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The Wasington Post has a report on the FDA investigation into illnesses and lung damage caused by vaping.
State and federal health officials investigating mysterious lung illnesses linked to vaping have found the same chemical in samples of marijuana products used by people sickened in different parts of the country and who used different brands of products in recent weeks.
[...] That same chemical was also found in nearly all cannabis samples from patients who fell ill in New York in recent weeks, a state health department spokeswoman said. While this is the first common element found in samples from across the country, health officials said it is too early to know whether this is causing the injuries.
[...] State and federal health authorities have said they are focusing on the role of contaminants or counterfeit substances as a likely cause of vaping-related lung illnesses. Many patients have told officials and clinicians that they bought cannabis products off the street.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday November 09 2019, @04:05AM
There are 2 major problems soccer-moms have with vaping. The first is the flavors. Peach, grape, passionfruit, or menthol flavors that attract the underage to vaping due to their candy-like flavors.
So what needs to be done, and what I believe Juul already did, is stop selling the flavored shite outright so parents won't have excuses to bitch. Unfortunately, Blacks are huge consumers of flavored nicotine and asking them to drop the flavors is like asking them to pick up their pants.
The second problem, which will never be fixed unless it counteracts the first, is the stealth-mode with regards to how vaping doesn't stink up the place and they can be smoked discretely inside non-smoking buildings. To correct that problem would be to place stinky and/or long-lasting additives in the oils. Or do something even stupider, like have a loud un-disablable beep whenever a puff is taken.