Who is the culprit of vape lung disease
In 2019, vape lung disease occurred in the United States. Lung disease caused many deaths. Even after recovery, there were serious sequelae. At that time, the US government designated the cause of the lung disease as vape, and quickly removed the flavored e-liquid. In addition, a ban on vape was launched in China. In November 2019, China also banned the sale of e-liquid and vape on online platforms.
A few months after the vape was hit, as the investigation deepened, the real culprit of the vape lung disease has appeared:
According to the latest official report of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), vitamin E acetate is the main culprit in the vape-related lung disease outbreak in the United States. The researchers have bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in 29 patients in 10 different states. Vitamin E acetate was detected in the samples.
As an additive to tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) products, vitamin E acetate is mixed in large amounts into e-liquid. The vape products containing THC are all illegal products circulating in the black market, and the problem of random addition is very serious.
Because THC products are easily oxidized, the function of adding vitamin E is an antioxidant, and regular vape is not necessary, and vitamin E will not be added.
Vitamin E itself is widely used in cosmetics and supplements, but smearing and getting into the lungs are two different things. James Pilk of the CDC Environmental Health Laboratory said that vitamin E acetate "is very sticky" when it enters the lungs and "does stay in it".
The "Forbes" article pointed out that many mainstream media, including Bloomberg, reported wrongly mixing illegal THC products with vape. In fact, vape products not only have nothing to do with recent deaths, but also help millions of adults successfully quit smoking.
Bloomberg's erroneous comment report was even cited by the official agency, the US House of Representatives Fundraising Committee, to support a strict vape ban proposal. However, the proposal has recently been withdrawn from the official website.
The author of the Forbes article also contacted Bloomberg ’s senior editor David Shipley, who was responsible for the above report, and asked why he did not clarify to the reader. The 37 deaths mentioned in the comments were not related to the legal vape. But so far no reply has been received, although the facts have been very clear.
The wrong reports in the media have affected the public's perception. A September poll in the United States showed that 58% of respondents directly equated lung disease with vape, only 34% said the condition was related to cannabis or THCvape, and only 22% of the respondents Think vape is less harmful than traditional cigarettes.
The Forbes article believes that, given the misleading reports of mainstream media like Bloomberg, the public will of course have misunderstandings. But this erroneous public opinion is being broken by the truth of the investigation, and the US government is also guiding the correct understanding of vape through a series of actions.
Supplement possible culprits:
According to the current data of new coronary pneumonia, the vape lung disease in 2019 makes people guess that this is new coronary pneumonia. This guess is also valid. For example, the timing of vape lung disease overlaps with the occurrence of new coronary pneumonia. There are reports that the sequelae of vape lung disease is similar to that of new coronary pneumonia.
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