Electronic cigarette continues to wreak havoc: two new victims | Chronic

US health authorities have confirmed the deaths of two people following the use of electronic cigarettes, resulting in five deaths related to a practice that bans start to be imposed because of the risks involved.

The last three deaths occurred in Indiana, Los Angeles and Minnesota, while the other two are in Oregon and Illinois, according to official data.

"The tragic loss of a patient and the increasing number of vaping injuries are warnings that we can not ignore," said the health commissioner of Indiana, Kristine Box "We know that these products usually contain nicotine, which is highly addictive," the official added, according to EFE

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This week, the governor of Michigan, the Democrat Gretchen Whitmer, decreed the ban on the sale of electronic cigarettes, making the state the first to sell these products.

Deaths coincide with the publication of an article in the magazine New England Journal of Medicine, in which a group of researchers from the University of Utah Health identified a characteristic until then unknown of a respiratory disease related to vaporization.

According to these scientists, patients with a type of respiratory disease and electronic cigarette users have in their lungs immune cells with small oily drops called fat-laden macrophages.

Macrophages accumulate at sites of infection and "These are cells that stand out very well and that we do not see often"said the principal author of the study Scott Aberegg "This led us to ask if they are there to eliminate the waste introduced into the lungs by vaping"he added.

Pulmonary scans from patients with vape disease show what severe viral or bacterial pneumonia looks like, but tests to confirm these diseases give negative results.

The American Vaporizer Association, which promotes electronic cigarettes to help give up traditional cigarettes, denounced Whitmer's decision and said he would support any legal action to cancel it.

These sprays are sold without limit of age and are offered with aromas such as fruit juices, sweets and chewing gums.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nicotine, in both conventional and electronic cigarettes, is addictive.

"Electronic cigarettes are considered as tobacco products because they contain mainly nicotine, which comes from tobacco", according to CDC.

Other ingredients contained in the liquid of these cigarettes include ultrafine particles that can reach the lungs, flavoring compounds such as diacetyl, a chemical substance related to serious lung diseases, and heavy metals such as nickel, tin and iron. lead.