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(Eagle News) — The Department of Health has confirmed the country’s first-ever case of vape-related sickness. According to the DOH, a 16-year-old girl sustained e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury or EVALI after using e-cigarettes for six months. The DOH said the girl, who was not identified, was admitted to a hospital’s intensive care unit on Nov. 12 after experiencing extreme shortness of breath. The agency said she had to be given supplemental oxygen […]
by Elizabeth DONOVAN PARIS, France (AFP) — Vaping devices and the chemicals they deliver — increasingly popular among teens — may damage the cardiovascular system, a study said Thursday, adding to a growing chorus of concern over injury and deaths related to e-cigarettes. The latest findings, published in the journal Cardiovascular Research, come after the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last month declared an “outbreak of lung injuries” linked to vaping. “E-cigarettes contain […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Twenty-six people have died from illnesses associated with e-cigarette use since March, US health authorities said Thursday, while some 1,300 have suffered lung injuries linked to vaping. Officials have yet to identify the cause for the outbreak, which dates back to late March, and are pursuing multiple lines of investigation. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that 26 deaths in 21 states had now been linked to vaping, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Eighteen people have died from illnesses associated with e-cigarette use since March, US health authorities said Thursday, while more than a thousand others have suffered probable lung injuries linked to vaping. Officials have yet to identify the cause for the outbreak, which dates back to late March, and are pursuing multiple lines of investigation. A report by clinicians in North Carolina last month pointed to the inhalation of fatty […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Retail giant Walmart said Friday it would stop selling e-cigarettes in its US stores amid a growing crackdown on flavored vaping products to deter an ever growing number of young users. “Given the growing federal, state and local regulatory complexity and uncertainty regarding e-cigarettes, we plan to discontinue the sale of electronic nicotine delivery products at all Walmart and Sam’s Club US locations,” the world’s leading retail chain said […]
by Ivan Couronne and Elodie Cuzin © Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — More than 500 people have been sickened in an outbreak of vaping-related illness in the United States, health authorities said Thursday, as Los Angeles became the latest city to take steps to ban flavored e-cigarettes. The known tally from the mysterious lung disease has jumped from 380 to 530, though the number of deaths stood unchanged at seven, according to a […]
Ni Belle Surara Eagle News Reporter (Eagle News) – Muling pinayuhan ng Department of Health (DOH) ang publiko na maging maingat sa pagbili ng mga produkto online lalo na ang mga battery operated devices. Ayon kay Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, ang mga naturang devices ay hindi laruan. Ito aniya ay nagtataglay din ng tinatawag na “concomitant health at safety hazards”. Magugunita na isang binatilyo ang nasabugan ng vape sa bibig matapos umanong makipag-swap ng […]
(Eagle News) – Maglulunsad na ang Department of Health (DOH) ng imbestigasyon, kaugnay sa pagsabog ng vape o e-cigarette na ikinasugat ng isang binatilyo. Ang biktima sa kasalukuyan ay naka-confine sa East Avenue Medical Center sa Quezon City. Ayon kay Health Secretary Francisco Duque, pupulungin niya ang mga opisyal ng Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Dapat aniyang malaman ang tunay na dahilan ng pagsabog at kung paano ni-re-regulate ang paggamit ng vape. Samantala, ipinanawagan na […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (May 21) – To vape or not to vape… that is the question in the minds of those craving for their nicotine fix. This especially after President Rodrigo Duterte signed Executive Order No. 26, banning the smoking of tobacco products in public places, except in designated public areas. But what is vaping? Vaping means smoking an electronic cigarette or an e-cigarette. An electronic cigarette is a hand-held electronic device that creates an […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) – by Kerry Sheridan The United States Thursday issued a sweeping ban on sales of e-cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco and hookahs to those under 18, marking the first time these products have been federally regulated. The ban will go into effect in 90 days, according to the US Food and Drug Administration, which described the final rule — issued after several years of study and debate — as “historic.” “As cigarette […]
In a study conducted in the United States, it was discovered that the e-cigarette contains harmful chemicals and is not a safe alternative to smoking cigarettes.
