Vaping-induced Acute Lung Injury: An Epidemic That Could Have Been Prevented

The prevention of vaping-induced acute lung injury is discussed. The epidemic of vaping-related acute lung injury is a public health disaster. As of October 3, 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had received reports of 1,080 lung injury cases from 48 states and one US territo...

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Published inAmerican journal of respiratory and critical care medicine Vol. 200; no. 11; pp. 1342 - 1344
Main Author Balmes, John R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States American Thoracic Society 01.12.2019
Subjects
Acute Lung Injury
Electronic cigarettes
Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems
Epidemics
Humans
Lung diseases
Public health
Vaping
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Summary:The prevention of vaping-induced acute lung injury is discussed. The epidemic of vaping-related acute lung injury is a public health disaster. As of October 3, 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had received reports of 1,080 lung injury cases from 48 states and one US territory, with 18 deaths confirmed in 15 states. Almost 80% of the cases are younger than 34 years of age, with 38% younger than 21 years. Many, but not all, of the cases involved vaping of products containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Here, Triantafyllou and colleagues describes the features of six cases seen this past summer at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
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J.R.B. is Associate Editor of AJRCCM. His participation complies with American Thoracic Society requirements for recusal from review and decisions for authored works.
ISSN:1073-449X
1535-4970
1535-4970
DOI:10.1164/rccm.201910-1903ED