Jessica Wynn

I mean, I guess technically you might be able to say that, but that would be a really weird hill to die on.

Sure, cigarettes contain more carcinogens because of combustion, and vaping has fewer of those, but it doesn't mean vaping is harmless.

It's just a different kind of harm.

You're just swapping out combustion for chemicals, so there's still health risks.

You've just been fooled by marketing.

It happens.

In 2017, there was a famous story about a man in Idaho.

He had his vape pen explode in his mouth.

He lost seven teeth.

He suffered burns to his face.

And that's not an isolated incident.

So others have had pockets catch on fire from battery explosions.

There are definitely different concerns than a cigarette.

They have.

There was a really big scare in 2019 with what was called the EVALI outbreak.

EVALI stands for e-cigarette or vaping associated lung injury.

Yeah, or a lungful.

The CDC traces most cases of EVALI to elicit THC cartridges that are cut with vitamin E acetate.

It caused severe and sometimes fatal lung damage.

Dozens of people died.