40 Percent of Young Vapers Made Risky Changes to E-Cigarettes

40 Percent of Young Vapers Made Risky Changes to E-Cigarettes
Young people vaping Aleksandr Yu/Shutterstock
|Updated:
0:00

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.
Marina Zhang
Marina Zhang
Author
Marina Zhang is a health reporter for The Epoch Times. She covers both health news and in-depth features on emerging health issues. Marina holds a bachelor's degree in biomedicine from the University of Melbourne. Contact her at [email protected].