Meanwhile, vaping hasn’t even been popular for a decade; it if has already managed to knock off a few hundred people, that doesn’t seem like a particularly great track record.

Also, this wouldn’t ban vape products, just flavored products that are popular with teens, precisely because they are popular with teens and may increase the risk that those teens eventually start smoking.

I know that. CandyCorn dumbass doesn’t seem to though.

Let’s see how this popcorn lung business plays out before we declare vaping to be safe.

I vape THC, or did before popcorn lung became a thing

NC is a big ol’ domino and they are good and fucked when it falls.

You got outplayed.

Sorry Friend - not Tomato, just a frustrated North Carolinian

Considering that vape use was estimated to be 20% of teenagers in 2018,

That’s the other mind-boggling thing about this. Cigarettes are a known killer, but let’s ban e-cigarettes while keeping tobacco cigarettes legal & on the market. People are dying from vaping illegal THC cartridges, but lets ban legal e-cigarettes & liquids that contain completely different substances.

I think the main issue wasn’t that the kids were harmed, but that such a large proportion of them were kids, such that it became obvious that a large proportion of vaping’s market is underage.

Exactly.

A recent NEJM article identified that 16% of people with vaping associated lung injury had no history of THC or CBD use and reported only nicotine use.

No, it’s not clear. Nicotine vapes have not been eliminated as a cause

It’s not clear that nicotine isn’t involved- most users with the lung problems used both.

Here you go.

multiple, apparently previously healthy young people whose health rapidly deteriorated after vaping.