Vitamin E Acetate Tied to Vaping Illnesses: CDC

The chemical was found in all 29 lung fluid samples tested.

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Health officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have identified vitamin E acetate as a possible culprit in the recent string of vaping-related illnesses and deaths, according to a news briefing on Friday (November 8). The finding was also published in the CDC’s weekly Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

So far this year, vaping-related lung injury has sickened 2,051 people across the US and been tied to 40 deaths. The majority of the affected patients are teenage boys and young men, according to STAT.

The new report was based on data from samples of lung fluid taken from 29 patients, including two who died. Vitamin E acetate was found in every sample, while THC was present in 23 of 28 samples tested and nicotine in 16 of 26 samples. The affected patients were more likely to vape THC than nicotine, to vape more than ...

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