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    {"id":2261,"date":"2020-01-10T15:25:09","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T20:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.180smoke.ca\/vaping-wiki\/?p=2261"},"modified":"2023-09-11T16:45:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T16:45:11","slug":"vaping-illness-evali-timeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.180smoke.ca\/fr\/vaping-illness-evali-timeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Maladie du vapotage \u2013 EVALI \u2013 Chronologie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=\u201d1\u2033 admin_label=\u201dsection\u201d _builder_version=\u201d4.17.6\u2033 hover_enabled=\u201d0\u2033 global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d theme_builder_area=\u201dpost_content\u201d custom_padding=\u201d0px||||false|false\u201d sticky_enabled=\u201d 0\u2033][et_pb_row admin_label=\u201drow\u201d _builder_version=\u201d4.17.6\u2033 background_size=\u201dinitial\u201d background_position=\u201dtop_left\u201d background_repeat=\u201drepeat\u201d hover_enabled=\u201d0\u2033 global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d theme_builder_area=\u201dpost_content\u201d width= \u201d100%\u201d sticky_enabled=\u201d0\u2033][et_pb_column type=\u201d4_4\u2033 _builder_version=\u201d4.16\u2033 custom_padding=\u201d|||\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d custom_padding__hover=\u201d|||\u201d theme_builder_area=\u201dpost_content\u201d][et_pb_text admin_label=\u201dTexte\u201d _builder_version=\u201d4.17.6\u2033 background_size=\u201dinitial\u201d background_position=\u201dtop_left\u201d background_repeat=\u201drepeat\u201d hover_enabled=\u201d0\u2033 global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d theme_builder_area=\u201dpost_content \u201d sticky_enabled=\u201d0\u2033]<\/p>\n<p>Tout au long de 2019, de nombreuses personnes ont souffert de maladies de vapotage - ou EVALI - qui ont caus\u00e9 un certain nombre de blessures et de d\u00e9c\u00e8s \u00e0 travers les \u00c9tats-Unis. Les gouvernements du monde entier ont commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 prendre des mesures pour prot\u00e9ger leurs citoyens en interdisant le vapotage dans son ensemble. Nous avons compil\u00e9 une chronologie des incidents qui ont conduit aux nombreuses interdictions dans les pays, les \u00c9tats et les villes. Cependant, ce que l&#039;on pense \u00eatre la cause principale n&#039;est peut-\u00eatre pas ce que beaucoup soup\u00e7onnaient.<\/p>\n<h2>Chronologie de la maladie de vapotage<\/h2>\n<p>Le 17 ao\u00fbt 2019, le <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/media\/releases\/2019\/s0821-cdc-fda-states-e-cigarettes.html\">Le CDC a annonc\u00e9 qu&#039;il enqu\u00eaterait activement<\/a> environ 94 cas de maladies li\u00e9es au vapotage dans 14 \u00c9tats. Ce nombre passerait bient\u00f4t \u00e0 200 cas dans 22 \u00c9tats, d\u00e9clenchant officiellement la crise du vapotage. \u00c0 l&#039;\u00e9poque, les responsables du CDC n&#039;avaient pas encore d\u00e9termin\u00e9 la cause de la maladie et accusaient plut\u00f4t les vaporisateurs de THC, de CBD et de nicotine d&#039;\u00eatre les principaux coupables.<\/p>\n<p>Bien que ce ne soit pas la premi\u00e8re fois que le vapotage soit accus\u00e9 d&#039;\u00eatre une cause de maladie, l&#039;ampleur et l&#039;ampleur des nouveaux cas ont attir\u00e9 l&#039;attention sur l&#039;industrie du vapotage dans son ensemble. En peu de temps, le vapotage a fait l&#039;objet de critiques plus intenses et a attir\u00e9 l&#039;ire des l\u00e9gislateurs et des responsables gouvernementaux. Cette vague de contrecoups a entra\u00een\u00e9 une augmentation de la r\u00e9glementation visant les vaporisateurs \u00e0 base de nicotine et les ar\u00f4mes de cigarettes \u00e9lectroniques.<\/p>\n<p>Peu de temps apr\u00e8s le 23 ao\u00fbt, les responsables de la sant\u00e9 <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/b05de1dd26a54ae88de4d77eb7b41e6f\">a annonc\u00e9 le d\u00e9c\u00e8s d&#039;un patient de l&#039;Illinois<\/a> cela pourrait \u00eatre le premier aux \u00c9tats-Unis li\u00e9 au vapotage. Le patient a \u00e9t\u00e9 hospitalis\u00e9 apr\u00e8s \u00eatre tomb\u00e9 malade apr\u00e8s avoir vapot\u00e9, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 le d\u00e9partement de la sant\u00e9 publique de l&#039;Illinois, mais n&#039;a fourni aucune autre information.<\/p>\n<p>Alors que le CDC poursuivait son enqu\u00eate, l&#039;institut de sant\u00e9 publique &quot;a pris la d\u00e9cision inhabituelle&quot; de publier des recommandations concernant les produits de vapotage et de cigarette \u00e9lectronique. C&#039;est la premi\u00e8re fois que le CDC fait quelque chose comme \u00e7a et a \u00e9t\u00e9 fait avec des informations recueillies aupr\u00e8s du grand public, des cliniciens et des responsables de la sant\u00e9 publique. Parmi les <a href=\"https:\/\/emergency.cdc.gov\/han\/han00421.asp\">recommandations faites par le CDC<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Quiconque utilise des produits de cigarette \u00e9lectronique ne doit pas acheter ces produits dans la rue (par exemple, des produits de cigarette \u00e9lectronique contenant du THC, d&#039;autres cannabino\u00efdes) et ne doit pas modifier les produits de cigarette \u00e9lectronique ou ajouter \u00e0 ces produits des substances qui ne sont pas pr\u00e9vues par le fabricant.