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Vaping can sometimes lead to serious lung conditions such as popcorn lung or respiratory failure

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The study, which comes from researchers at NYU's College of Dentistry and was published in the journal iScience, found that the aerosol users inhale when vaping from e-cigarettes deposits high levels of bad bacteria into the mouth, therefore disrupting a person's oral microbiome and upping the risk of developing infection or disease

Andrew N., 16, described an accident he had while harvesting tobacco in Tennessee in 2011: My first day, I cut myself with the hatchet [on the leg]