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Quit smkg. now use vapor. i know its a harm reduction type alternative. im just wnderng. if water vapor might cause pneumonia?

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Pneumonia: Pneumonia, not pneumonitis, is a diagnosis by cxr shown an infiltrate (whiteness) and is associated with cough, fever, etc., and is an infectious process. So water vapor unless there is bacteria along does not cause pneumonia.

Answered 7/30/2014

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