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Dans la m\u00eame d\u00e9claration, le CDC a r\u00e9it\u00e9r\u00e9 sa position actuelle sur le vapotage, notant que &quot;les produits de cigarette \u00e9lectronique ne doivent pas \u00eatre utilis\u00e9s par les jeunes, les jeunes adultes, les femmes enceintes, ainsi que les adultes qui n&#039;utilisent pas actuellement de produits du tabac&quot;. avertissements pour \u00e9viter les produits illicites, le 4 septembre 2019, un <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/09\/04\/health\/vaping-death-lung.html\">une personne non identifi\u00e9e a \u00e9t\u00e9 hospitalis\u00e9e apr\u00e8s avoir vapot\u00e9 un produit \u00e0 base de THC<\/a>. Cette personne est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9e plus tard et le produit qu&#039;il a utilis\u00e9 \u00e9tait li\u00e9 \u00e0 un magasin de marijuana r\u00e9cr\u00e9ative dans l&#039;Oregon. Avant son admission \u00e0 l&#039;h\u00f4pital, le patient \u00e9tait &quot;par ailleurs en bonne sant\u00e9 et est rapidement tomb\u00e9 malade&quot;, selon l&#039;enqu\u00eateur principal et m\u00e9decin de sant\u00e9 publique affect\u00e9 au patient.<\/p>\n<p>Ce serait le deuxi\u00e8me d\u00e9c\u00e8s \u00e0 sortir de la crise de la vape, avec une troisi\u00e8me vie revendiqu\u00e9e le lendemain dans l&#039;Indiana. Apr\u00e8s ces d\u00e9c\u00e8s r\u00e9cents, les autorit\u00e9s sanitaires f\u00e9d\u00e9rales ont exhort\u00e9 les gens \u00e0 cesser d&#039;utiliser des produits de cigarette \u00e9lectronique tout en continuant d&#039;enqu\u00eater sur les 450 cas actuels dans 33 \u00c9tats. Fait int\u00e9ressant, alors que le CDC mettait en garde les consommateurs contre les produits \u00e0 base de THC, plusieurs autres agences gouvernementales ont choisi d&#039;imposer des restrictions et des avertissements sur les cigarettes \u00e9lectroniques contenant de la nicotine.<\/p>\n<p>Le 6 septembre 2019, deux autres d\u00e9c\u00e8s sont survenus, l&#039;un dans le Minnesota et l&#039;autre dans le comt\u00e9 de Los Angeles. Il convient de noter que le patient du Minnesota avait des ant\u00e9c\u00e9dents de maladie pulmonaire sous-jacente, cependant, la maladie qui a co\u00fbt\u00e9 la vie \u00e9tait li\u00e9e au vapotage de produits illicites \u00e0 base de THC.<\/p>\n<p>Le m\u00eame jour, le CDC a publi\u00e9 une d\u00e9claration sur ses enqu\u00eates, indiquant qu&#039;aucun produit n&#039;\u00e9tait responsable de toutes les maladies li\u00e9es au vapotage. Bien que de nombreux patients aient d\u00e9clar\u00e9 utiliser principalement des produits \u00e0 base de THC, certains ont not\u00e9 qu&#039;ils ne consommaient que de la nicotine ou des produits contenant \u00e0 la fois du THC et de la nicotine.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c0 la suite de ces deux d\u00e9c\u00e8s, le s\u00e9nateur de l&#039;Illinois, Dick Durbin, a tweet\u00e9 \u00e0 Ned Sharpless, commissaire par int\u00e9rim de la Food and Drug Administration des \u00c9tats-Unis, exigeant des mesures concernant les maladies li\u00e9es au vapotage. Dans son tweet, Durbin a press\u00e9 la FDA d&#039;envoyer des lettres \u00e0 toutes les \u00e9coles am\u00e9ricaines pour les avertir des cons\u00e9quences sanitaires li\u00e9es au vapotage. Il a \u00e9galement exhort\u00e9 la FDA \u00e0 interdire les ar\u00f4mes de cigarettes \u00e9lectroniques, autres que le tabac, et \u00e0 interdire les cigarettes \u00e9lectroniques qui n&#039;avaient pas \u00e9t\u00e9 approuv\u00e9es par la FDA. Le s\u00e9nateur Durbin a termin\u00e9 son tweet en d\u00e9clarant : \u00ab Si le Dr Sharpless n&#039;agit pas dans les 10 prochains jours, j&#039;ai l&#039;intention d&#039;appeler \u00e0 sa d\u00e9mission. Trop c&#039;est trop.&quot;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">L&#039;\u00e9pid\u00e9mie de vapotage a maintenant atteint le point o\u00f9 plusieurs personnes sont d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9es et plus de 450 ont \u00e9t\u00e9 hospitalis\u00e9es, mais <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FDACommissioner?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FDACommissioner<\/a> est assis sur ses mains. Si le Dr Sharpless n&#039;agit pas dans les 10 prochains jours, je pr\u00e9vois de demander sa d\u00e9mission. Trop c&#039;est trop. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6yXbu3TxSn\">pic.twitter.com\/6yXbu3TxSn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Le s\u00e9nateur Dick Durbin (@SenatorDurbin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorDurbin\/status\/1170057754494586880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">6 septembre 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nAvec l&#039;augmentation du nombre de maladies li\u00e9es au vapotage, atteignant 530 dans 38 \u00c9tats d&#039;ici le 19 septembre 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/health\/2019\/09\/19\/vaping-related-illnesses-surge-fda-announces-criminal-probe\/\">la FDA a annonc\u00e9 qu&#039;elle ouvrirait une enqu\u00eate criminelle sur l&#039;\u00e9pid\u00e9mie<\/a>. Sept personnes \u00e9taient maintenant mortes de la maladie du vapotage, et la FDA a finalement d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de pr\u00e9lever des \u00e9chantillons pour plus de 150 patients afin de les analyser pour la pr\u00e9sence d&#039;agents de coupe et d&#039;autres substances.