slcw, to Vape
@slcw@newsie.social avatar

OK, so people who are 19% more likely to develop heart failure than non-vapers. Sounds scary. Except the risk for cigarette smokers is 200-400% higher than non-smokers. And aren't just a "little bit" safer than . They are substantially safer than inhaling tobacco smoke. Finally, "" is not associated with nicotine e-cigs. It's caused by vitamin E acetate used in black market THC . Health disinformation is harmful.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/smoking-cigarettes-destroy-lungs-shocking-new-study-vaping-harm-heart

drrimmer, to auspol
@drrimmer@aus.social avatar

Trusted voices recruited in anti-vape campaign as import crackdown continues https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-28/influencers-recruited-in-anti-vape-campaign/103519220 via @ABCaustralia Cricket and football star Elyse Perry is spearheading the healthy social media campaign.

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, to Vape
@DenisCOVIDinfoguy@aus.social avatar

Vaping Heightens Risk of Covid Infection.

"The liquid used in electronic cigarettes, called e-liquid, typically contains nicotine, propylene glycol, vegetable glycerin, and flavor chemicals. The researchers found propylene glycol/vegetable glycerin alone or along with nicotine enhanced COVID-19 infection through different mechanisms."

@auscovid19

Source: https://www.miragenews.com/vaping-heightens-risk-of-covid-infection-1181560/

Study: https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/ajplung.00300.2022?utm_source=miragenews&utm_medium=miragenews&utm_campaign=news

bornach, to medicalcannabis
@bornach@fosstodon.org avatar

Found a Pyne Pod 8500 discarded in the grass during a walk into town yesterday

Surprisingly sophisticated charging circuitry for an item designed to be disposable. No obvious way to open it in order for owners to refill the tank or to swap in a new atomizer module.

#eWaste #litter #pollution #vape #eCigarette #lithiumPolymer #battery

A disposable vape device with a clear window through which the internal components (PCB, charge circuitry, atomized tank) can be seen. When plugging in a USB-C recharger into the disposable vape device the LED displays 46% and indicates the battery is charging

bornach,
@bornach@fosstodon.org avatar
drrimmer, to auslaw
@drrimmer@aus.social avatar
drrimmer, to auspol
@drrimmer@aus.social avatar
slcw, to Tobacconist
@slcw@newsie.social avatar

There are no safe products. But different products have different levels of . and other smoked tobacco products are the most , while products like may be lower-risk alternatives for adults who already .

Unfortunately, that message seems to have gotten twisted in the public's mind.

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-08-adults-cigarettes-wrongly-vaping-worse.amp

jrefior, to Tobacconist
@jrefior@hachyderm.io avatar

The AP summarizes the e-cigarettes-being-sold-to-teenagers problem in the US

“The number of different electronic cigarette devices sold in the U.S. has nearly tripled to over 9,000 since 2020, driven almost entirely by a wave of unauthorized disposable vapes from China…They are all technically illegal”
https://apnews.com/article/fda-vapes-vaping-elf-bar-juul-80b2680a874d89b8d651c5e909e39e8f

jrefior, (edited )
@jrefior@hachyderm.io avatar

Republican Gov. Mike DeWine signed Ohio’s $86 billion state budget, but with a line-item veto on a second attempt by the GOP-led legislature to prevent local communities from being able to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products
https://apnews.com/article/ohio-governor-state-budget-taxes-vouchers-b7dd1d56ff01b29198ece3380db24577

In the same bill, he also ok'd funding for school vouchers, one of the top policy priorities for white supremacists (seeking racially segregated schooling)

garry, to science
@garry@mstdn.social avatar

Vaping: E-cigarettes have ruined my life, woman says

'Belle Moore, now 19, from Bickerstaffe, Lancashire, said she felt she has "no control over it" and now needed to vape every couple of hours. "I start to get shaky and it's almost all I can think of," she said.'

Shops selling nicotine to children should be shut down and the owners fined heavily.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-66003264

drrimmer, to random
@drrimmer@aus.social avatar

Over 3.5 million Australians aged 14 or over vape or smoke, new data has revealed https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-02/smoking-vaping-on-the-rise-in-young-australians/102425832 via @ABCaustralia e-cigarettes face rising regulation and litigation - my press comment this week https://drrimmer.medium.com/e-cigarette-companies-face-rising-regulation-74a6121d12e0

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