ENDS EVALI VALI THCVALI: Difference between revisions
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='''Misperceptions, Misinformation, Disinformation'''= | ='''Misperceptions, Misinformation, Disinformation'''= | ||
*Newest to oldest. These are quotes from the linked sources. | *Newest to oldest. These are quotes from the linked sources. | ||
*Note: At times, EVALI has been conflated with Popcorn Lung, COVID, Lipid Pneumonia, ARDS, etc. A true testament to how unclear messaging confuses health care providers, media, lawmakers, public health, and consumers. | |||
==Journals== | ==Journals== | ||
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===2022: [https://filtermag.org/vape-misinformation-surgeon-general/ End Vape Misinformation, Tobacco Control Experts Urge Surgeon General]=== | ===2022: [https://filtermag.org/vape-misinformation-surgeon-general/ End Vape Misinformation, Tobacco Control Experts Urge Surgeon General]=== | ||
*The authors, who include Ken Warner of the University of Michigan, Nancy Rigotti of Harvard Medical School and Thomas Miller, the departing attorney general of Iowa, also call on the CDC to correct the name “EVALI,” or “e-cigarette, or vaping, product-use associated lung injury”—the outbreak that peaked in the fall of 2019. Originally and loudly misattributed to nicotine vaping products, the condition has since been linked to vitamin E acetate, a cutting agent found in illicit THC cartridges. Even now, US public health agencies have not explicitly corrected the record. | *The authors, who include Ken Warner of the University of Michigan, Nancy Rigotti of Harvard Medical School and Thomas Miller, the departing attorney general of Iowa, also call on the CDC to correct the name “EVALI,” or “e-cigarette, or vaping, product-use associated lung injury”—the outbreak that peaked in the fall of 2019. Originally and loudly misattributed to nicotine vaping products, the condition has since been linked to vitamin E acetate, a cutting agent found in illicit THC cartridges. Even now, US public health agencies have not explicitly corrected the record. | ||
*Citation: Norcia, A. (2022, December 15). End vape misinformation, tobacco control experts urge Surgeon General. Filter. Retrieved June 6, 2026. | **Citation: Norcia, A. (2022, December 15). End vape misinformation, tobacco control experts urge Surgeon General. Filter. Retrieved June 6, 2026. | ||
==Community Notes on X== | ==Community Notes on X== | ||