CDC says stop vaping as mystery lung condition spreads

Re:CDC says stop vaping as mystery lung condition spreads by protonimitate on Monday September 09, 2019 @09:32AM (#20917959)

I think >(9) Many vapers are formerly heavy smokers, meaning that they have some degree of chronic lung disease, that they retain CO2, and are very likely to have respiratory acidosis.

Is important to add to the discussions. A lot of articles are pointing the finger at THC carts. They may be the catalyst but according to this NEJM article[0]:

>About 80% of the persons who vaped and became ill reported having used both nicotine products and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) or cannabidiol (CBD) products.

That's for 215 acute cases and 2 deaths that they cited.

[0]https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe1912032

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Re:CDC says stop vaping as mystery lung condition spreads by lonelappde on Monday September 09, 2019 @10:00AM (#20918217)

lifetime smoking history is a major confounder that needs to be measured and highlighted.

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