Emergency department visits related to e-cigarette, or vaping, products continue to decline, after sharply increasing a year ago in August 2019 and peaking in September. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention started investigating the national outbreak of e-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury (EVALI) last year. As of mid February this year, 68 EVALI deaths were confirmed in 29 states and the District of Columbia, according to CDC. The drop is attributed to increased public awareness of the risk associated with THC-containing e-cigarette/vaping product use, removal of vitamin E acetate from some products, and law enforcement actions related to illicit products, CDC states.
