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The Dangers and Hazards of Vaping in Lexington, Kentucky

Baptist Health Lexington. January 28, 2020
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Electronic cigarette is a battery-operated device which heats up a liquid which contains nicotine among other substances which gets heated up from the vapor which the consumer inhales. So we said there is a vapor produced. Actually it's more of an aerosol which has fine particles, volatile organic compounds. The propellant which is in there, when it gets heated up, it can form into potentially cancer-causing chemicals.

So when they go in the body, people inhale it, it can cause inflammation in the lung. We have a lot of cases of what you call chronic bronchitis which is inflammation in the lung causing cough, sputum production. There are cases of some unusual pneumonias which have happened in people, and more recently, there is a rash of cases of acute lung injury which has happened toward the United States and number of deaths even in younger people as young as 25, so which has really put this in a focus on a national emergency as to keep it controlled. In my mind there is no safe cigarette, there is no safe vaping product, there is no safe tobacco product.

So, the earlier you quit, the better it is. As for regular cigarettes, same goes for vaping or any other commercial products which are out there. ♪ [music]

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HealthTalks Transcript

Arvind Bansal, MD, FCCP, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine:

An electronic cigarette is a battery-operated device, which heats up a liquid that contains nicotine, among other substances, and forms a vapor that the consumer inhales. There is a vapor produced, actually it’s more of an aerosol, which has fine particles that are in organic compounds. The propellant that is in there, when it gets heated up, it can form into potentially cancer-causing chemicals. When it goes into the body when people inhale it, it can cause inflammation in the lungs.

We have a lot of cases of what you call chronic bronchitis, which is inflammation in the lung causing cough and sputum production. There are cases of some unusual pneumonias that have happened in people. More recently, there is a rash of cases of acute lung injury which have happened in the United States. A number of deaths, even in younger people as young as 25, has really put this into focus as a national emergency to keep it controlled.

In my mind, there is no safe cigarette. There is no safe vaping product. There is no safe tobacco product. The earlier you quit, the better it is. Just as for regular cigarettes, the same goes for vaping or any other commercial products that are out there.

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