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Smoking Marijuana with an E-cigarette??
http://news.yahoo.com/man-unable-eat-solid-foods-025031052.html
As college students make the switch from cigarettes to marijuana to get their fix and today's teens find even craftier ways to smoke the mostly-illegal substance, they might wanna rethink the device they are using. FOX 5 News reports that James Lauria is recovering from serious injuries after his eCigarette exploded in his mouth. He was on a break at work when his electronic smoking device unexpectedly ignited, leaving him with first-degree burns and a dime-sized hole in the roof of his mouth.
The 23-year-old was airlifted to the University of Alabama's burn unit and he spent a week in the ICU. His worried parents were said to be in disbelief at the injuries sustained in the accident. "He had burns to his hand and a fractured neck and finger, and burns to his cornea," his father, Ed Lauria, told the news station. "It blew a hole through his pallet and at the same time, flames went down and he got first-degree burns on his chest and up on his face. It forced his front tooth up into his gum- out of sight -and chipped the other one and damaged a few other lower teeth."
His mom, Beth Lauria, added, "It hurt to see him with a tube and all. He was restrained but they sedated him. Just to see him go through it was tough."
Six weeks after the accident, James is still recovering in Cobb County and is unable to eat solid foods. Beth says he will be fitted for a mouth prosthetic to hopefully close that hole and alleviate the newly-acquired lisp. As for the defected device? It’s currently in the hands of the South Walton Fire and Rescue Department and they are investigating the incident.
Here's another link
http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2015/09/james-lauria-ecigarette-explodes-in-mouth
As college students make the switch from cigarettes to marijuana to get their fix and today's teens find even craftier ways to smoke the mostly-illegal substance, they might wanna rethink the device they are using. FOX 5 News reports that James Lauria is recovering from serious injuries after his eCigarette exploded in his mouth. He was on a break at work when his electronic smoking device unexpectedly ignited, leaving him with first-degree burns and a dime-sized hole in the roof of his mouth.
The 23-year-old was airlifted to the University of Alabama's burn unit and he spent a week in the ICU. His worried parents were said to be in disbelief at the injuries sustained in the accident. "He had burns to his hand and a fractured neck and finger, and burns to his cornea," his father, Ed Lauria, told the news station. "It blew a hole through his pallet and at the same time, flames went down and he got first-degree burns on his chest and up on his face. It forced his front tooth up into his gum- out of sight -and chipped the other one and damaged a few other lower teeth."
His mom, Beth Lauria, added, "It hurt to see him with a tube and all. He was restrained but they sedated him. Just to see him go through it was tough."
Six weeks after the accident, James is still recovering in Cobb County and is unable to eat solid foods. Beth says he will be fitted for a mouth prosthetic to hopefully close that hole and alleviate the newly-acquired lisp. As for the defected device? It’s currently in the hands of the South Walton Fire and Rescue Department and they are investigating the incident.
Here's another link
http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2015/09/james-lauria-ecigarette-explodes-in-mouth
That was good, Brice...
My husband uses an e-cigarette...it's helped him to get off cigarettes and he's gradually cutting back on the strength of the "juice" that goes in it, so hopefully, he'll get off all of it, eventually... I've just never heard of smoking marijuana with them and I thought it sounded pretty dangerous...
Thanks for the laugh !
With half my state on fire, I needed a laugh.
With half my state on fire, I needed a laugh.
Why can't we hand politicians these things and a bunch of weed and that way they could blow their damned lips off and we wouldn't have to listen to the BS anymore?
Another thing is Alabama does not allow MJ even in medical form, so the oil and the smoking device were some garage creation that were probably doomed from the start.
E-cigs are meant for a water based vapor, vape pens as their called are meant for cannabis oil, not sure if that is where the problem is but it would be a good place to start looking.
When all else fails follow the instructions.
When all else fails follow the instructions.
Should doctors prescribe e-cigarettes?
E-cigarettes could be prescribed as part of the U.K.'s National Health Service as they are around 95 percent less harmful than smoking and could help 8 million Brits kick their tobacco addiction, a report by U.K. health officials says.
Following an independent review into e-cigarettes, government health body, Public Health England (PHE), found that e-cigarettes could be "a game changer in public health" especially when reducing health problems caused by smoking.
With smoking killing around 80,000 people every year in the U.K., the body wants to make sure smokers know all the facts.
Tobacco cigarette versus e-cigarette.
Martina Paraninfi | Flickr | Getty Images
Tobacco cigarette versus e-cigarette.
"E-cigarettes are not completely risk-free but when compared to smoking, evidence shows they carry just a fraction of the harm. The problem is people increasingly think they are at least as harmful, (which could) be keeping millions of smokers from quitting," Professor Kevin Fenton, director of health and wellbeing at PHE said in a statement.
Consequently, PHE want to see health and social care professionals provide accurate advice on smoking and e-cigarettes, by discussing what the best routes of referral are and offer "a range of evidence-based, effective" options, including e-cigarettes - if smokers want to follow this route.
While the PHE say that 'free stop smoking services' are the most effective for quitting, the vaping device does have "potential benefits" with moving people away from tobacco.
A spokesperson at PHE, told CNBC that there are currently no licensed e-cigarettes in the U.K. market, so the National Health Service (NHS) cannot prescribe smokers with this alternative.
"We want to see a choice of safe and effective e-cigarette products that smokers want to use on the market and look forward to the arrival of licensed products that could be prescribed as medicines."
