This news about vaping injury and health consequences is really starting to grow. Reports now indicate over than 1000 cases and 18 deaths. Apparently doctors are finding significant damage to the lungs, usually associated with THC but always associated with vaping.
The CDC web page on this https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/severe-lung-disease.html
Here’s one report from The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/3/20897560/vaping-lung-injury-toll-cdc-investigation-fda-deaths
A few states tax vaping products the same as cigarettes, but most do not, so there is strong demand. The FDA began regulating e-cigarettes in 2016. This will be a tough nut to crack.
The CDC web page on this https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/severe-lung-disease.html
Here’s one report from The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/3/20897560/vaping-lung-injury-toll-cdc-investigation-fda-deaths
The Mayo Clinic released a report earlier this week which is quite worrying https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/...e-caused-by-toxic-chemical-fumes-study-fines/More than 1,080 people have come down with a serious lung injury related to vaping, as government researchers continue to investigate the cause of the outbreak. That’s an increase of 275 reported cases since last week.
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“The data that we’re getting does not suggest this has peaked. It doesn’t suggest this is declining.” The CDC also announced that there have now been 18 deaths related to the outbreak. Researchers found that about 70 percent of individual injuries were to male patients, and 80 percent were to patients under age 35. The deaths were a different story — people who died in the outbreak were older, ranging in age from 20s to 70s, with an average age of 49.5. Women also make up a larger proportion of the fatal cases, but investigators cautioned that, with just 18 reported deaths, it was too early to draw conclusions from the data.
Researchers reviewed lung biopsies from 17 patients, all of whom had vaped and were suspected to have vaping-associated lung injury. The study was the first to examine a group of biopsies from patients with lung injury due to vaping. Researchers found no evidence of tissue injury caused by accumulation of lipids — fatty substances such as mineral oils — which has been suspected as a possible cause of the lung injuries associated with vaping.
"While we can't discount the potential role of lipids, we have not seen anything to suggest this is a problem caused by lipid accumulation in the lungs. Instead, it seems to be some kind of direct chemical injury, similar to what one might see with exposures to toxic chemical fumes, poisonous gases and toxic agents," says Brandon Larsen, M.D., Ph.D., a surgical pathologist at Mayo Clinic Arizona, and a national expert in lung pathology.
A few states tax vaping products the same as cigarettes, but most do not, so there is strong demand. The FDA began regulating e-cigarettes in 2016. This will be a tough nut to crack.