\u201cYou\nshouldn\u2019t be putting anything into your lungs in general. Even vaping water\nvapor can irritate cells in your lung and cause problems related to that,\u201d said\nMatthew Olonoff, who works with the Nicotine Dependent & Treatment Lab of\nNorthwestern University\u2019s Feinberg School of Medicine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Olonoff said that while usage rates of cigarettes kept declining, those of e-cigarettes were skyrocketing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\nis still unclear what specifically, but something about these devices has\nreally attracted audiences,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
They\nhave been especially successful with younger audiences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He presumed it might be a combination of various factors, including the look of the device, the nicotine formulation in the liquid, the ease of concealment and the flavoring. \u201cIt\u2019s also a technological device and younger adults are more tech-savvy: they are able to relate and understand the idea of technology more,\u201d Olonoff added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Recent\nstudies show vaping at its highest level yet. In 2018, 39.9% of college\nstudents reported having vaped, up 19.9% from when e-cigarette usage started\nbeing recorded in 2015 in a dataset published by the University of Michigan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n About\na third of college students reported having vaped nicotine devices and almost a\nquarter reported having vaped marijuana devices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nCDC has identified the chemical vitamin E acetate as a likely contributor to\nthe outbreak of lung disease. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It\nstates that this chemical is used mainly as a thickener for THC-containing\nproducts, especially those from informal and black-market sources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A freshman at Northwestern University who wants to stay anonymous and will simply be called “M.” in this text is one student who opts to use THC pods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIf\nyou\u2019re going to vape against your parents\u2019 will, you might as well go and smoke\nweed,\u201d she explained her decision not to go with the more conventional \u2013 and\nlegal \u2013 nicotine vapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n M. believes that the upcoming legalization of cannabis in Illinois with the start of the new year will lessen the risks for vapers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s\nblack market stuff. It\u2019s made in some guy\u2019s living room and they can put\nwhatever they like into it. Once it\u2019s legalized, you\u2019ll be able to get it from\nmore reliable sources,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Olonoff\npointed out that this lacking regulation is also a concern with nicotine vapes,\nsaying that \u201cyou can go and buy an e-liquid and have no idea what\u2019s really in\nit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n While\nartificial flavoring has been outlawed for cigarettes, it is commonplace in vaping\ndevices. Combined with aggressive marketing and social factors, Olonoff thinks\nthis may be one of the reasons that vaping is especially prevalent in younger\npopulations, such as high schoolers and young adults at colleges. \u201cA lot of the\nflavoring, like the cotton candy flavors, can be geared more towards younger\naudiences,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nmanufacturers\u2019 marketing also relies heavily on portraying electronic devices\nas safer and cleaner alternatives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n M. agreed with this idea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhen I see someone smoke a cig, I\u2019m like: ew. You know, it smells bad, tastes bad, all that. Vaping is also healthier and it doesn\u2019t burn as much in my throat,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Olonoff\nhopes that the recent outbreak of lung injury cases will help change the\nperception of e-cigarettes being safe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAny\nirritant that enters your lungs is likely to cause health problems,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\nhope that the publicity shows that, like with other tobacco products, this does\nhave consequences and bad things can happen when you use these devices.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n At\nNorthwestern, most students said vaping was almost entirely absent from their\nlives and they knew few people who did it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\nhaven\u2019t seen anybody vape on our campus,\u201d said Ryan Kim, a Northwestern\nfreshman originally from New York City. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Students\nat other top colleges have made similar observations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Luca\nPistor, a freshman at Stanford University in California, noticed the absence of\na vaping culture at his university as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\nhave literally not heard anything about vaping since leaving high school,\u201d he\nsaid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n High-scoring students with low-income families are less likely to attend selective private colleges than low-scoring, high-income students, according to a report by the Education Trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With\nsocioeconomic factors being a potential risk factor for tobacco usage, it appears\nto match that Northwestern and other elite private universities would have\nfewer vapers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nrelative absence of vaping at Northwestern University may in part also be\nlinked to the fact that in Illinois raised the minimum age for the purchase of\ne-cigarettes to 21 in April. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In\nSeptember, Illinois\u2019 governor Jay Pritzker went one step further, becoming one\nof a growing number of lawmakers endorsing an outright ban on the sale of\nflavored e-cigarettes, which would include the popular brand Juul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In\nAugust of 2018, Juul controlled over 72% of the US market for e-cigarettes,\naccording to Wells Fargo Securities analyst Bonnie Herzog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A\nlaw banning flavoring for vapes was passed in Michigan on September 4th<\/sup>,\nand the retailer Walmart pulled all flavored e-cigarettes out of their\nassortment toward the end of the same month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWith\nthis outbreak of deaths, it\u2019s a moment to take a step back and have a look at\nhow good or bad these devices really are,\u201d Olonoff said. \u201cSome people think\nit\u2019s the cool alternative to smoking, and that\u2019s a dangerous thought to have.\nBecause at the end of the day, we don\u2019t want to have anyone smoking or vaping.\nSmoking-related diseases are one of the top preventable causes of death.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Almost 50 deaths have been the result of a nationwide outbreak of lung disease which comes as a direct consequence of the use of electronic cigarettes. 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