More than 75% of electronic cigarette essential oils contain substances that cause obstructive lung disease

More than 75% of the 51 electronic cigarette essential oils contain Diacetyl, a very dangerous chemical that causes many types of human respiratory illnesses such as obstructive pneumonia, etc. Research at Harvard University on essential oils that create the smell of electronic cigarettes for human health.

Essential oils in electronic cigarettes cause obstructive lung disease

In a world where tobacco harms are constantly repeated, e-cigarettes appear to claim to be non-toxic like traditional cigarettes. But there are still not many scientific studies that determine the effects of e-cigarettes on human health. And to partly elucidate that, researchers at Harvard University with government funding have conducted analysis of popular electronic cigarette oils on the market.

In the study, they analyzed 51 samples of essential oils to create odors in electronic cigarettes , including those that are thought to appeal to young people like cotton candy, fruit, pastries, . and results. quite scary: more than 75% of these contain a very dangerous chemical called diacetyl and two other compounds are equally dangerous. Previously, diacetyl was known to cause obstructive bronchitis , an irreversible dysfunction and often require lung transplantation for treatment.

Diacetyl is known as a substance that causes obstructive bronchitis.

And the harms of diacetyl are not only theoretical but there have been many cases of actual diseases. Typically, the 8-year-old factory worker in Missouri specializes in producing artificial butter flavors for popcorn. They regularly inhaled diacetyl from chemicals that smell every day, then began to show symptoms such as wheezing, walking, shortness of breath, night sweats and weight loss, symptoms of inflammatory disease lung congestion.

And yet, if the workers on the aromatherapy inhaler during work every day (whether or not protection tools are available) have resulted in serious consequences, people smoke e-cigarettes with essential oils. The smell of diacetyl contains every day, these toxins will be brought into the lungs every hour, especially the number of e-cigarette users is tending to be young people.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering introducing e-cigarettes on the list of cigarettes but now, it is still sold rampant, free and not is controlled. This time, the US National Institutes of Health personally funded Harvard University's study of e-cigarettes, so we can partly trust the research results. At the same time, the study does not have to focus on the dangers of nicotine, but the chemicals that make up the smell, which are less noticeable but have a potential risk that have not been explored. Therefore, if you are smoking electronic cigarettes with essential oils that are thought to be free of nicotine, you may still have obstructive pneumonia.

Professor David Christiani, co-author of research at Harvard University, said: "Previously the major concerns focused on the effects of nicotine on health but there are still many things we don't know yet. Now that we know that in addition to having unspecified nicotine levels, they also contain many other carcinogens, such as formaldehyde, and now diacetyl, which causes pneumonia .

The effects of e-cigarettes on human health are still there, this study only partially explores, and researchers call for more research to be conducted objectively in future to understand its nature, from which there is appropriate treatment.