Vitamin E acetate, in combination with THC, may be to blame for a national outbreak of e-cigarette-related lung injuries that's linked to dozens of deaths, according to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials.
Dr. Anne Schuchat, the principal deputy director of the CDC, said she would characterize it as a breakthrough in the agency's investigation, although more tests are necessary.Vaping lung injury cases now top 2,000, CDC says"These new findings are significant," Schuchat said during a press briefing on Friday."We have a strong culprit."There is still more work to do and the CDC said it is continuing to test for a wide range of chemicals.
Dr. Jennifer Layden, the chief medical officer and state epidemiologist with the Illinois Department of Public Health, said in the press briefing that in her state, they found the majority of cases of the people who were sick used THC, and that their materials came from"informal sources." In Illinois, she said, they had not had any cases associated with the state's medical marijuana program.
killed dozens...? are you SURE they died from Vitamin E, and THC..a COUPLE NATURAL ELEMENTS C'MON..CNN!! STOP CHASING WITCHES!!!🤭🤭🤭
the THC had nothin to do with it. its all the other chemicals in the vaping capsules. If THC killed you Willie Nelson, Snoop Dogg, Cheech & Chong woulda died a long time ago. This is just new reefer madness
journalists, our PUBLIC WATCHDOGS, should report drastic increase in ALL FORMS of smoking; adverse affects on environment, innocent bystanders: elderly & infants & those with respiratory disabilities; COPD; asthma, emphysema & VCD. There are NO smokers rights! CDC publicsafety
that so dangerous......
WOW NO SHIT SHERLOCK
GovWhitmer can we get back to fixthedamnroads now
I think you are deliberately misreporting. My understanding is that the guilty party is Vitamin E Acetate, a thickener used in vapes. Drop the dumb reference ti THC.
It is the E...has nothing to dovwith THC, otherwise millions of pot smokers would have this disease .....duh
'OKBoomer' dot dot dot dot...awaiting ironic supposition.
Welcome to the magically world of news and studies that were released 3 months ago without media coverage....
haloefekti ban cannabis.. only use as medicine
I'm pretty sure if you vaped straight Vitamin E acetate, you'd have the same problems.
Did you Say, it COULD BE ?
Buy illegal THC carts from China, get tobacco vapes banned. Thanks, assholes.
Total clickbait. you should be ashamed of yourself. THC has never killed anyone is the history of existence, it will not magically begin to now. Now.. Vitamin E has potential, because it is water soluble and builds up in your system as your body processes it slowly.
Cool, sooo can we have back our mango JUULvapor now? 🤦🏼♀️🙄
Just a reminder of what realDonaldTrump intended to do with the CDC...
Who puts Vitamin E Acetate into vape carts? Someone who might know👇🤷🏻♂️
Wow if only millions of informed citizens had been saying this for months while ignorant facebook moms and propagandized media sources INCLUDING CNN ran with fear mongering narratives using the false information originally provided. If only...
I CALL BULLSHIT
Not 'could be'. It is. Stop with the bullshit already.
Or you know, it could be the pesticides, paint thinner, & other junk from the Wish carts ya'll be buying that ships from China. Tax & regulate, stop banning, might as well ban cigs because it affects the younger generations with your nicotine puffs
OK great now do guns 😂
B_Shone
When they mean vitamin E they mean vitamin evil
If you know it’s thc, STOP SAYING ITS VAPES YOU IDIOTS
My buddy from back in school literally died from this shit about a month ago. Very scary stuff..
Omg 🤦♂️! This is very horrible, thank god I rejected my friends idea to have me try vaping for the very first time which happen a long time ago!
What! No way. Vitamin E? A combo of so that's weird
Why there isnt any regulation to regulate the substance?
Also Epstein didn't kill himself
It was the vitamin e, not THC. But, keep the assumptions flying.
Wow thanks for telling us what we all knew for a month
There has been so many lies told throughout all of this... Why dont people go and look at the states that are pushing the heaviest bans on this stuff and it wont take long for u to notice ALL THOSE STATES depend on money from big tobacco and have been receiving it for awhile.
Weird juul doesn’t have either of those in their pods?
How have we all known this but not the cdc... makes sense🤷🏽♂️
during that time every one lined up to punch big tobacco only to find it now it was the pot heads that were getting sick
Hahahaha so the CDC will run this down, but go to the VA with lung issues... No reason to believe this is connected to combat service...
Beware of Vitamin E........ in the meantime enjoy the 7000 chemicals in a natural, normal and sophisticated cigarette.
Duh.
I strongly doubt THC had nothing to do with these deaths. I’ve asked people what fillers are in street cartridges and It’s not good..Don’t buy off the street!
This is only happening in the US. It is not happening in GB. Americans are too ignorant to know how to vape correctly
Well Duh. This is old news. Even the mom of 2 kids that died for 'vaping' was shown proof that she bought black market THC cartridges online from China
Only smoke pot in sunny days...
GameofThrones
MAGACHALLENGE
Nope. THC has nothing to do with the fake carts
This is poorly phrased. This insinuates that THC is also to be blamed, it isn’t. It just so happens that people illicitly buy THC carts because for the most part, they’re still illegal to buy. Legalization and regulation should remedy the problem.
A friend successfully quit smoking using a vape. Seems some of this is over-reacting. PS. Friend quit the vape, too. I guess the question is: Are all vapes bad?
Where’s AG Keebler Elf when you actually have reason for a nationwide crackdown on weed laws overriding states that have legalized it?
What does the CDC say about tobacco and cancer are there any links
Legalize & regulate.
Next
We been knowing this for at least a month already. SMH
what a joke
Oh, so not e cigs like you guys pounded into every person's head? Got it.
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