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Only the start, more research will truly show the dangers of this vile killing habit. These TV adverts need banning from our screens.



Reliable Harvard Scientists Say E-Cig Flavors Can Cause "Popcorn Lung"
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Adam Clark Estes

Filed to: E-CIGS12/08/15 2:20pm
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In the weird world of vaping research, it’s hard to find a scientist who isn’t funded by a tobacco company or an anti-smoking organization. However, in a government-funded study, a team of Harvard scientists made a grisly discovery. Candy-flavored e-cig liquid contains chemicals that cause a horrible condition called “popcorn lung.”

The study revealed that 75-percent of the 51 flavored liquids tested contain the very dangerous chemical diacetyl and two other harmful compounds. The flavors tested “included varieties with potential appeal to young people such as cotton candy, ‘Fruit Squirts,’ and cupcake.” (It’s unclear if the teen-favorite “unicorn puke” was included.) Diacetyl is known to cause bronchitis obliterans, a degenerative and irreversible respiratory condition also known as that often requires a lung transplant. Bronchitis obliterans is also known as popcorn lung.

The name isn’t as visual as it sounds. Its history can be traced back to a case of eight former employees of a factory in Missouri that made artificial butter flavor for microwave popcorn. The workers inhaled diacetyl from the flavoring on a daily basis and developed wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath, as well as night sweats and weight loss. It sounds like a very terrible condition!


Here’s the scary thing: Many people who vape with flavored e-cig liquids also inhale this chemical on a daily basis. Some of these people are kids, especially since many states still allow e-cigs to be sold to minors. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering regulation e-cigs like tobacco products, but for now, it’s still a bit of a free for all.

What makes this revelation especially concerning is two-fold. One, the study was funded by the National Institute of Health, not some tobacco lobby, so it’s potentially more reliable that the many, often contradictory studies already out there. Two, the study focuses not on the perils of nicotine consumption but rather the chemicals used to flavor e-cig liquid. So even if you think you’re safe vaping with nicotine-free liquid, you could still end up with popcorn lung.

“Since most of the health concerns about e-cigarettes have focused on nicotine, there is still much we do not know about e-cigarettes,” says Harvard professor David Christiani, who co-authored a paper on the new study. “In addition to containing varying levels of the addictive substance nicotine, they also contain other cancer-causing chemicals, such as formaldehyde, and as our study shows, flavoring chemicals that can cause lung damage. Another factor to consider is how much of a scruff you look, it's not cool at all.
 
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Only the start, more research will truly show the dangers of this vile killing habit. These TV adverts need banning from our screens.



Reliable Harvard Scientists Say E-Cig Flavors Can Cause "Popcorn Lung"
201,420
24

Adam Clark Estes

Filed to: E-CIGS12/08/15 2:20pm
nv51jl5licbe3xb32eww.jpg


In the weird world of vaping research, it’s hard to find a scientist who isn’t funded by a tobacco company or an anti-smoking organization. However, in a government-funded study, a team of Harvard scientists made a grisly discovery. Candy-flavored e-cig liquid contains chemicals that cause a horrible condition called “popcorn lung.”

The study revealed that 75-percent of the 51 flavored liquids tested contain the very dangerous chemical diacetyl and two other harmful compounds. The flavors tested “included varieties with potential appeal to young people such as cotton candy, ‘Fruit Squirts,’ and cupcake.” (It’s unclear if the teen-favorite “unicorn puke” was included.) Diacetyl is known to cause bronchitis obliterans, a degenerative and irreversible respiratory condition also known as that often requires a lung transplant. Bronchitis obliterans is also known as popcorn lung.

The name isn’t as visual as it sounds. Its history can be traced back to a case of eight former employees of a factory in Missouri that made artificial butter flavor for microwave popcorn. The workers inhaled diacetyl from the flavoring on a daily basis and developed wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath, as well as night sweats and weight loss. It sounds like a very terrible condition!


