Myth: Vaping causes Popcorn Lung: Difference between revisions
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The study and alarm over the potential danger of vaping made headlines across the US and globally. Most of the articles failed to mention there are more of these chemicals in combustible cigarettes, and there are no documented cases of Popcorn Lung being caused by smoking or vaping. | The study and alarm over the potential danger of vaping made headlines across the US and globally. Most of the articles failed to mention there are more of these chemicals in combustible cigarettes, and there are no documented cases of Popcorn Lung being caused by smoking or vaping. | ||
A chemical of concern that might pose potential harm swiftly morphed into known harm, and word began to | A chemical of concern that might pose potential harm swiftly morphed into known harm, and word began to spread that vaping causes Popcorn Lung, even though there were no documented cases of it actually occuring. A 2015 report published in the [https://www.jsonline.com/story/archives/2019/09/18/diacetyl-popcorn-lung-chemical-e-cigarettes-coffee-roasting-plants/2078765002/ Milwaukee Journal Sentinal] gave a historical run-down of cases of Popcorn Lung in the food industry and questioned why Diacetyl was allowed in e-cigarettes. The American Lung Association added [https://web.archive.org/web/20160709232304/http://www.lung.org/about-us/blog/2016/07/popcorn-lung-risk-ecigs.html information] about Popcorn Lung and vaping on their website in 2016. | ||
In 2018, [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/05/14/the-promise-of-vaping-and-the-rise-of-juul Jonathan Winickoff], the former chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Tobacco Consortium, a pediatrician at Massachusetts General Hospital and a professor at Harvard Medical School, said that he "believes that the vape industry is co-opting the national wellness trend—when, in fact, vaping can cause something called bronchiolitis obliterans, or popcorn lung." | In 2018, [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/05/14/the-promise-of-vaping-and-the-rise-of-juul Jonathan Winickoff], the former chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Tobacco Consortium, a pediatrician at Massachusetts General Hospital and a professor at Harvard Medical School, said that he "believes that the vape industry is co-opting the national wellness trend—when, in fact, vaping can cause something called bronchiolitis obliterans, or popcorn lung." | ||
Schools, in an [https://www.theedadvocate.org/teaching-students-about-popcorn-lungs-disease/ attempt] to keep teens safe and discourage them from experimenting with vaping began telling [https://web.archive.org/web/20200806010833/https://www.minnetonkabreezes.com/sports/2019/12/20/popcorn-lung/ students] they could get Popcorn Lung from vaping. | Schools, in an [https://www.theedadvocate.org/teaching-students-about-popcorn-lungs-disease/ attempt] to keep teens safe and discourage them from experimenting with vaping began telling [https://web.archive.org/web/20200806010833/https://www.minnetonkabreezes.com/sports/2019/12/20/popcorn-lung/ students] they could get Popcorn Lung from vaping. | ||
=What actions were taken to protect consumers after the study was released?= | =What actions were taken to protect consumers after the study was released?= | ||