Vaping Killed. Vapers Don’t Care.
Horror stories of a man being killed by an exploding vape and a teen contracting ‘wet lung’ after only three weeks of vaping are unlikely to persuade vapers to quit, experts say.
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Vaping is having a rough couple of weeks.
There’s what appears to be the first death by vape, once considered the millennial response to cigarettes, the potential safe replacement to the oddly human oral fixation of sticking something that blazes fire on one end into one’s mouth.
Firefighters responding to a fire earlier this month found 38-year-old Tallmadge D’Elia with severe injuries to his face. Officials believe the lithium battery, used to generate heat for the smoke that’s emitted at the end of a vape, got so hot it exploded, causing the fire and killing D’Elia.
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