<\/p>\n<p>En r\u00e9ponse \u00e0 la hausse des maladies pulmonaires li\u00e9es au vapotage, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CCDPHP\/CDPH%20Document%20Library\/California%20Department%20of%20Public%20Health%20-%20Health%20Advisory%20September%2024,%202019.pdf\">le d\u00e9partement de la sant\u00e9 publique de Californie a publi\u00e9 un avis de sant\u00e9 le 24 septembre 2019<\/a>. Dans cet avis, le D\u00e9partement de la sant\u00e9 publique de Californie a averti les citoyens des &quot;risques imminents pour la sant\u00e9 publique pos\u00e9s par le vapotage de tout produit&quot;. L&#039;avis a \u00e9galement ajout\u00e9 que tout le monde devrait arr\u00eater de vapoter &quot;quelle que soit la substance ou la source&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Au 26 septembre 2019, 805 cas de maladie pulmonaire due au vapotage avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 signal\u00e9s, avec au moins 12 d\u00e9c\u00e8s connus, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/09\/26\/cdc-says-vaping-lung-cases-surge-52percent-in-the-last-week-to-805-with-at-least-12-deaths.html\">D&#039;apr\u00e8s le CDC<\/a>. Les patients pouvaient d\u00e9sormais \u00eatre trouv\u00e9s dans 46 \u00c9tats, et les d\u00e9c\u00e8s comprenaient deux en Californie, deux au Kansas et un chacun en G\u00e9orgie, en Floride, en Illinois, en Indiana, au Minnesota, au Missouri, au Mississippi et en Oregon. \u00c0 ce stade, l&#039;\u00e2ge m\u00e9dian des patients \u00e9tait de 23 ans et les deux tiers des patients \u00e9taient des hommes.<\/p>\n<p>Le 9 octobre 2019, alors que le nombre de morts atteint 18, le Washington State Board of Health <a href=\"https:\/\/q13fox.com\/2019\/10\/09\/board-of-health-approves-ban-on-flavored-vaping-products\/\">vot\u00e9 une interdiction temporaire de la vente de produits aromatis\u00e9s \u00e0 la nicotine et au THC<\/a>. Cela a \u00e9t\u00e9 promulgu\u00e9 deux semaines seulement apr\u00e8s que le gouverneur Jay Inslee a demand\u00e9 l&#039;\u00e9tat d&#039;urgence dans un d\u00e9cret ex\u00e9cutif. Le vote a \u00e9t\u00e9 unanime et le groupe devait durer quatre mois.<\/p>\n<p>Au cours de cette \u00e9pid\u00e9mie de vapotage, Washington n&#039;\u00e9tait pas le seul \u00c9tat \u00e0 interdire les cigarettes \u00e9lectroniques aromatis\u00e9es. L&#039;\u00c9tat de New York, le Massachusetts et le Michigan ont \u00e9galement institu\u00e9 leurs propres interdictions \u00e0 l&#039;\u00e9chelle de l&#039;\u00c9tat, dont beaucoup ont \u00e9t\u00e9 adopt\u00e9es pour limiter les ventes de produits de vapotage et leur attrait suppos\u00e9 pour les enfants.<\/p>\n<p>Alors que le CDC avait pr\u00e9c\u00e9demment plac\u00e9 des avertissements sur les produits \u00e0 base de THC et les cigarettes \u00e9lectroniques, le 17 octobre 2019, l&#039;institut de sant\u00e9 publique a annonc\u00e9 que la majorit\u00e9 des maladies \u00e9taient li\u00e9es \u00e0 des produits de vapotage contenant du THC. Malheureusement, \u00e0 ce stade, il y avait eu 33 d\u00e9c\u00e8s dans 24 \u00c9tats et 1 479 cas de l\u00e9sions pulmonaires, impliquant tous les \u00c9tats sauf l&#039;Alaska. Il convient \u00e9galement de noter qu&#039;\u00e0 ce stade, la maladie avait \u00e9t\u00e9 consid\u00e9r\u00e9e comme EVALI (E-cigarette ou Vaping product use Associated Lung Injury).<\/p>\n<p>En r\u00e9ponse au nombre croissant de patients EVALI, le <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/trump-administration-expected-to-ban-vape-flavors-except-tobacco-and-menthol-11572649682\">L&#039;administration Trump signale qu&#039;elle envisage d&#039;interdire tous les produits de vapotage aromatis\u00e9s<\/a>. L&#039;interdiction permettrait toujours la vente d&#039;ar\u00f4mes de tabac et de menthol, en supposant qu&#039;ils sont moins attrayants pour les mineurs. Apr\u00e8s avoir fait cette d\u00e9claration, l&#039;administration Trump re\u00e7oit une vague de r\u00e9actions n\u00e9gatives de la part des d\u00e9fenseurs du vapotage, dont beaucoup consid\u00e8rent cette raison de ne pas voter pour le pr\u00e9sident Trump lors des prochaines \u00e9lections.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Malgr\u00e9 la d\u00e9claration du CDC selon laquelle la source d&#039;EVALI provenait principalement de produits \u00e0 base de THC<\/strong>, presque toutes les interdictions de cigarettes \u00e9lectroniques restent en place et JUUL commence \u00e0 faire face \u00e0 encore plus de pressions de la part d&#039;entit\u00e9s gouvernementales et de d\u00e9fenseurs de la lutte contre le vapotage. En tant que plus grande entreprise de cigarettes \u00e9lectroniques au monde, JUUL a fait l&#039;objet d&#039;un examen minutieux et fait toujours l&#039;objet de poursuites judiciaires dirig\u00e9es contre l&#039;entreprise par de multiples sources.<\/p>\n<p>Apr\u00e8s des mois de recherche, le 8 novembre 2019, le CDC annonce enfin que la vitamine E est la cause probable d&#039;EVALI et <a href=\"https:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/accounts\/WALCB\/bulletins\/26b0bee\">demande aux transformateurs de cesser d&#039;en ajouter aux produits<\/a>. Le CDC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nejm.org\/doi\/full\/10.1056\/NEJMoa1916433\">effectu\u00e9 des tests sur le liquide pulmonaire de 29 patients EVALI<\/a>. Dans tous les \u00e9chantillons, l&#039;ac\u00e9tate de vitamine E \u00e9tait pr\u00e9sent et aucune autre toxine potentielle n&#039;a \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9tect\u00e9e dans les tests. En r\u00e9ponse \u00e0 ces d\u00e9couvertes, le CDC continue d&#039;avertir les gens de ne pas utiliser de cigarettes \u00e9lectroniques ou de produits de vapotage contenant du THC.