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What Are the Bodily Harms of Vaping?

In my past few posts I have outlined the scope of the issue of vaping and the causes of this epidemic. In this post I will discuss the bodily harms of vaping, as the widespread use of vape products wouldn't be harmful unless it could cause severe harms to the American student population. Unfortunately, the harms of vaping are both numerous and substantial. I will first discuss the short term harms of vaping, or what can happen to one's body after a few uses. Then, I will discuss the long term harms, or what can happen to one's body after chronic and regular usage of vape products. To start, there are a few short term harms of vaping that should deter those interested. One such harm is the possibility of potentially deadly side effects. These come in the forms of allergic reactions, where the body, being unused to the vapor and chemicals in the lungs, reacts negatively, often causing serious complications. One such instance of this is An 18-year-old woman, who was diagnosed