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Severe Pulmonary Illness Linked to Vaping

The Ohio Department of Health and local health departments are investigating reports of severe lung disease among people who reported recent vaping. Currently, there are no known links to a specific type of product. Vaping products contain many substances and may include nicotine, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), synthetic cannabinoids, or a combination of these.

Anyone who thinks that they may be experiencing serious breathing problems linked to vaping should seek immediate medical attention. If you are a healthcare provider and wish to report a possible case, please contact your local health department.

To locate a local health department, please visit https://odhgateway.odh.ohio.gov/lhdinformationsystem/Directory/GetMyLHD

Information about resources to help people quit smoking and vaping are available on the cessation page of the ODH website, including the Ohio Tobacco Quit Line (1-800-QUIT-NOW).

For federal recommendations, please check the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2019/s0821-cdc-fda-states-e-cigarettes.html

Ohio Vaping Investigation Update

(Information will be updated each Tuesday and Thursday at 2:00 p.m.)

Information updated as of 2:00 pm November 19, 2019

Number of cases: 60

Age range: 15-65 years (median age: 23 years)

Gender: 20 Female, 40 Male (67% Male)

Number of hospitalizations: 55 (92%)

Number of deaths: 0

Counties: Ashtabula, Brown, Butler (2), Champaign, Clermont (2), Cuyahoga (10), Fairfield, Franklin (10), Greene, Hamilton (2), Hancock, Jefferson, Lucas, Mahoning, Medina (2), Miami (2), Montgomery (2), Portage (2), Preble, Richland (2), Seneca (2), Summit (6), Tuscarawas, Union (2), Warren, Wayne (2)

Additional illness reports under investigation: 34

Vaping Science

CDC

Severe Pulmonary Disease Associated with Electronic-Cigarette–Product Use — Interim Guidance

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/68/wr/mm6836e2.htm

CDC

Outbreak of Electronic-Cigarette–Associated Acute Lipoid Pneumonia — North Carolina, July–August 2019

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/68/wr/mm6836e1.htm

New England Journal of Medicine

Pulmonary Illness Related to E-Cigarette Use in Illinois and Wisconsin — Preliminary Report

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1911614?query=recirc_curatedRelated_article

CDC

E-cigarette Product Use, or Vaping, Among Persons with Associated Lung Injury — Illinois and Wisconsin, April–September 2019

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/68/wr/mm6839e2.htm?s_cid=mm6839e2_w

CDC

Characteristics of a Multistate Outbreak of Lung Injury Associated with E-cigarette Use, or Vaping — United States, 2019

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/68/wr/mm6839e1.htm?s_cid=mm6839e1_w

New England Journal of Medicine

E-Cigarettes and Vaping-Related Disease

https://www.nejm.org/vaping

New England Journal of Medicine

Pathology of Vaping-Associated Lung Injury

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc1913069

Real-Time Digital Surveillance of Vaping-Induced Pulmonary Disease

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