After over 800 cases of vaping-related illness and 16 deaths, officials have still not zeroed in on a specific cause -- so what's taking so long?
In early September, lab test results from the New York State Department of Health found high levels of vitamin E acetate in nearly all the cannabis-containing samples analyzed there.
He said that generalizing the cause of the outbreak to all vapor products is a problem and misleading. It does not give people enough information to protect themselves, and it may lead adults to start smoking regular cigarettes again.Milton Teske, MD, a public health officer for Kings County, CA, said all his patients bought their THC off the street. He suggested a link early on between illicit cartridges and the vaping illness.
A combination of factors and substances may lead up to the lung damage, Alexander says. She points out the sheer number of chemicals involved, especially ''when you look at all the flavors." While some of the reported deaths have happened in people with other lung issues, in general, the condition ''doesn't come across as a disease that has been building up for years," Alexander says.
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