Myth: Vaping causes Popcorn Lung: Difference between revisions

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=Who's information can lead people to believe that vaping causes Popcorn Lung?=
=Who's information can lead people to believe that vaping causes Popcorn Lung?=
Some of these websites don't specifically say that people who vape get Popcorn Lung. They mention diacetyl is in e-cigarettes and that diacetyl can cause popcorn lung. Their failure lies in pointing out that popcorn lung is rare, there is more diacetyl in combustible cigarettes than vapor products, and there are no documented cases of popcorn lung that can be directly attributed to vaping.
Some of these websites don't specifically say that people who vape get Popcorn Lung. They mention diacetyl is in e-cigarettes and that diacetyl can cause popcorn lung. Their failure lies in pointing out that popcorn lung is rare, there is more diacetyl in combustible cigarettes than vapor products, and there are no documented cases of popcorn lung that can be directly attributed to vaping.
*American Lung Association  
*American Lung Association [https://web.archive.org/web/20160709232304/http://www.lung.org/about-us/blog/2016/07/popcorn-lung-risk-ecigs.html July 2016] and still online [https://web.archive.org/web/20240120181104/https://www.lung.org/blog/popcorn-lung-risk-ecigs January 2024].(wording slightly changed)
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20160709232304/http://www.lung.org/about-us/blog/2016/07/popcorn-lung-risk-ecigs.html July 2016]
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20240120181104/https://www.lung.org/blog/popcorn-lung-risk-ecigs January 2024].(wording slightly changed)
*[https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/356561555100066200/pdf/E-Cigarettes-Use-and-Taxation.pdf World Bank Group Global Tobacco Control Program] 2019
*[https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/356561555100066200/pdf/E-Cigarettes-Use-and-Taxation.pdf World Bank Group Global Tobacco Control Program] 2019
*WebMD [https://web.archive.org/web/20180731112828/https://www.webmd.com/lung/popcorn-lung#1 2018] and still online [https://web.archive.org/web/20240121091642/https://www.webmd.com/lung/popcorn-lung January 2024]
*WebMD [https://web.archive.org/web/20180731112828/https://www.webmd.com/lung/popcorn-lung#1 2018] and still online [https://web.archive.org/web/20240121091642/https://www.webmd.com/lung/popcorn-lung January 2024]