{
  "id": 6426979,
  "title": "Vaping additives weaken key lung film at higher concentrations, lab tests suggest",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/vaping-additives-weaken-key-lung-film-at-higher-concentrations-lab",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-09T14:00:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-vaping-additives-weaken-key-lung.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A new study from the University of Kansas shows that additives common in commercially available vaping devices, such as vitamin E and CBD, soften a vital lung surfactant at high enough concentrations, at least in a simplified lab model.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}