An Epidemic Supplanted by a Pandemic: Vaping-Related Illness and COVID-19

• Published in: Southern medical journal (Birmingham, Ala.) Vol. 115; no. 1; p. 8
• Main Authors: Shin, Yoo Mee, Hunt, Daniel P, Akwe, Joyce
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.01.2022
• Subjects: COVID-19 - prevention & control; COVID-19 - psychology; Humans; Lung Injury - epidemiology; Lung Injury - etiology; Vaping - adverse effects; Vaping - trends

Before the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, vaping-related illness was the prevailing public health concern. The incidence of vaping-related illnesses-mainly e-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury (EVALI)-went from a peak in September 2019 to a low in February 2020,...