CDC Says Most Of 2,602 Vaping Injury Patients Bought From Informal Sources

(January 16, 2020, 2:19 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in a Jan. 14 report identified e-cigarette products with tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and from informal sources as a major factor in the 2,602 vaping-related injuries currently being reviewed as part of its multistate investigation into vaping-related illnesses.  The agency renewed its recommendation that the public refrain from any use of vaping or e-cigarette products pending the conclusion of the investigation (“Update:  Product, Substance-Use, and Demographic Characteristics of Hospitalized Patients in a Nationwide Outbreak of E-cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use-Associated Lung Injury” — United States, Aug. 2019-Jan. 2020, Mort. Mortal. Wkly. Rep. ePub, 14 Jan. 2020, S. Ellington, et al.)....

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