If you’ve been following the news lately with regards to the lung disease/illness cases that are cropping up in parts of the United States, you’ll know that sifting through the reports is almost a job unto itself. Finding evidence-based reporting is even more challenging. I’ve compiled a list to help make that job easier. I’ll add to it as new reporting become available and contributes value to our understanding. The newest reports will be added to the top of the list.
Please, disseminate as broadly as possible. There are a lot of concerned vapers, smokers, and parents out there who are not getting access to accurate reporting and are worried. There are also people who will purchase black market THC cartridges because they’re not aware of the (increased) risk.
Officials list pot brands reported in US outbreak, Mike Stobbe, AP News
More Evidence That Black Market THC Products Are Responsible for Vaping-Related Lung Injuries, Jacob Sullum, Reason
CDC Started a Vaping Panic, Now It's Admitting Vitamin E Acetate in Illegal Products is to Blame, Guy Bentley, Reason Foundation
Vapes and Lung Disease: The CDC's Lesson in How Not to Handle an Illness Outbreak, Chelsea Boyd, Filter Mag
Smoke and Mirrors: Media failed to clarify that regulated nicotine vaping did not cause recent lung injuries, Michael Cummins, Isthmus
The CDC is Still Warning People to Stop Vaping Completely Over Lung Illness Cases- But Why? Ed Cara, Gizmodo
Vaping and lung disease in the US: PHE's advice, John Newton, Public Health Matters (Gov UK)
Health Canada speaks on the vaping-related illness crisis, Laura Tennant, Leafly
Behind the Scenes of CDC's Vaping Investigation, Richard Harris, Morning Edition NPR
Minnesota native identified as Tennessee's first vaping-related death, WKRN News 2
Colorado regulators planning ban on cannabis vape additives, Western Slope Now
Age Counts: Who Vapes (Tobacco/Nicotine) and Who Gets Lung Injuries, Brad Rodu, Tobacco Truth
CDC's Communications are Likely Making this Outbreak Much Worse, Dr. Michael Siegel, Tobacco Analysis Blogspot
New study: Not one vaping illness linked to legal e-cigarette pods, Tiana Lowe, Washington Examiner
Vape Bans and Lung Disease: Picking Through the Feds' Framing, Michael McGrady, Filter Mag
In Response to Two Deaths Due to Marijuana Vaping, Oregon Health Department Recommends Ban on Nicotine-Containing Electronic Cigarettes, Dr. Michael Siegel, Tobacco Analysis Blogspot
The witch hunt against e-cigarettes continues while people get sick from illicit THC and remain uninformed, Dr. Farsalinos, E-cigarette Research
Outbreak of Lung Injury Associated with E-Cigarette Use, or Vaping, CDC, Sept 27/19
Most vaping-related lung injuries linked to marijuana products, CDC says, Lena H. Sun, The Washington Post
Crusade Against Vaping E-Cigarettes is Catastrophic for Public Health, Dr. Farsalinos, The Globe Post
Black Market Weed Vapes Contain Hydrogen Cyanide, New Investigation Finds, Chris Moore, Merry Jane
Tests show bootleg marijuana vapes tainted with hydrogen cyanide, Connor Ferguson, Cynthia McFadden, Shanshan Dong, Rich Schapiro, NBC News
CDC urges people to avoid vaping THC amid lung disease outbreak, Angelica LaVito, CNBC
CDC's Failure to Deman Urine THC Testing of all Outbreak Patients is Inexcusable and is Putting the Entire Nation at Risk, Dr. Michael Siegel, Tobacco Analysis Blogspot
Why Is the CDC Still Fostering Potentially Deadly Confusion About Vaping and Lung Disease? Jacob Sullum, Reason
Journey of a Tainted Vape Cartridge: From China's Labs to Your Lungs, David Downs, Dave Howard and Bruce Barcott, Leafly
Why Vaping Devices Can't be Blamed for US Outbreak of Lung Illnesses, Riccardo Polosa, The Globe Post
Potential culprits in mystery lung illnesses: Black-market vaping products, Rob Kuznia and Lena H. Sun, The Washington Post
Public health expert on e-cigarette panic, CBS This Morning
Survey Suggests Lung Disease Misinformation Has Compunded Confusion About the Hazards of E-Cigarettes, Jacob Sullum, Reason
Don't Protect Cigarettes by Banning Far Less Harmful Nicotine Vapor Products, Bill Godshall, Robert Sklaroff, Stephen F. Gambescia, Inside Sources
How To Spot a Fake Vape Cartridge, Emily Earlenbaugh, Leafly
The vaping panic is out of hand, Dr. Jeffrey A. Singer, New York Daily News
E-cigarette bans are 'a tremendous overreaction' to vaping-related illnesses, says doctor, As It Happens, CBC
