As many as four out of every adolescents and young adults who vape have modified electronic cigarettes on their own, a process known as “hacking,” a new study reported.
These modifications can expose them to burns from exploding devices, lung injury due to e-liquid contaminants, and potentially covert use of marijuana, as discovered by researchers at Yale University in their study published in Pediatrics .
Between November 2022 to February 2023, researchers surveyed more than 1,000 adolescents and young adults ages 14 to 29 who had vaped at least once in the past month.
They found that more than 40 percent refilled rechargeable e-cigarettes, even though e-cigarettes are not made to be refilled. Many websites and social media accounts provide instructions on how to refill and modify their vapes, since it is more economical to reuse them.However, these modifications also come with health risks since the refilling […]
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