E-cigs: The smoking hot debate
The discussion on whether e-cigarettes are healthy is still a matter for great debate. In March, Mintel published a report revealing 82 percent of e-cigarette users surveyed use the device to kill their smoking addiction; while non-smokers weren't attracted to the mechanism.
However, a survey conducted by Liverpool John Moores University on 16,193 adolescents found that one in five U.K. adolescents had tried e-cigarettes, of which 16 percent of this group hadn't even tried a cigarette before, suggesting it might be a gateway drug.
How the public view e-cigarettes can be skewed the PHE spokesperson told CNBC: "We all have a responsibility to report the evidence accurately. We are concerned that some studies on e-cigarettes have been misreported by organizations and the media."
"The visual and behavioural similarities with tobacco cigarettes may also impact people's perceptions of e-cigarettes. It's critical to provide a distinction between the two."
E-cigarettes: The new gateway drug for teens?
NHS: To advise or not to advise
So should the NHS and GPs adopt a strategy which advises smokers to adopt e-cigarettes as a way of killing their tobacco addiction?
"The idea of e-cigarettes being available on the NHS is not a 'bad thing' as long as it is just one of a number of different means of access to the products," Shane MacGuill, senior tobacco analyst at Euromonitor International, told CNBC.
"E-cigarette advocates would argue that the products work best when they are removed from a medical or 'treatment' setting and are delivered as a desirable, consumer good so that a very controlled distribution system, centred around medicalization would be a counterproductive and indeed, inefficient use of public resources," MacGuill concluded.
http://www.cnbc.com/2015/08/19/should-doctors-prescribe-e-cigarettes-uk-study-says-e-cigs-are-95-percent-less-harmful-than-tobacco.html
E-cigarettes could be prescribed as part of the U.K.'s National Health Service as they are around 95 percent less harmful than smoking and could help 8 million Brits kick their tobacco addiction, a report by U.K. health officials says.
Following an independent review into e-cigarettes, government health body, Public Health England (PHE), found that e-cigarettes could be "a game changer in public health" especially when reducing health problems caused by smoking.
With smoking killing around 80,000 people every year in the U.K., the body wants to make sure smokers know all the facts.
Tobacco cigarette versus e-cigarette.
Martina Paraninfi | Flickr | Getty Images
Tobacco cigarette versus e-cigarette.
"E-cigarettes are not completely risk-free but when compared to smoking, evidence shows they carry just a fraction of the harm. The problem is people increasingly think they are at least as harmful, (which could) be keeping millions of smokers from quitting," Professor Kevin Fenton, director of health and wellbeing at PHE said in a statement.
Consequently, PHE want to see health and social care professionals provide accurate advice on smoking and e-cigarettes, by discussing what the best routes of referral are and offer "a range of evidence-based, effective" options, including e-cigarettes - if smokers want to follow this route.
While the PHE say that 'free stop smoking services' are the most effective for quitting, the vaping device does have "potential benefits" with moving people away from tobacco.
A spokesperson at PHE, told CNBC that there are currently no licensed e-cigarettes in the U.K. market, so the National Health Service (NHS) cannot prescribe smokers with this alternative.
"We want to see a choice of safe and effective e-cigarette products that smokers want to use on the market and look forward to the arrival of licensed products that could be prescribed as medicines."
E-cigs: The smoking hot debate
The discussion on whether e-cigarettes are healthy is still a matter for great debate. In March, Mintel published a report revealing 82 percent of e-cigarette users surveyed use the device to kill their smoking addiction; while non-smokers weren't attracted to the mechanism.
However, a survey conducted by Liverpool John Moores University on 16,193 adolescents found that one in five U.K. adolescents had tried e-cigarettes, of which 16 percent of this group hadn't even tried a cigarette before, suggesting it might be a gateway drug.
How the public view e-cigarettes can be skewed the PHE spokesperson told CNBC: "We all have a responsibility to report the evidence accurately. We are concerned that some studies on e-cigarettes have been misreported by organizations and the media."
"The visual and behavioural similarities with tobacco cigarettes may also impact people's perceptions of e-cigarettes. It's critical to provide a distinction between the two."
E-cigarettes: The new gateway drug for teens?
NHS: To advise or not to advise
So should the NHS and GPs adopt a strategy which advises smokers to adopt e-cigarettes as a way of killing their tobacco addiction?
"The idea of e-cigarettes being available on the NHS is not a 'bad thing' as long as it is just one of a number of different means of access to the products," Shane MacGuill, senior tobacco analyst at Euromonitor International, told CNBC.
"E-cigarette advocates would argue that the products work best when they are removed from a medical or 'treatment' setting and are delivered as a desirable, consumer good so that a very controlled distribution system, centred around medicalization would be a counterproductive and indeed, inefficient use of public resources," MacGuill concluded.
http://www.cnbc.com/2015/08/19/should-doctors-prescribe-e-cigarettes-uk-study-says-e-cigs-are-95-percent-less-harmful-than-tobacco.html
This isn't news here on the West coast.
I've seen people using them for example, walking down the street in San Francisco, in movie theaters etc, but maybe they aren't technically e-cigarettes.
The good news is they are smokeless. And I've never heard of one exploding !
check out this site:
http://www.vaporpens.com/
I've seen people using them for example, walking down the street in San Francisco, in movie theaters etc, but maybe they aren't technically e-cigarettes.
The good news is they are smokeless. And I've never heard of one exploding !
check out this site:
http://www.vaporpens.com/
I just heard another story on the subject. Someone is working on banning e-cigarettes in convenience stores. All too "readily available". In the mean time, all tobacco products will remain on the shelf?
We are a weird lot.
We are a weird lot.
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