Respiratory system disease in electronic cigarettes Cannabis-related substance detection Rice Center Nov. 9 11:00
In the United States, after smoking “electronic cigarettes”, many people who suffer from severe respiratory illnesses continue to die, and CDC = Disease Control Center is an e-cigarette product containing cannabis from patients. Announced that a substance called "Vitamin E Acetate" used in Japan has been detected.
In the United States, people who have been hospitalized for severe respiratory illness after using electronic cigarettes have been reported, and the number of patients has so far exceeded 2000, and 39 have been reported to have died.
The CDC = Disease Control Center in the United States announced the results of previous surveys on the 8th, and after examining the lungs of 29 patients in detail, it was found that a substance called “vitamin E acetate” was detected from all of them.
In addition, 23 of them had found a component called “THC” in cannabis and its metabolites, and 20 responded to the survey that they actually smoked electronic cigarette products containing THC. is.
“Vitamin E acetate” is used to stick to products containing “THC”, and CDC says it is “a groundbreaking discovery leading to the identification of the cause”.
Electronic cigarettes are made by evaporating and sucking liquids containing nicotine and scented components, and are popular worldwide, especially among young people, but cannabis components such as “THC” and “CBD” are extracted. There are also types that suck in the waste, illegal sales and underage sucking become social problems.