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On August 30, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention addressed a disturbing summer trend: across the country, more than 200 teens and young adults have been treated by doctors and sometimes hospitalized after bouts of pulmonary illness, vomiting, fever, and fatigue. One 30-year-old in Illinois died of a related affliction, as well as another adult in Oregon. What they all had in common, the CDC pointed out, was recent vaping.
More than 350 possible cases of vaping-related lung illnesses have now been reported in 29 states, according to The Washington Post, leaving scientists and physicians to figure out exactly what’s causing the outbreak. Health officials are now investigating compounds, such as vitamin E acetate, added to vaping products that contain nicotine or THC, the psychoactive component of marijuana, that may render e-liquids more dangerous, writes the Post. But existing studies already highlight some of vaping’s ...