<\/p>\n<p>En r\u00e9ponse aux conclusions du CDC sur l&#039;ac\u00e9tate de vitamine E, le minist\u00e8re de la Sant\u00e9 de l&#039;\u00c9tat de Washington et son conseil des alcools et du cannabis ont appel\u00e9 toutes les entreprises de transformation du cannabis \u00e0 &quot;cesser imm\u00e9diatement d&#039;ajouter de l&#039;ac\u00e9tate de vitamine E aux produits de vapeur et de distribuer tout produit de vapeur contenant de l&#039;ac\u00e9tate de vitamine E&quot;. Le DOH et le LCB ont poursuivi en d\u00e9clarant que &quot;tous les produits disponibles pour la vente au d\u00e9tail doivent disposer d&#039;une documentation r\u00e9pertoriant les ingr\u00e9dients&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Le 18 novembre 2019, le CDC rapporte que le nombre de morts est pass\u00e9 \u00e0 42 dans 24 \u00c9tats. Le CDC a \u00e9galement signal\u00e9 qu&#039;il y avait eu plus de 2 172 cas d&#039;EVALI \u00e0 travers le pays. Le m\u00eame jour, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/11\/17\/health\/trump-vaping-ban.html\">Le pr\u00e9sident Trump renonce \u00e0 son interdiction de vapotage aromatis\u00e9<\/a>. Selon le New York Times, Trump a choisi de ne pas aller de l&#039;avant avec l&#039;interdiction, en raison d&#039;un &quot;rejet potentiel de ses partisans&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Selon Judd Deere, porte-parole de la Maison Blanche, \u00ab le pr\u00e9sident Trump et cette administration se sont engag\u00e9s \u00e0 prot\u00e9ger de mani\u00e8re responsable la sant\u00e9 des enfants \u00bb. Il a poursuivi en d\u00e9clarant &quot;pour le moment, nous sommes dans un processus d&#039;\u00e9laboration de r\u00e8gles en cours, et je ne sp\u00e9culerai pas sur le r\u00e9sultat final&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Cela \u00e9tant dit, le 22 novembre 2019, le m\u00eame jour, le nombre de morts EVALI a atteint 47, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-speaks-at-vaping-roundtable-white-house-today-2019-11-22-live-stream\/\">Le pr\u00e9sident Donald Trump a organis\u00e9 une table ronde \u00e0 la Maison Blanche sur le vapotage<\/a>. La discussion a port\u00e9 sur la question de savoir si le m\u00e9thol devait \u00eatre interdit aux c\u00f4t\u00e9s d&#039;autres saveurs. Pendant que ces discussions avaient lieu, le CDC a signal\u00e9 que les 47 d\u00e9c\u00e8s avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 confirm\u00e9s dans 25 \u00c9tats et le district de Columbia. Le CDC a \u00e9galement signal\u00e9 qu&#039;il y avait eu 2 290 cas d&#039;EVALI dans chaque \u00c9tat, \u00e0 l&#039;exception de l&#039;Alaska, et dans deux territoires am\u00e9ricains, Porto Rico et les \u00eeles Vierges am\u00e9ricaines.<\/p>\n<p>Apr\u00e8s une pause de deux semaines pour Thanksgiving, le CDC a annonc\u00e9 qu&#039;au 5 d\u00e9cembre 2019, le nombre de morts avait atteint 48 personnes. Ces d\u00e9c\u00e8s proviennent de 25 \u00c9tats diff\u00e9rents, dont l&#039;Alabama, la Californie, le Connecticut, le Delaware, la Floride, la G\u00e9orgie, l&#039;Illinois, l&#039;Indiana, le Kansas, la Louisiane, le Massachusetts, le Michigan, le Minnesota, le Mississippi, le Missouri, le Montana, le Nebraska, le New Jersey, New York, l&#039;Oregon. , Pennsylvanie, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginie et dans le district de Columbia. En plus d&#039;une augmentation des d\u00e9c\u00e8s, le CDC a \u00e9galement signal\u00e9 2 291 cas d&#039;EVALI, mais ils ont not\u00e9 qu&#039;il avait supprim\u00e9 les cas non hospitalis\u00e9s de ses chiffres pr\u00e9c\u00e9dents.<\/p>\n<h2>Le principal coupable de l&#039;\u00e9pid\u00e9mie d&#039;EVALI<\/h2>\n<p>Comme l&#039;\u00e9pid\u00e9mie d&#039;EVALI a touch\u00e9 plus de 2 000 personnes \u00e0 travers les \u00c9tats-Unis, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 clairement indiqu\u00e9 que <strong>Les produits de vapotage au THC jouent un r\u00f4le majeur<\/strong>. Comme l&#039;a rapport\u00e9 le CDC, l&#039;ac\u00e9tate de vitamine E - un produit chimique huileux ajout\u00e9 \u00e0 certains liquides de vapotage de THC comme \u00e9paississant ou pour diluer le liquide - est un &quot;fort coupable de pr\u00e9occupation&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Le produit chimique lui-m\u00eame est une forme synth\u00e9tique de vitamine E et est souvent utilis\u00e9 dans les suppl\u00e9ments nutritionnels et les cr\u00e8mes pour la peau. Bien qu&#039;il soit s\u00fbr \u00e0 utiliser dans ces cas, le produit chimique n&#039;est pas s\u00fbr \u00e0 inhaler. Le produit chimique lui-m\u00eame est incroyablement visqueux et collant, et peut facilement tra\u00eener dans les poumons apr\u00e8s avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 inhal\u00e9. Selon les responsables de la sant\u00e9, la pr\u00e9sence d&#039;ac\u00e9tate de vitamine E peut interf\u00e9rer avec le fonctionnement des poumons.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Le CDC a identifi\u00e9 pour la premi\u00e8re fois l&#039;ac\u00e9tate de vitamine E comme l&#039;un des principaux coupables dans les cas d&#039;EVALI apr\u00e8s avoir enqu\u00eat\u00e9 sur des \u00e9chantillons pr\u00e9lev\u00e9s sur 29 patients dans 10 \u00c9tats.