram and other apps targeted younger users.

“Juul has ignored the law, and, very concerningly, has made some of these statements in school to our nation’s youth,” said Acting FDA Commissioner Ned Sharpless.

“We are reviewing the letters and will fully cooperate,” Ted Kwong, a Juul spokesman, said.

Nationwide Probes

Federal and state health officials are investigating a number of mysterious deaths from illnesses that have been connected to use of vaping devices. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday it was investigating 450 cases of the ailment nationwide. Five people have died from the illness, the CDC says.

In addition, the FDA has been looking into whether e-cigarettes are linked to seizures after receiving initial reports from Juul users. The investigation has widened into 127 reports of seizures linked to various types of e-cigarettes.

Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi, an Illinois Democrat, wrote Sharpless last week urging the agency to look into the claims Juul has made, including some before his House Oversight and Reform subcommittee. During a subcommittee hearing in July, Krishnamoorthi’s staff revealed that a Juul representative had told students that the company’s device “was much safer than cigarettes” and called the products “totally safe.” The FDA highlighted those statements Monday.

The FDA told Juul that parts of its “Make the Switch” marketing campaign that encourages smokers to use its device convey that they’re safer than cigarettes. The agency asked Juul for any consumer-perception studies related to whether Juul’s representation implies the products are smoking-cessation devices. The FDA hasn’t approved any of the company’s products as smoking-cessation tools.

Last week, Juul spokesman Ted Kwong disputed that the marketing was violating FDA rules.

“Switching is not another word for cessation,” Kwong said. “They mean two very different things. Switching involves continuing to consume nicotine but from a different device, while cessation is about getting users to eliminate their nicotine consumption altogether. We are a switching product.”

Juul is one of the most highly valued private companies in the U.S. Last year, the maker of Marlboro cigarettes, Altria Group Inc., invested nearly $13 billion in Juul, giving it a valuation at the time of roughly $35 billion. Altria shares were little-changed in New York trading Monday, trading at $43.89 at 11:36 a.m.

(Updates with Juul comment in sixth paragraph)

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/juul ... 06689.html

[BHT]

Cigarettes have killed and still kill millions of people worldwide every year

[gotonudecom]

It remains unclear whether there's a direct link between vaping and the reported cases of neurological events, according to the agency.
so more fake news?

[killah]

I'm so not into e-cigarettes , why bother just as why bother drinking non-alcoholic beer. Do the real thing or don't do it at all.

[JPDomains]

New York is the latest state to go for banning the sale of flavoured e-cigarettes