Other contaminants and other factors (such as pre-existing lung disease) may also play a role. Experts now suspect contamination with a form of vitamin E (called vitamin E acetate) in some tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)-containing e-cigarettes as the cause of EVALI.Typically, symptoms have started gradually, with shortness of breath and/or chest pain before more severe breathing difficulty led to hospital admission.Most cases were among teens and young adults. More than 2800 e-cigarette users have required hospital admission due to EVALI through February 2020 68 of these people died.This condition is called e-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury, or EVALI. You may have seen news reports of sudden and severe lung problems, including deaths, linked to vaping. And while that fact is prominently displayed in advertising, we know from experience with regular cigarettes that warnings don’t always work! Reports link vaping to severe lung disease These devices heat up various flavorings, nicotine, marijuana, or other potentially harmful substances. And more than nine million adults 18 or older use e-cigarettes, according to a 2020 survey by the CDC.Į-cigarettes use a battery-powered device that heats a liquid to form vapors - or, more accurately, aerosol - that the user can inhale (thus "vaping"). Certainly, age restrictions - it’s illegal to sell e-cigarettes to anyone under 21 (18 or 19 in some states) - aren’t preventing use among teens and young adults. A more recent survey found that among high school seniors, more than 40% had tried e-cigarettes.
An estimated 2.1 million middle school and high school students reported using e-cigarettes in 2017 that number jumped to 3.6 million in 2018. According to a 2019 study, about 37% of high school seniors reported vaping in 2018, up from 28% the year before.
The rising popularity of vaping has been dramatic, especially among teenagers.
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