• TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com
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    1 day ago

    LOL!

    But seriously, I can’t help remembering that 19 yr old who vaped himself into needing a double lung transplant. 😬

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      22 hours ago

      Actually…weirdly enough, a majority of these cases of lung damage from vaping happened in 2019-2020. One of the most likely culprits of the outbreak is a chemical called vitamin E acetate, which was used as a thickening agent in weed vapes. I don’t think we’ve had many cases since the major outbreak.

      So it might not have been “vaping too much” so much as it was likely contaminated vapes.

      I don’t vape, myself. But there is always more background info to discover on these things.