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*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. | ||
===2021: [https://filtermag.org/evali-misinformation-increased-smoking/ New Evidence Links “EVALI” Vaping Misinformation With Increased Cigarette Smoking]=== | |||
*A new study now suggests that legislation arising from misstatements about EVALI and e-cigarettes in Massachusetts actually caused an increase in cigarette consumption throughout Boston. | |||
**Citation: Norcia, A. (2021, May 7). New evidence links “EVALI” vaping misinformation with increased cigarette smoking. Filter. Retrieved June 6, 2026. | |||
===2020: [https://morningconsult.com/2020/02/05/electronic-cigarettes-increasingly-blamed-by-public-for-lung-illnesses-even-as-evidence-points-elsewhere/ Electronic Cigarettes Increasingly Blamed for Lung Illnesses, as Evidence Points Elsewhere]=== | ===2020: [https://morningconsult.com/2020/02/05/electronic-cigarettes-increasingly-blamed-by-public-for-lung-illnesses-even-as-evidence-points-elsewhere/ Electronic Cigarettes Increasingly Blamed for Lung Illnesses, as Evidence Points Elsewhere]=== | ||