<\/strong>. Dans tous les \u00e9chantillons, l&#039;ac\u00e9tate de vitamine E \u00e9tait pr\u00e9sent, tandis que d&#039;autres toxines potentielles - telles que les huiles v\u00e9g\u00e9tales et min\u00e9rales - ne l&#039;\u00e9taient pas. Selon Anne Schuchat, directrice adjointe principale des Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, &quot;une preuve directe de l&#039;ac\u00e9tate de vitamine E au site principal de la blessure dans les poumons&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Cela \u00e9tant dit, Schuchat a soulign\u00e9 que l&#039;enqu\u00eate du CDC n&#039;\u00e9tait pas termin\u00e9e. Bien que l&#039;ac\u00e9tate de vitamine E ait \u00e9t\u00e9 identifi\u00e9 comme l&#039;un des principaux coupables de l&#039;\u00e9pid\u00e9mie d&#039;EVALI, les responsables du CDC ne peuvent toujours pas affirmer avec certitude que l&#039;ac\u00e9tate de vitamine E est la source de pr\u00e9judice dans tous les cas.<\/p>\n<p>Ce qui est certain, c&#039;est que les enqu\u00eates \u00e9tatiques et f\u00e9d\u00e9rales ont r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9 que de nombreux produits \u00e0 base de THC utilis\u00e9s par les patients avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 achet\u00e9s aupr\u00e8s de sources informelles ou du march\u00e9 noir. Il a \u00e9galement \u00e9t\u00e9 signal\u00e9 que l&#039;ac\u00e9tate de vitamine E a \u00e9t\u00e9 utilis\u00e9 comme agent de coupe bon march\u00e9 par des fournisseurs illicites de cannabis.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tout au long de 2019, de nombreuses personnes ont souffert de maladies de vapotage - ou EVALI - qui ont caus\u00e9 un certain nombre de blessures et de d\u00e9c\u00e8s \u00e0 travers les \u00c9tats-Unis. Les gouvernements du monde entier ont commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 prendre des mesures pour prot\u00e9ger leurs citoyens en interdisant le vapotage dans son ensemble. Nous avons compil\u00e9 une chronologie des incidents qui ont conduit aux nombreuses interdictions\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.180smoke.ca\/fr\/vaping-illness-evali-timeline\/\">En savoir plus &quot;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2334,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Throughout 2019 many individuals suffered from vaping illnesses - or EVALI - which cased a number of injuries and deaths across the United States. Governments around the world began taking action to protect their citizens by banning vaping as a whole. We have compiled a timeline of the incidents that lead to the many bans in countries, states, and cities. However, what is thought to be the leading cause may not be what many suspected.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n<h2>Vaping Illness Timeline<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text]On August 17, 2019, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/media\/releases\/2019\/s0821-cdc-fda-states-e-cigarettes.html\">CDC announced that they would be actively investigating<\/a> approximately 94 cases of vaping-related illnesses in 14 states. That number would soon grow to 200 cases in 22 states, officially kicking off the vaping crisis. At the time, CDC officials had not yet determined the cause of the illness and instead accused THC, CBD, and nicotine vaporizers as the primary culprits.\n\nWhile this was not the first time vaping had been accused as a cause of illness, the scale and magnitude of the new cases brought a significant amount of attention to the vaping industry as a whole. In a short span of time, vaping has become the subject of more intense criticism and has drawn the ire from lawmakers and government officials. This wave of backlash has resulted in an increased amount of regulation directed towards nicotine-based vaporizers and e-cigarette flavours.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"1\/3\"][vc_single_image image=\"2322\" img_size=\"full\"][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=\"white\" css=\".vc_custom_1578673838032{margin: 0px !important;padding: 0px !important;border: 0px initial !important;}\"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text]Not long after on August 23, health officials <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/b05de1dd26a54ae88de4d77eb7b41e6f\">announced the death of an Illinois patient<\/a> that could be the first in the US linked to vaping. The patient was hospitalized after falling ill after vaping Illinois Department of Public Health stated, but offered no other information.\n\nAs the CDC continued its investigation, the public health institute \u201ctook the unusual step\u201d of issuing recommendations regarding vaping and e-cigarette products. This is the first time the CDC has done something like this and was made with information gathered from the general public, clinicians, and public health officials. Among the <a href=\"https:\/\/emergency.cdc.gov\/han\/han00421.asp\">recommendations made by the CDC<\/a>:\n\n\u201cAnyone who uses e-cigarette products should not buy these products off the street (e.g., e-cigarette products with THC, other cannabinoids) and should not modify e-cigarette products or add any substances to these products that are not intended by the manufacturer.