See all that light gray.

That's fluid, which filled their lungs because of a life threatening lung disease linked to vaping.

For years, Vaping has been touted as a safer alternative to smoking cigarettes.

But now some vaping products are killing people.

So what's going on?

And is it really bad for you?

They being typically refers to inhaling an aerosol, which contains either nicotine in the case of E cigarettes or some form of cannabis, such as the psychoactive chemical THC.

And in the last few years it has exploded in popularity, especially among teens.

I mean, just look at this graph.

It shows the percent of high school students who use E cigarettes in 2018, it was over 20% and that's what makes this news so scary.

A patient died from a severe respiratory illness, and it could be the country's first they being related death.

That was in August of 2019, and by early September the number of reported death linked to Vaping had climbed to at least six, not to mention there were at least 450 possible lung injuries tied to both THC and nicotine Vape pens.

I have been saying this from the beginning.

Looks like it's becoming an epidemic.

That's Dr Melody Persada, who's treated at least two patients with what she calls vaping associated lung injury.

So over here we are seeing our 18 year old patient, who, when he first presented to the emergency room with chest pain, fever, coughing and vomiting.

And as you see over here it is.

The black is for the lungs and you see nice, still black.

But five days later, his lungs were filled with fluid because of inflammation, which she said was linked to Vaping THC.

Once you come to this point, the chance off dying can be a size 70%.

So what's causing all that inflammation?

All of these lung injuries?

The short answer is, we don't really know.

Doctors say it's likely not the nicotine or THC itself, but rather other chemicals inside the liquid, which get vaporized when you inhale.

One possible culprit is vitamin e acetate, which health officials have found inside many Vape pens that have been linked to the recent string of lung injuries.

Even you start inhaling oils.

Any type of oil vitamin isn't is an oil, um, any any type of oil.

If you start to inhale to your lungs, you are going to create problems inside your real life.

Alveoli are small bubbles inside your lungs that transfer oxygen to your blood.

And she says that vitamin E could interfere with the lining that surrounds them called pulmonary surfactant.

But according to Dr Michel Kazatchkine off, I don't think vitamin is the only guilty, you know, substance here, because when it comes to Vape pens, you're gonna inhale dozens off other substances, which are not necessarily advertised.

But there there there is definitely needs to be a carrier vehicle because nicotine cannot be delivered just in a pure form until researchers find out what's behind vaping associated lung injuries, The CDC says don't Vape, but here's the thing.

Lung injuries.

They're actually not the only risk associated with vaping.

One small study, for example, found that kids who used e cigarettes might be exposed to higher levels of nicotine than those who used traditional cigarettes would not be unusual to have extremely extraordinary high concentration of nicotine in Vape and nicotine is not benign.

It raises your blood pressure, which can increase the risk of having a heart attack.

And if you're a teen, it is known to cause problems with the brain development, not to mention it's highly addictive.

Now you might be thinking, Well, isn't vaping still better for you than smoking?

But the answer isn't so simple.

You see, smoking is really bad.

It kills more than 480,000 Americans each year and vaporizers.

They typically contain fewer toxic chemicals than the 7000 or so found in cigarettes.

But at least in the short term, there is absolutely no reason to say that they think is healthier than smoking.

In my opinion, Vaping is worse because we're scared.

We don't know what to do, so if nothing else, there's probably a better alternative to smoking.

Then vaping.

And if you're not already a smoker, you definitely should not start vaping Now it is at this point, very clear that Vaping is not only unhealthy, but it is very dangerous.

This is not anymore a debate.