While FEMA notes that vape pen explosions do not frequently happen, the agency states that the combination of the lithium-ion battery and the thin, elongated shape of the e-cigarettes poses a unique hazard because the pens can explode like rockets
As of September, six had died of "vaping lung disease." The exact component of vape fluid had not been identified as of that time, but illness seems to affect users of both nicotine and cannabis e-cigarettes
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Cancer Council Victoria, 2019
Canada has required the printing of warning labels on cigarette packages since 1989, though it was behind the UK, which printed warnings as early as 1971