\"\n\nIn the same statement, the CDC reiterated its existing stance on vaping, noting that \u201ce-cigarette products should not be used by youth, young adults, pregnant women, as well as adults who do not currently use tobacco products.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"1\/3\"][vc_single_image image=\"2323\" img_size=\"full\"][vc_single_image image=\"2324\" img_size=\"full\"][vc_single_image image=\"2325\" img_size=\"full\"][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=\"white\" css=\".vc_custom_1578675352560{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}\"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text]Despite the CDC\u2019s warnings to avoid illicit products, on September 4, 2019, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/09\/04\/health\/vaping-death-lung.html\">unidentified person was hospitalized after vaping a THC product<\/a>. This person later died and the product he used was linked to a recreational marijuana shop in Oregon. Prior to his admittance to the hospital, the patient was \u201cotherwise healthy and quickly became ill,\u201d according to the lead investigator and public health physician assigned to the patient.\n\nThis would be the second death to come out of the vape crisis, with a third life claimed the day after in Indiana. After these recent deaths, federal health authorities urged people to stop using e-cigarette products while they continued to investigate the now 450 cases in 33 states. Interestingly, while the CDC warned consumers about THC products, several other government agencies chose to place restrictions and warnings on nicotine-containing e-cigarettes.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"1\/3\"][vc_single_image image=\"2314\" img_size=\"full\"][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=\"white\" css=\".vc_custom_1578675719954{margin: 0px !important;padding: 0px !important;}\"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text]On September 6, 2019, two more deaths occurred, one in Minnesota and the other in Los Angeles county. It should be noted that the patient in Minnesota had a history of underlying lung disease, however, the illness that claimed their life was related to vaping illicit THC products.\n\nOn the same day, the CDC released a statement about its investigations, stating that no single product was responsible for all the vaping related illnesses. While many of the patients did report using primarily THC products, some did note that they only consumed nicotine or products with both THC and nicotine.\n\nFollowing these two deaths, Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin tweeted to Ned Sharpless, acting commissioner for the U.S Food and Drug Administration, demanding action in regards to vaping related illnesses. In his tweet, Durbin pressed the FDA to send letters to all schools in America warning them of the health consequences related to vaping. He also urged the FDA to ban e-cigarette flavours, other than tobacco, and to ban e-cigarettes that had not been approved by the FDA. Senator Durbin ended his tweet by stating \u201cIf Dr. Sharpless doesn't take action in the next 10 days, I plan to call for his resignation. Enough is enough.\u201d\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The vaping epidemic has now reached the point where multiple people have died and over 450 have been hospitalized, but <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FDACommissioner?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FDACommissioner<\/a> is sitting on his hands. If Dr. Sharpless doesn\u2019t take action in the next 10 days, I plan to call for his resignation. Enough is enough. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6yXbu3TxSn\">pic.twitter.com\/6yXbu3TxSn<\/a><\/p>\n\u2014 Senator Dick Durbin (@SenatorDurbin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorDurbin\/status\/1170057754494586880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 6, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"1\/3\"][vc_single_image image=\"2316\" img_size=\"full\"][vc_single_image image=\"2317\" img_size=\"full\"][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=\"white\" css=\".vc_custom_1578676664456{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}\"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text]With the vaping illness toll on the rise, reaching 530 across 38 states by September 19, 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/health\/2019\/09\/19\/vaping-related-illnesses-surge-fda-announces-criminal-probe\/\">the FDA announced that it would begin a criminal investigation into the outbreak<\/a>. Seven people were now dead from the vaping illness, and the FDA finally decided to collect samples for more than 150 patients to analyze them for the presence of cutting agents and other substances.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"1\/3\"][vc_single_image image=\"2318\" img_size=\"full\"][vc_single_image image=\"2319\" img_size=\"full\"][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=\"white\" css=\".vc_custom_1578676671192{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}\"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text]In response to the uptick in vaping lung illnesses, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CCDPHP\/CDPH%20Document%20Library\/California%20Department%20of%20Public%20Health%20-%20Health%20Advisory%20September%2024,%202019.pdf\">the California Department of Public Health released a health advisory on September 24, 2019<\/a>. In this advisory, the California Department of Public Health warned citizens of the \"imminent public health risks posed by vaping any product.