It looked similar to “popcorn lung,” the type of condition observed in American microwave popcorn factory workers exposed to the chemical diacetyl. The young Canadian patient did recover from his injuries and survived without a lung transplant. Vaping products became legal in Canada in 2018 under the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act, though people had been using such products well before that. About a third of Canadians who currently or previously smoked cigarettes said they used vaping products to help them quit. “Even though there’s a framework, and act to cover vaping products in Canada, we still need much, much tighter regulations,” Bosma said.

Source: thestar November 21, 2019 10:02 UTC