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**CDC should reconsider the name it ascribed to these illnesses (EVALI) now that it seems to be definitively linked to THC vapes and dabs. By not speaking with precision it could leave a false impression as to the clear causal relationship between the tragic illnesses and THC vapes | **CDC should reconsider the name it ascribed to these illnesses (EVALI) now that it seems to be definitively linked to THC vapes and dabs. By not speaking with precision it could leave a false impression as to the clear causal relationship between the tragic illnesses and THC vapes | ||
**The public health risk is that kids using these illegal and dangerous THC products may not know that the CDC warnings relate to the THC products they’re using; since the CDC is not using a precise nomenclature to more clearly describe the THC vapes and dabs | **The public health risk is that kids using these illegal and dangerous THC products may not know that the CDC warnings relate to the THC products they’re using; since the CDC is not using a precise nomenclature to more clearly describe the THC vapes and dabs | ||
* Tweet by [https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/1177704654068748293?s=20 Scott Gottlieb | * Tweet by [https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/1177704654068748293?s=20 Scott Gottlieb MD] | ||
**My point is simply if you know a THC product hurt someone, don’t call it an e-cigarette, call it a THC vape or THC vaping product. Nomenclature matters in helping consumers properly identify which products are causing which kinds of risks. That’s why we develop naming systems. | **My point is simply if you know a THC product hurt someone, don’t call it an e-cigarette, call it a THC vape or THC vaping product. Nomenclature matters in helping consumers properly identify which products are causing which kinds of risks. That’s why we develop naming systems. | ||
===2018 and Beyond: Youth Vaping Epidemic: US Surgeon General, FDA, CDC, etc.=== | ===2018 and Beyond: Youth Vaping Epidemic: US Surgeon General, FDA, CDC, etc.=== | ||
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