US medical authorities have stepped up their recommendations in the vaping crisis, which has killed seven youths this summer. It's now better to avoid e-cigarettes, said the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) at a news conference this morning.
Mathieu Perreault
The Press
"Until we know what happened, if you have any concerns about your health risks, the CDC recommends that you do not use e-cigarettes," said CDC Director Anne Schuchat. during the press conference.
This recommendation was made for the first time last week in a statement, but was reiterated yesterday by the Dre Schuchat because "people are dying" of vaping.
Meanwhile, eight Canadian health organizations have publicly called on federal parties to commit to ending advertising on e-cigarettes and subjecting them to the same restrictions as cigarettes. The missive was signed by the Canadian Medical Association, the Canadian Cancer Society, the Canadian Lung Association and the Quebec Coalition for Tobacco Control.
The number of cases of serious pneumonia related to vaping jumped from 380 to 530, the CDC said during the press conference. It had been lowered from 450 to 380 a week ago.
Anger of a deadly vaping-related lung disease has sickened 530 people – mostly young men – and killed seven, federal health officials said Thursday, adding that investigators still have not found a cause. Most of the victims had vaping THC, the active ingredient in cannabis, and three-quarters of them were men. Half are under 25 years old and 16% are under 18 years old.
A representative of the Tobacco Division of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), instructed last week by President Donald Trump to ban vapers using flavored tobacco, participated in the press conference call. The FDA said this morning it has opened a criminal investigation into the wave of vaping-related pneumonia.
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