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Diacetyl has been found in numerous different e-cigarette liquids. Popcorn lung is an irreversible condition and although the electronic cigarette industry is largely aware of this challenge, it cannot be verified whether or not every different manufacturer of e-cigarette liquid has taken the appropriate precautions to remove it from their products.
It is important to emphasise that only sweet flavours were selected in this study because these are most probable to contain these chemicals. Thus, it is expected that the overall prevalence of diacetyl and acetyl propionyl in all flavour-types is lower. The authors did not suggest that any flavours should be removed from the market but recommended analytical testing of the flavourings and reformulation of those containing diacetyl and acetyl propionyl.