\" The advisory also added that everyone should stop vaping \u201cno matter what the substance or source.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"1\/3\"][vc_single_image image=\"2320\" img_size=\"full\"][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=\"white\" css=\".vc_custom_1578676671192{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}\"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text]By September 26, 2019, 805 cases of the vaping lung illness were reported, with at least 12 known deaths, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/09\/26\/cdc-says-vaping-lung-cases-surge-52percent-in-the-last-week-to-805-with-at-least-12-deaths.html\">according to the CDC<\/a>. Patients could now be found in 46 states, and deaths included two in California, two in Kansas, and one each in Georgia, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi and Oregon. At this point, the median age of patients was 23 years old, and two-thirds of the patients were male.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"1\/3\"][vc_single_image image=\"2321\" img_size=\"full\"][vc_single_image image=\"2308\" img_size=\"full\"][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=\"white\" css=\".vc_custom_1578676671192{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}\"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text]On October 9, 2019, with the death toll reaching 18, the Washington State Board of Health <a href=\"https:\/\/q13fox.com\/2019\/10\/09\/board-of-health-approves-ban-on-flavored-vaping-products\/\">voted in a temporary ban on the sale of nicotine and THC-flavoured products<\/a>. This was enacted just two weeks after Gov. Jay Inslee asked for the emergency rule in an executive order. The vote was unanimous and the band was scheduled to last four months.\n\nDuring this vaping illness outbreak, Washington was not the only state to ban flavoured e-cigarettes. New York State, Massachusetts, and Michigan also instituted their own state-wide bans, many of which were enacted to limit the sales of vaping products and their supposed appeal to children.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"1\/3\"][vc_single_image image=\"2309\" img_size=\"full\"][vc_single_image image=\"2310\" img_size=\"full\"][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=\"white\" css=\".vc_custom_1578676671192{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}\"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text]While the CDC had previously placed warnings on both THC products and e-cigarettes, on October 17, 2019, the public health institute announced that the majority of illnesses had been linked to vaping products containing THC. Unfortunately, by this point, there had been 33 deaths across 24 states and 1,479 lung injury cases, involving every state except Alaska. It should also be noted that by this point, the illness had been deemed EVALI (E-cigarette or Vaping product use Associated Lung Injury).\n\nIn response to the increasing amount of EVALI patients, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/trump-administration-expected-to-ban-vape-flavors-except-tobacco-and-menthol-11572649682\">Trump administration reports that they\u2019re considering a ban on all flavoured vaping products<\/a>. The ban would still allow the sale of tobacco and menthol flavours, under the assumption that they\u2019re less appealing to minors. After making this statement, the Trump administration receives a wave of backlash from pro-vaping advocates, many of whom consider this reason to not vote for President Trump in the upcoming election.\n\n<strong>Despite the CDC\u2019s statement that the source of EVALI had come primarily from THC-based products<\/strong>, almost all e-cigarette bans remain in place and JUUL begins to face even more pressure from government entities and anti-vaping advocates. As the largest e-cigarette company in the world, JUUL was placed under heavy scrutiny and is still currently battling lawsuits aimed towards the company from multiple sources.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"1\/3\"][vc_single_image image=\"2311\" img_size=\"full\"][vc_single_image image=\"2312\" img_size=\"full\"][vc_single_image image=\"2313\" img_size=\"full\"][vc_single_image image=\"2303\" img_size=\"full\"][vc_single_image image=\"2304\" img_size=\"full\"][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=\"white\" css=\".vc_custom_1578676671192{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}\"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text]After months of research, on November 8, 2019, the CDC finally announces that vitamin E is the likely cause of EVALI and <a href=\"https:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/accounts\/WALCB\/bulletins\/26b0bee\">calls on prossesors to cease adding it to products<\/a>. The CDC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nejm.org\/doi\/full\/10.1056\/NEJMoa1916433\">conducted tests on the lung fluid of 29 EVALI patients<\/a>. In all the samples, vitamin E acetate was present and no other potential toxins were detected in the tests. In response to these findings, the CDC continues to warn people to not use e-cigarettes or vaping products that contain THC.