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As of September, 805 cases of a bewildering lung disease apparently related to vaping have been reported ... a few shady substances in bootleg vape juice that could be causing health problems.

You're coating your lungs in chemicals that aren't beneficial. The contents of your vape, sometimes called vape juice or e-liquid, are contained in an oily base. Manufacturers may add vitamin E to ...

The first vaping device was developed in ... The idea is to reduce the nicotine level of the e-liquid over time to ween oneself off the chemical and eventually move to a no-nicotine juice.

They found that e-liquids – the liquid inside that gives vapes their flavour – contain a 'cocktail' of chemicals that produce 'toxic' compounds when heated. Vaping has a 'significantly ...

Diacetyl, or 2,3-butanedione, is a flavoring agent that becomes a toxic inhalant when aerosolized. It causes inflammation and ...

According to the ALA, vape liquid can contain nicotine, propylene glycol, and flavoring, among other chemicals. The Centers for Disease Control and Protection (CDC) suggest lipoid pneumonia can ...

Smith, as well as some researchers, posits that vaping pot — similar to vaping nicotine — is potentially easier on the lungs than smoking, because the liquid inside is heated to lower ...

Vape juice can contain nicotine that's either synthetic or derived from tobacco, but it doesn't contain tobacco leaves or other chemicals found in the plant. Given both the lack of smoke and the ...

Vaping without nicotine may not be as safe ... showing that heating and vaporizing e-liquid chemicals makes them especially toxic to lung cells. As a result, the researchers “caution against ...