{"id":17476,"date":"2017-11-02T20:03:23","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T10:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=17476"},"modified":"2024-06-29T11:04:07","modified_gmt":"2024-06-29T01:04:07","slug":"e-cigarettes-cause-a-horrible-incurable-disease-called-popcorn-lung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=17476","title":{"rendered":"E-Cigarettes Cause A Horrible Incurable Disease Called \u2018Popcorn Lung\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/PopcornLung.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-17477\" src=\"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/PopcornLung-300x156.jpg\" alt=\"Popcorn Lung\" width=\"769\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe latest trend in smoking has been E-cigarettes. They have been promoted as a much safer alternative to smoking regular cigarettes. But of course, there\u2019s the old saying that starts out, \u201cif it\u2019s too good to be true\u2026\u201d<br \/>\nIt turns out the Harvard School of Public Health decided to do a study on E-cigarettes and the results are startling. It looks as if they may not pose the traditional cigarette threat, but they pose a different one altogether.<br \/>\nDiacetyl is a flavoring chemical used in E-cigs which are linked to cases of severe respiratory disease, most notably the incurable condition called \u201cPopcorn Lung.\u201d This condition was first noticed in workers in microwave popcorn processing facilities who inhaled the artificial butter flavoring. The disease is totally debilitating and irreversible. It\u2019s a respiratory disease which causes scarring in tiny air sacs in the lungs. This leads to shortness of breath and excessive coughing.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/healthyfoodtreatments.com\/e-cigarettes-cause-a-horrible-incurable-disease-called-popcorn-lung\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/healthyfoodtreatments.com\/e-cigarettes-cause-a-horrible-incurable-disease-called-popcorn-lung\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest trend in smoking has been E-cigarettes. They have been promoted as a much safer alternative to smoking regular cigarettes. But of course, there\u2019s the old saying that starts out, \u201cif it\u2019s too good to be true\u2026\u201d It turns out the Harvard School of Public Health decided to do a study on E-cigarettes and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=17476\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;E-Cigarettes Cause A Horrible Incurable Disease Called \u2018Popcorn Lung\u2019&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51731,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17476\/revisions\/51731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}