In 2019, an outbreak of severe lung disease from vaping was largely blamed on a chemical called vitamin E acetate, with more than 2,500 people hospitalized or killed by EVALI
Nevertheless, the hypothesis that CO is associated with neuroprotection in PD is counter intuitive, as CO is thoroughly well-documented as a neurotoxin at high concentration and is generally considered an environmental toxin
"What youre doing by moving to standardized packaging is youre taking away all the opportunities away from the packaging industry, and that can have a serious effect on it," says Mike Ridgway, director of the Consumer Packaging Manufacturers Alliance, a UK-based trade group
His vape of choice became the Juul, the king of electronic cigarettes -- which comes with a king-size nicotine hit
Cotinine is a nicotine metabolite used to measure exposure and monitor the detoxification process