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EARTHDATE: June 3, 2018

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REAL LIFE NEWS: SEE, I TOLD YOU VAPING WAS BAD FOR YOU!

by Hazed

Vaping is supposed to be less harmful than smoking cigarettes, but for one poor chap in Florida it turned out to be deadly – he was killed when his device exploded.

The man was vaping at home earlier this month when the Smok-E Mountain device exploded. The medical examiner’s office reported that two pieces of the vaping device had been fired into his head, causing death by “projectile wound of head.”

His body also suffered 80% burns after the explosion set fire to his house.

This is the first reported death from vaping, but plenty of injuries have been reported. The US Federal Emergency Management Agency found that between January 2009 and December 31, 2016 there were 195 incidents where vape pens overheated or exploded, leading to 133 acute injuries to users, 38 of which were described as “severe.”

“The combination of an electronic cigarette and a lithium-ion battery is a new and unique hazard,” the report said.

Still, I am sure the deaths from fires caused by cigarettes are an order of magnitude greater (not to mention the cancer risk).

Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/16/exploding_ecig_kills/

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