Teenagers' Vape-Related Lung Damage Could Worsen Covid-19 Virus Symptoms

Doctors have described one teenage vaper's lungs as resembling those of an 80-year old lifetime cigarette smoker

Monday, March 23, 2020 - For every adult that switches to the less unhealthy e-cigarettes from traditional ones, ten teenagers or more are taking up the vaping habit for the first time and instantly becoming permanently dependent on nicotine. The Center For Disease Control (CDC)'s National Youth Tobacco Survey issued an astonishing statistic last month that showed that one in three teenagers is addicted to nicotine having been introduced to the drug without their knowledge through vaping. CBS News medical contributor Dr. Tara Narula, told the media that cigarette smoking or vaping damages the lungs and could compromise one's ability to combat viruses such as the coronavirus. One 20-year old with no coronavirus symptoms besides lung damage remains in a New York hospital and New York's mayor DeBlasio told reporters, "the only thing known about the individual is that he is a vaper." CBS quotes medical experts like Dr. Joanna Cohen, of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health that link vaping with magnifying the symptoms of the Corona Virus. "We know through the deaths and severe respiratory illnesses that we had this summer that there's certainly lung injury happening to vapers," she told CBS News. "And if your lungs are injured, obviously they're going to have a more difficult time dealing with other challenges." Juul Vape lawsuit attorneys offer a free no obligation consultation and work on a contingency basis.

Juul Inc.'s popularity was fueled by the company's internet marketing campaign that focused in part on an underage market seeking homework help on social media websites such as Nickelodeon and The Cartoon Network. According to a New York Times opinion piece, no one in politics with the ability to stop Juul took notice of the vape ads until teenagers became ill and some even died from vaping. By then, Juul and their nicotine-addictive products were firmly entrenched into the buying habits of teenage consumers and other minors. Even today as government bans on certain e-cigarettes flavor pods come into effect, "teenagers were (are) already moving on, replacing their Juuls with less expensive Puff Bars — disposable flavored vapes that fall into a federal policy loophole. Teenagers are now getting their e-cigarette flavors from "e-juice" as if no ban ever took place," according to the Times.

The Times also highlighted the fact that reformed traditional cigarette smokers that have made the switch to e-cigarettes are cult-like in their allegiance to vaping and consider the fight to keep e-cigarettes on the market nothing less than a life and death struggle. When organized vaping groups were analyzed to be mostly conservative or libertarian voters and would alter their vote based on the unpopular vaping ban issue, the Federal Government (Trump Administration) decided to ban only the Juul flavor pods that appealed to children the most such as Crystal Panther – Mixed Berry Menthol, Reality –Caramel, Vanilla Tobacco, Mindful Monkey By Om Vapors, The Wild One, Mixed Berry Strudel E-juice, The Cobra Strawberry Ice Cream E-Juice, and Cafe #7 Caramel Coffee E-juice.

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