Vaping

President Trump has decided he will not sign a proposed ban on flavored e-cigarettes, The Washington Post and other outlets reported.

This year’s CHEST Annual Meeting, held from Oct. 19 to 23 in New Orleans, highlighted important research and issues in pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine.

PHILADELPHIA — The American Heart Association unveiled a new three-pronged initiative focusing on new research, public advocacy and a youth activation campaign to combat the current epidemic of nicotine addition and e-cigarette use in youth.

Products containing tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, remain a focus in the investigation into the outbreak of lung injuries associated with use of electronic cigarettes or vaping, but new data from CDC’s Environmental Health Laboratory indicate that the presence of vitamin E acetate may also be a factor.

Healio Pulmonology has you covered. The Editors have compiled a list of popular articles posted on Healio Pulmonology in October.

Juul might be one of the greatest marketing successes of the early 21st century, data suggest.

The manner through which some patients who are affected by e-cigarette- or vaping-associated lung injury, or EVALI, obtained their vaping devices had a similar theme in different parts of country, a CDC official said.

NEW ORLEANS — As the number of cases of lung injury associated with electronic cigarette use, or vaping, continues to grow, pulmonologists and public health officials are shining a spotlight on the disease, its presentation and ongoing efforts to target the cause.

As of Oct. 8, 1,299 confirmed and probable cases of lung injury associated with electronic cigarette use, or vaping, have been reported by 49 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. There have also been 26 deaths confirmed and reported to CDC from 21 states, according to a statement from CDC.

Flavored e-cigarette use among high school and middle school students is rising, according to data published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.