CDC officials suggest that people stop vaping until officials get a better handle on an epidemic of serious lung disease
CDC officials Friday suggested that people stop vaping until officials get a better handle on an epidemic of serious lung disease that has sickened as many as 450 people, with three deaths, in 33 states.
“While this investigation is ongoing people should consider not using e-cigarette products,” she said, adding that people should avoid buying products off the streets or modifying them in any way. CDC said it had confirmed 215 vaping-related lung disease cases and was investigating another 235 possibly related to vaping.found that 84 percent of 41 Illinois and Wisconsin patients reported using THC — the psychoactive ingredient of marijuana. But more than half of them also used nicotine.
New York state officials on Thursday said they had found vitamin E in all the confirmed cases in their state. But FDA said no single substance has been identified in the more then 100 samples it tested. Also, since vitamin E is present in most vegetable oils, its presence might not signal a cause of the disease, scientists said.
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