E-cigarette Product Use, or Vaping, Among Persons with Associated Lung Injury — Illinois and Wisconsin, April–September 2019
| Autor: | Mark Layer, Mark W Tenforde, Jennifer R Chevinsky, Jennifer E. Layden, Livia Navon, Lori Saathoff-Huber, Kevin O'Laughlin, Jonathan Meiman, Ngozi O Ezike, Ian W. Pray, Isaac Ghinai, Brooke E. Hoots, Anne Kimball |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) Adolescent Epidemiology Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Poison control Lung injury Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems 01 natural sciences Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health law.invention Disease Outbreaks 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Wisconsin Health Information Management law Injury prevention Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Full Report Dronabinol 0101 mathematics business.industry Public health Vaping 010102 general mathematics Outbreak General Medicine Lung Injury Family medicine Female Illinois business Electronic cigarette |
| Zdroj: | Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report |
| ISSN: | 1545-861X 0149-2195 |
| Popis: | In July 2019, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services launched a coordinated epidemiologic investigation after receiving reports of several cases of lung injury in previously healthy persons who reported electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use, or vaping (1). This report describes features of e-cigarette product use by patients in Illinois and Wisconsin. Detailed patient interviews were conducted by telephone, in person, or via the Internet with 86 (68%) of 127 patients. Overall, 75 (87%) of 86 interviewed patients reported using e-cigarette products containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), and 61 (71%) reported using nicotine-containing products. Numerous products and brand names were identified by patients. Nearly all (96%) THC-containing products reported were packaged, prefilled cartridges, and 89% were primarily acquired from informal sources (e.g., friends, family members, illicit dealers, or off the street). In contrast, 77% of nicotine-containing products were sold as prefilled cartridges, and 83% were obtained from commercial vendors. The precise source of this outbreak is currently unknown (2); however, the predominant use of prefilled THC-containing cartridges among patients with lung injury associated with e-cigarette use suggests that they play an important role. While this investigation is ongoing, CDC recommends that persons consider refraining from using e-cigarette, or vaping, products, particularly those containing THC. Given the diversity of products reported and frequency of patients using both THC- and nicotine-containing e-cigarette products, additional methods such as product testing and traceback could help identify the specific cause of this outbreak. |
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