Severe Pulmonary Disease Associated with Using E-Cigarette Products
The following official Health Advisory is from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Website located at https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/han00421.asp
Update on Lung Injury Associated with E-Cigarette Use or Vaping
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is working with the Food and Drug Administration, state health departments, and public health and clinical partners to investigate the multi-state outbreak of lung injury associated with e-cigarette product use, or vaping. The most up-to-date, publicly available information on this investigation, including CDC recommendations, can be found on the CDC’s website at: https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/severe-lung-disease.html. CDC Newsroom also provides the latest news and is located at https://www.cdc.gov/media/
What You Need to Know
- Though the investigation is ongoing, and the specific chemical exposure causing the outbreak remains unknown at this time, today’s report provides the first national comprehensive data on the characteristics of cases reported to CDC, including sex, age, and select substances used in e-cigarette, or vaping products.
- The latest findings from the investigation into lung injuries associated with e-cigarette use, or vaping, suggest products containing THC play a role in the outbreak.
- Most of the patients (77%) in this outbreak reported using THC-containing products, or both THC-containing products and nicotine-containing products.
- A second report published today in MMWR from Wisconsin and Illinois had similar findings regarding the use of products containing THC. The report contains more details on the characteristics of cases in those states, including demographics, as well as substances and product types used.
- While this investigation is ongoing, CDC recommends people consider refraining from using e-cigarette, or vaping, products, particularly those containing THC.
- If you are an adult who used e-cigarettes containing nicotine to quit cigarette smoking, do not return to smoking cigarettes.
- If you have recently used an e-cigarette or vaping product and you have symptoms like those reported in this outbreak, see a healthcare provider.
- Regardless of the ongoing investigation, e-cigarette or vaping products should not be used by youth, young adults, women who are pregnant, as well as adults who do not currently use tobacco products.
