Due to Vaping, a 18-Year-Old Man in Belgium Suffers from Severe Peneumonia to Death

News24xx.com - An 18-year-old child has become the first person to die from vaping in Belgium. The authorities confirmed the cause of death. Based on the results of the investigation, he died of respiratory failure due to his e-cigarette.

This case echoes a similar wave of death in the United States that blames a product known as vitamin E acetate. The vitamin is used as an agent in vaping oil.

According to preliminary findings, the product in Raphael e-cigarettes is cannabidiol (CBD), a popular and legal hemp component with mild calming properties, but also sold on the black market mixed with forbidden and dangerous products.

In a report published in July, the World Health Organization (WHO) decided that electronic cigarettes were 'dangerous and undeniable' and could not be recommended as a tool to help people stop smoking.

Health authorities in the US have classified vaping as 'dangerous' goods for young people. However, the number of vaping users among high schools continues to increase almost double between 2017 and 2018.

US officials said Friday they identified vitamin E acetate as the cause behind an epidemic of lung injury related to vaping. Now the vaping case has killed 39 people and made more than two thousand people sick.

Vitamin E acetate is found in many foods and is also used in supplements and cosmetic products such as skin creams. When inhaled this vitamin interferes with lung function.