The Centers for the Prevention and Control of Medicines (CDC), one of the most important health agencies in the United States, has announced that a particular type of vitamin E is most likely to be considered responsible for the deaths that have been linked to in recent weeks. use of electronic cigarettes. According to the Centers, which analyzed the substances present in the lungs of several people hospitalized in recent weeks (and of two deaths from these problems), a “strong suspect” would in fact be vitamin E acetate.
The CDC explained that vitamin E acetate tends to stick to the lung walls, creating problems that are not yet fully understood. Also according to the first available information, vitamin E acetate is found only in some products used for electronic cigarettes, in particular those with THC, that is the active ingredient commonly associated with the narcotic effect of marijuana. But it is a question still to be clarified because among the more than two thousand patients hospitalized in the United States with lung problems resulting from the use of electronic cigarettes there are also some (a minority) who say they have never taken substances containing THC through electronic cigarettes. .
