Popcorn lung: reflect on implications of vaping
THE prevalence of vaping among teenagers in Malaysia rose from 9.8 per cent in 2017 to 14.9 per cent in 2022. So it's crucial to address the safety of vape products. Often misled by the fruity flavours promoted by vape products, many are unaware that these liquids commonly contain chemica...
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| author | Long, Chiau Ming * Ser, Hooi Leng * Look, Keyun Amar, Daud Iskandar Abdullah * Elil, Renganathan * |
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| description | THE prevalence of vaping among teenagers in Malaysia rose from 9.8 per cent in 2017 to 14.9 per cent in 2022.
So it's crucial to address the safety of vape products.
Often misled by the fruity flavours promoted by vape products, many are unaware that these liquids commonly contain chemicals such as nicotine, propylene glycol (PG), vegetable glycerine (VG), flavourings, dyes, cooling agents and other undisclosed ingredients.
It's vital for users to recognise how these components can adversely affect the lungs and the breathing system. |
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| spelling | sunway-23422023-08-30T01:33:04Z http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/2342/ Popcorn lung: reflect on implications of vaping Long, Chiau Ming * Ser, Hooi Leng * Look, Keyun Amar, Daud Iskandar Abdullah * Elil, Renganathan * RA Public aspects of medicine RC Internal medicine THE prevalence of vaping among teenagers in Malaysia rose from 9.8 per cent in 2017 to 14.9 per cent in 2022. So it's crucial to address the safety of vape products. Often misled by the fruity flavours promoted by vape products, many are unaware that these liquids commonly contain chemicals such as nicotine, propylene glycol (PG), vegetable glycerine (VG), flavourings, dyes, cooling agents and other undisclosed ingredients. It's vital for users to recognise how these components can adversely affect the lungs and the breathing system. New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd. 2023-08-18 Other NonPeerReviewed Long, Chiau Ming * and Ser, Hooi Leng * and Look, Keyun and Amar, Daud Iskandar Abdullah * and Elil, Renganathan * (2023) Popcorn lung: reflect on implications of vaping. New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd., Malaysia. https://www.nst.com.my/opinion/letters/2023/08/944286/popcorn-lung-reflect-implications-vaping |
| spellingShingle | RA Public aspects of medicine RC Internal medicine Long, Chiau Ming * Ser, Hooi Leng * Look, Keyun Amar, Daud Iskandar Abdullah * Elil, Renganathan * Popcorn lung: reflect on implications of vaping |
| title | Popcorn lung: reflect on implications of vaping |
| title_full | Popcorn lung: reflect on implications of vaping |
| title_fullStr | Popcorn lung: reflect on implications of vaping |
| title_full_unstemmed | Popcorn lung: reflect on implications of vaping |
| title_short | Popcorn lung: reflect on implications of vaping |
| title_sort | popcorn lung: reflect on implications of vaping |
| topic | RA Public aspects of medicine RC Internal medicine |
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