E-cigarettes: US agency reports breakthrough in vaping lung injury probe
Tests
of lung samples taken from 29 patients with vaping-related injuries
suggest all contained Vitamin
E
acetate, a discovery US officials described on Friday as a
“breakthrough” in the investigation of the nationwide outbreak
that has topped 2,000 cases.
The
discovery of Vitamin E acetate in lung samples offers the first
direct evidence of a link with the substance and vaping-related lung
injuries. The substance has also been identified in tests by US and
state officials of product samples collected from patients with the
vaping injury.
In
a telephone briefing on Friday, Anne Schuchat, principal deputy
director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
called Vitamin E acetate “a very strong culprit of concern” and
referred to the discovery as “a breakthrough” in the
investigation.
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