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E-Cigarettes and Lung Injury

By : on : 10th Mar 2020 comments : (0)

E–cigarette, or vaping, product use–associated lung injury (EVALI) has been linked to the use of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)-containing products and vitamin E acetate. s Three small patient clusters in Wisconsin reported frequent, shared use of THC cartridges obtained from informal sources before symptom onset. Vitamin E acetate was detected in all five THC cartridges used by two […]

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Carcinogens Found in Urine of e-Cigarette Users

By : on : 13th Jun 2017 comments : (0)

  BOSTON — The widely held belief that e-cigarettes do not pose a cancer threat may be wishful thinking, according to the results of a new pilot study that focuses on their potential impact on bladder cancer. The small study showed that two known carcinogens, otoluidine and 2-naphthylamine, were found in the urine of e-cigarette […]

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