Here’s the scary thing: Many people who vape with flavored e-cig liquids also inhale this chemical on a daily basis. Some of these people are kids, especially since many states still allow e-cigs to be sold to minors. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering regulation e-cigs like tobacco products, but for now, it’s still a bit of a free for all.

What makes this revelation especially concerning is two-fold. One, the study was funded by the National Institute of Health, not some tobacco lobby, so it’s potentially more reliable that the many, often contradictory studies already out there. Two, the study focuses not on the perils of nicotine consumption but rather the chemicals used to flavor e-cig liquid. So even if you think you’re safe vaping with nicotine-free liquid, you could still end up with popcorn lung.

“Since most of the health concerns about e-cigarettes have focused on nicotine, there is still much we do not know about e-cigarettes,” says Harvard professor David Christiani, who co-authored a paper on the new study. “In addition to containing varying levels of the addictive substance nicotine, they also contain other cancer-causing chemicals, such as formaldehyde, and as our study shows, flavoring chemicals that can cause lung damage. Another factor to consider is how much of a scruff you look, it's not cool at all.

Bombs away @Ashtonian
 
This is the worst fashion statement of the lot . The last decade has seen some terrible inventions

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E cigs

Legal highs ( get a bag of lemo you scruff)

Ket wigs

Reality tv shows like towie

Bearded hipster beauts

Men wearing skinny jeans ( file under hipster beaut)

The tattoo industry boom . Birds covered in tattoos is a bad shame.

Bring back the 90s but without Walter smith.

The obsession with going to 'fezzies' and making sure the whole world knows about it . I'm not arsed mate
 
This is the worst fashion statement of the lot . The last decade has seen some terrible inventions

Social media

E cigs

Legal highs ( get a bag of lemo you scruff)

Ket wigs

Reality tv shows like towie

Bearded hipster beauts

Men wearing skinny jeans ( file under hipster beaut)

The tattoo industry boom . Birds covered in tattoos is a bad shame.

Bring back the 90s but without Walter smith.
Men that look like women, women that look like men.

Welcome to 2015
 
This is the worst fashion statement of the lot . The last decade has seen some terrible inventions

Social media

E cigs

Legal highs ( get a bag of lemo you scruff)

Ket wigs

Reality tv shows like towie

Bearded hipster beauts

Men wearing skinny jeans ( file under hipster beaut)

The tattoo industry boom . Birds covered in tattoos is a bad shame.

Bring back the 90s but without Walter smith.

you so old
 

This is the worst fashion statement of the lot . The last decade has seen some terrible inventions

Social media

E cigs

Legal highs ( get a bag of lemo you scruff)

Ket wigs

Reality tv shows like towie

Bearded hipster beauts

Men wearing skinny jeans ( file under hipster beaut)

The tattoo industry boom . Birds covered in tattoos is a bad shame.

Bring back the 90s but without Walter smith.

The obsession with going to 'fezzies' and making sure the whole world knows about it . I'm not arsed mate


Skinny Jeans what the f*** is this all about, so wrong on so many levels, who the hell has got legs like a teenage girl apart from a teenage girl!!!
 

I think it's disgusting the way these Vaping companies portray themselves as a healthy option and spend fortunes getting new generations of people hooked on this killer drug.
I don't use them but surely they have to be better than tobacco? And I'm a smoker.
 
This is the worst fashion statement of the lot . The last decade has seen some terrible inventions

Social media

E cigs

Legal highs ( get a bag of lemo you scruff)

Ket wigs

Reality tv shows like towie

Bearded hipster beauts

Men wearing skinny jeans ( file under hipster beaut)

The tattoo industry boom . Birds covered in tattoos is a bad shame.

Bring back the 90s but without Walter smith.

The obsession with going to 'fezzies' and making sure the whole world knows about it . I'm not arsed mate
My favourite rant this month.
 

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