CDC Telebriefing will update vaping's effects on lungs which includes complications of respiratory infections like the flu.

Media Advisory

 

For Immediate Release

October 11, 2019

                       

Contact: CDC Media Relations

(404) 639-3286          

 

CDC Telebriefing: Update on Lung Injury Associated with E-cigarette Use, or Vaping

 

What:

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will give updates on the investigation into cases of lung injury associated with e-cigarette use, or vaping.

 

Who:

• Anne Schuchat, MD (RADM, USPHS, RET), Principal Deputy Director, CDC
• Ram Koppaka, MD, PhD, Medical Officer, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC
• Ned Sharpless, MD, Acting Commissioner, FDA
• Mitch Zeller, JD, Director, Center for Tobacco Products, FDA

 

When

Friday, October 11, at 12:00 p.m. ET

 

Dial-In  

Media: 888-795-0855

Non-Media: 888-972-6892

INTERNATIONAL: 1-517-308-9298     

PASSCODE: CDC Media

 

Important Instructions
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TRANSCRIPT
A transcript and audio will be available following the briefing at CDC’s web site: www.cdc.gov/media.

Age range of deaths is 17-75

13% exclusive use of nicotine

Nicotine only have NOT been excluded as possible cause

Update on clinical presentation in today's MMWR

Edited October 11, 20196 yr by niman

Not seeing meaningful drop in new cases

FDA talking broad search

No single product linked to all cases

FDA investigation NOT limited to THC linked cases

Cannot rule out nicotine only since they represent 13% of cases

May be more than one cause or source (may be regional differences)

Over 725 samples collected by FDA

Testing on over 300 so far (from 18 of 23 states that have samples from)

75 nicotine and 225 THC products tested so far

First 28 samples THC range 13-77% mean of 41%

Vitamin E acetate in first 30 samples range is 23-88% Vitamin E acetate

Vitamin E acetate in 47% of THC products

Handful (<5) of cases readmitted

Reminder on getting flu vaccine

Edited October 11, 20196 yr by niman

Vit E in 47% of  225 THC products

May have multiple causes for diseases being seen

Many products and intervening actors

May be multiple causative agents

Recommend flu testing as part of initial workup