First death from vaping, or publicity stunt? The latter.

[The Red Star]

Hey. I made this account simply because of how angry this clearly fake post made me. Wanted to let more vapers sleep easy knowing it's bull..... Oh, and also raise an army against the woman but that can wait.

I'm from the vaping subreddit, and we've been looking into the issue since we saw it yesterday. We've been calling the hospital, and we've gotten a reply. Drumroll please!

It never happened.

They never treated a patient for oil filled lungs.

And if you need further evidence that it's all a sham for this person's gain... She has her LinkedIn page listed as Fundraising for the American Cancer Society with experience in direct marketing.

I'm on month two no smokes, I'm not coughing up blood anymore, I can run with ease, and sleeping isn't hindered by having to cough like mad every thirty seconds. vaping is the only method of quitting that worked. It's amazing, and I'm so happy that I found it.

It's wrong for people to slander something that's so very clearly helping people stay alive. When we finally have a chance to kill cigarettes for good, these people become the biggest battle. Making sure the public knows the truth.

 

[Bunnykiller]

got any links so we can see whats going on?

 

[MoDmAnDaN]

I heard about this yesterday on Facebook, but knew it was total BS. I feel it's big tobacco making their plays.

 

[kkiet]

It has to be a sham. some people thrive on starting rumors. It is a shame.

 

[The Red Star]

got any links so we can see whats going on?

Here's the facebook post.

Here's the original reddit page.

And here's our discussion from when Snopes started investigating as well.

 

[The Red Star]

It appears all of my URLS were removed. Maybe I can't access them because I'm a new member, or maybe I can't post them for that reason instead.

 

[Darth Omerta]

Cant find a real story....invent one! RIP journalism!

 

[Kaezziel]

I haven't found the FB post or the reddit page yet, but here is the Snopes article.
Snopes - E-Cig Death

 

[The Red Star]

Hmm. My URLS were removed then. Must be because of my new member status. I'll PM them to you, would you be so kind as to post them here afterwards?

 

[The Red Star]

Apparently I can't send messages. Let's try the URL thing again.



Snopes investigates the "woman dying from vaping" story : electronic_cigarette

What did I just read.... : electronic_cigarette

 

[Maytwin]

I think you need 5 posts before adding links will work (and the server updates at :25 past the hour) - looks like you've got one more to go

 

[The Red Star]

Welp. I'm gonna have to wait for a bit, but I'll post links once the server updates in half an hour.

 

[The Red Star]

Or not. I'm listed as a full member.

I'm so confused.

If you don't want to wait, reddit has a search function for individual subreddits. Go to /r/electronic_cigarette and search "Snopes investigates the "woman dying from vaping" story" for the discussion of the Snopes article, and "What did I just read...." for the original discussion.

 

[suprtrkr]

The forum rules generally don't allow links to other boards. You can link suppliers, or other posts on this board, but links to articles have a habit of disappearing. I dunno if that's software, or the mods do it. We have great mods here, but they are sticklers for the rules.

 

[retired1]

If the link in question contains language that is not permitted on ECF, don't post it. Thank you.

 

[The Red Star]

The forum rules generally don't allow links to other boards. You can link suppliers, or other posts on this board, but links to articles have a habit of disappearing. I dunno if that's software, or the mods do it. We have great mods here, but they are sticklers for the rules.

Ah. Well then it looks like the search option is the way to go.

 

[retired1]

The links were removed due to your new member status. Even though the user title updates immediately after the 5th post, the account still has to be updated. This occurs at approximately 20-25 minutes after each hour.

 

[stevegmu]

Someone died from vaping? Was it from custards?

 

[The Red Star]

The links were removed due to your new member status. Even though the user title updates immediately after the 5th post, the account still has to be updated. This occurs at approximately 20-25 minutes after each hour.

Ahh. Ok. One more question, is linking to Reddit prohibited in any way? I can't exactly verify that others will be tame in their language when discussing it.

 

[retired1]

If the destination contains language that would otherwise be filtered here on ECF, please don't post it.

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