E-Cigarette Fatalities: Facts, Causes & Clarification
E-Cigarettes and Deaths - Causes and Facts
For years, e-cigarettes have been repeatedly portrayed in the media as unhealthy, unexplored, explosive, and toxic, often associated with drugs and youth initiation into tobacco use. The problem remains the same. On one hand, editors fail to inform themselves, and on the other, every tabloid knows how to exploit its readers' appetite for sensation to generate clicks and keep the advertising-funded enterprise alive. Why should a journalist bother to get informed when they are aware of how many clicks negative headlines generate and how eagerly the average reader expresses outrage at the supposed foolishness of using e-cigarettes.
In recent weeks, negative headlines have reached new heights. Here are some enlightening words on the current situation regarding deaths in the USA and what is actually being twisted and sensationalized.
The Facts
- The cause is solely illegal production and sale of cannabis-containing cartridges on the black market.
- Incidents are localized to the states of Wisconsin and Iowa.
- Some of those responsible have already been identified, and the drug labs have been dismantled.
- All e-liquids available here are NOT affected due to European TPD2 regulation.
"First Death Linked to E-Cigarette Use"
The headline from the article in the newspaper ***Name removed due to legal notice*** discusses a mysterious lung disease. Since June 2019, 193 cases have been reported, and now the first person has died from it. Initially, for 90% of readers, the connection is clear: e-cigarettes are killing people. Meanwhile, reports on this have piled up, some more sensationalized than others. But what is the actual cause?
According to various sources, up to 380-450 cases are known to date, unfortunately including up to six deaths. Interestingly, these cases are limited exclusively to the states of Wisconsin and Iowa in the USA. It has also been revealed that a drug lab was dismantled in Wisconsin, where THC-enriched liquids were illegally produced and subsequently sold on the streets in both states.
The "Mysterious Lung Disease" was caused by an additive present in these THC liquids. Vitamin E acetate was used in high concentrations to create a water-soluble emulsion from THC-rich oil extracted from hemp plants, making it suitable for vaporizer consumption.
Clickbait and Bashing
Leading the charge is the company ***Name removed due to legal notice***. When we analyze these reports more closely, we notice the following things.
One Headline, Multiple Articles
Without any real news, the same article is rewritten and republished. Take a look at the perfectly spaced publication dates, and you'll realize they were chosen very carefully to convince even the most skeptical that e-cigarettes are leading them to their graves.
Headlines Target E-Cigarettes
The words "E-Zigi," "E-cigarette," or "Vaping" appear in every headline, while the actual cause, namely the illegally filled drugs, is buried deep within the articles. Unfortunately, we also see on the front lines that such a bashing campaign is very effective, and many of our fellow citizens trust ***Name removed due to legal notice*** more than studies conducted by medical professionals.
Almost all e-cigarette-related reports by ***Name removed due to legal notice*** are written by ***Name removed due to legal notice***.
Since we took the time to thoroughly inform ***Name removed due to legal notice*** about e-cigarettes at the beginning of 2019, including discussions on economic interests, we are all the more shocked to see how this "journalist" is now acting against her better knowledge and even violating the press code.
For more information on the general and current political situation of vaping, please visit https://www.vapers.guru/.