\n\nIn response to the CDC\u2019s vitamin E acetate findings, Washington State\u2019s Department of Health and its Liquor and Cannabis Board called on all cannabis processing companies to \u201cimmediately stop adding vitamin E acetate to vapor products and distributing any vapor products containing vitamin E acetate.\" The DOH and LCB went on to further state that \u201cAll products available for retail sale are required to have documentation available that lists ingredients.\"[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"1\/3\"][vc_single_image image=\"2305\" img_size=\"full\"][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=\"white\" css=\".vc_custom_1578676671192{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}\"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text]On November 18, 2019, the CDC reports that the death toll has risen to 42 in 24 states. The CDC also reported that there have been over 2,172 cases of EVALI across the country. On the same day, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/11\/17\/health\/trump-vaping-ban.html\">President Trump backs down from his flavoured vaping ban<\/a>. According to The New York Times, Trump chose not to go forward with the ban, due to \u201cpotential pushback from his supporters.\u201d\n\nAccording to Judd Deere, a spokesperson for the White House, \u201cPresident Trump and this administration are committed to responsibly protecting the health of children.\" He went on to further state \u201cat this time, we are in an ongoing rulemaking process, and I will not speculate on the final outcome.\"[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"1\/3\"][vc_single_image image=\"2306\" img_size=\"full\"][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=\"white\" css=\".vc_custom_1578676671192{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}\"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text]That being said, on November 22, 2019, the same day the EVALI death toll reached 47, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-speaks-at-vaping-roundtable-white-house-today-2019-11-22-live-stream\/\">President Donald Trump hosted a roundtable at the White House on vaping<\/a>. The discussion centred around whether methol should be banned alongside other flavours. While these discussions took place, the CDC reported that the 47 deaths had been confirmed in 25 states and the District of Columbia. The CDC also reported that there have been 2,290 cases of EVALI in every state, except Alaska, and in two U.S territories, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"1\/3\"][vc_single_image image=\"2307\" img_size=\"full\"][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=\"white\" css=\".vc_custom_1578676671192{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}\"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text]After a two-week Thanksgiving break, the CDC announced that as of December 5, 2019, the death toll reached 48 people. These deaths come from 25 different states, including Alabama, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and in the District of Columbia. In addition to an increase in deaths, the CDC also reported 2,291 cases of EVALI, but they did note that it has removed non-hospitalized cases from its previous numbers.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"1\/3\"][vc_single_image image=\"2326\" img_size=\"full\"][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][vc_column_text]\n<h2>The Key Culprit of the EVALI Outbreak<\/h2>\nAs the outbreak of EVALI has affected over 2,000 people across the US, it\u2019s been made quite clear that <strong>THC vape products are playing a major role<\/strong>. As the CDC reported, vitamin E acetate -- an oily chemical added to some THC vaping liquids as a thickener or to dilute the liquid -- is a \u201cstrong culprit of concern.\u201d\n\nThe chemical itself is a synthetic form of vitamin E and is often used in nutritional supplements and skin creams. While it is safe to use in these instances, the chemical is not safe to inhale. The chemical itself is incredibly viscous and sticky, and can easily hang around in the lungs after it is inhaled. According to health officials, the presence of vitamin E acetate can interfere with how the lungs function.\n\n<strong>The CDC first identified vitamin E acetate as a key culprit in EVALI cases after investigating samples taken from 29 patients in 10 states<\/strong>. In all of the samples, vitamin E acetate was present, while other potential toxins -- such as plant and mineral oils -- were not. According to Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, \u201cdirect evidence of vitamin E acetate at the primary site of injury within the lungs.\u201d\n\nThat being said, Schuchat did emphasize that the CDC\u2019s investigation isn\u2019t over. While vitamin E acetate has been identified as a key culprit in the EVALI outbreak, officials at the CDC still can\u2019t say for certain that vitamin E acetate is the source of harm in all cases.\n\nWhat is certain, is that both state and federal investigations have found that many of the THC products patients used were purchased through informal or black market sources. 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