More Evidence that Vitamin E Acetate Oil, Not E-Cigarettes, Is the Cause of the Respiratory Disease Outbreak

This study not only provides very strong evidence that vitamin E acetate oil, rather than e-cigarettes, is the cause of the outbreak, but it also helps to explain why approximately 10% of patients are not reporting the use of THC-containing products. For one, some of the patients are apparently using CBD products that may contain vitamin E acetate oil. Second, there is clearly substantial under-reporting occurring. Patients who reported using nicotine-containing liquids exclusively have nevertheless tested positive for THC and/or vitamin E acetate oil. Third, there is tremendous product multi-use occurring, so it is not clear that the reporting of nicotine-only product use is reliable.The hardest evidence we have is that every single patient whose lung fluids were tested were found to have vitamin E acetate in the lungs and that every patient who used THC vape carts and submitted samples was found to have at least one cart that contained vitamin E acetate oil.This is about the strongest imaginable evidence that one could possibly expect if the outbreak were due exclusively to vitamin E acetate oil.Moreover, the findings of this study help explain the timing of the outbreak. The findings provide evidence that vitamin E acetate oil was not present in the illicit THC vape cart supply in 2018, but appeared extensively in the supply this year.In addition, two-thirds of the case patients reported the use of a single common product - Dank Vapes - which was found to contain vitamin E...
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