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mr_lebowski

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7. NO THEY ARE NOT DYING FROM SHORT TERM USE OF E-CIGARETTES
Thu Sep 12, 2019, 09:53 AM
Sep 2019

They are dying from buying and using COUNTERFEIT THC cartridges, where the THC is cut with Vitamin E, which is an oil that destroys lung tissue, sold on the street.

NOTHING TO DO WHATSOEVER with vaping nicotine. These deaths are from POT.

Errr ... of course not literally pot ... but it's even more unfair to say 'e-cigarettes'.

And while it's not uncommon to get e-juice with ingredients sourced from China, these deaths and injuries have nothing to do with Chinese contaminants. The 'killer cut' is coming from US companies.

And these so called 'chemicals' you refer to with nicotine vaping ... are food-grade vegetable glycerin (so safe you can enema with it), Rx-grade propylene glycol (used in asthma inhalers and to purify air in hospitals), Rx-grade nicotine (sourced from US tobacco), and various food-grade flavorings, generally US-made.

All are 100% water-soluble, as the proper, real vaping industry has known for YEARS you cannot safely vape any oils.

There's no big mystery about what's in vape juice and many brands use 100% US products, some even use organic ones.

You're spreading fear and nonsense, no offense.

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