The Absurd Campaign against Vaping, by the Editors, National Review
Despite Increasing Clarity in Role of Illicit THC Vape Carts in Lung Outbreak, CDC Violating Its Own Principle to Blame E-Cigarettes, Dr. Michael Siegel, Tobacco Analysis Blogspot
Politicians are scapegoating e-cigs for harm they haven't done, Jeff Steir and Henry I. Miller, NY Post
The big vaping scare, nothing to see here, New Nicotine Alliance
Vaping scaremongering will cost Australian lives, Colin Mendelsohn, Spectator AU
Is Vaping Really Killing People? Here are the Facts, Lee Johnson, Ecigarette Reviewed
Vape Pen Lung Disease: Here's What You Need to Know, David Downs, Leafly
Vaping and lung illness: Scott Ballin says health officials send wrong message, Monique Calello, News Leader
Vaping Deaths: How the Media Misrepresents the "Vape Epidemic", Mason Mohn, 71 Republic
Vaping Scare: Unhealthy Actions from Health Officials, Brad Rodu, Real Clear Politics
Cannabis industry calls for legalization and regulation to snuff out underground vapes, Alicia Wallace, CNN Business
UK Vaping Industry Association responds to the announcement on vaping by President Trump, UKVIA
Public Health England's statement, "Our advice on e-cigarettes remains unchanged - vaping isn’t completely risk free but is far less harmful than smoking tobacco. There is no situation where it would be better for your health to continue smoking rather than switching completely to vaping." September 12, 2019
The Killer was Tainted Cannabis, Not Nicotine. Stopping Vaping Could be Deadly, Dr. Colin Mendelsohn, The Feed
Dispersing the clouds of the vape panic myth, Christopher Snowdon, Spectator USA
Three Companies Subpoenaed in Weed Vape Illness Investigation, EJ Dickson, Rolling Stone
Vitamin E Acetate Products Investigated in THC Oil Deaths, Jim McDonald, Vaping 360
Separating Fact from Fiction on Vaping, E-cigarettes and Lung Illnesses, Guy Bentley, Reason Foundation
Don't Ban E-Cigarettes, Jacob Grier, Slate
The Mystery Lung Disease Caused by "Vaping" Was a Textbook Drug Panic, Helen Redmond, Filter Mag
Study Finds That the Vast Majority of Respiratory Diseases in Vapers Are Linked to Illegal THC Products, Jacob Sullum, Reason
The Most Telling Sign that CDC is Protecting Illicit Marijuana Drug Dealers While Doing Everything it Can to Pin this Outbreak on Traditional E-cigarettes, Dr. Michael Siegel, Tobacco Analysis Blogspot
Panic over e-cigarettes not supported by the evidence, Rob Breakinridge, Global News
Vape Cart Additive Makers Pull Products as Others Go Dark, David Downs, Leafly
Vape Pen Lung Disease: Here's What You Need to Know, David Downs, Leafly
ALERT: Major Breakthrough in Investigation of "Mysterious" Lung Disease Outbreak, Dr. Michael Siegel, Tobacco Analysis Blogspot
Contaminant found in vaping products linked to deadly lung illnesses, state and federal labs show, Lena H. Sun, Washington Post
The emotional and irrational hysteria in the US about the "vaping related: (or cannabis-related?) lung disease that goes far beyond confirmation bias, Dr. Farsalinos, E-cigarette Research
Health Officials Continue to Warn People Not to Use E-Cigarettes While Youth Get Life-Threatening Diseases from Vaping Marijuana, Dr. Michael Siegel, Tobacco Analysis Blogspot
'Momma, I'm scared': Vaping suspected in illness that's left man on life support, family says, Rebecca Lopez, WFAA
Did a Teen in Colorado Fall Gravely Ill from Vaping? Kim LaCapria, Truth or Fiction
Crowdsourcing US Lung disease outbreak info, Amelia Howard project, ongoing with latest known info being added
Illicit Pot 'Oil' Culprit in Vaping Disease? Salynn Boyles, Medpage Today
New Mexico Department of Health Reports Eight Cases of Severe Lung Disease Associated with Vaping of THC Products, New Mexico Department of Health
Majority of Wisconsin Lung Disease Patients Who Reported Vaping Cite THC Products, Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Illegal Cannabis Oil Linked To National Outbreak of Lung Damage, Foster Winans, Marijuana Times
Outbreak Update: New Possibilities, and the Feds Weigh In, Jim MacDonald, Vaping 360
Dank Vapes is the "Biggest Conspiracy" in Pot That Can Put You Into a Coma, Emma Betuel, Inverse
Wisconsin Man Hospitalized with Lung Damage After Using Fake Dank Vape Cart, Zach Harris, Merry Jane
Fake Vape Cartridges Are Disrupting the Legal Weed Industry and Duping Black Market Buyers, Zach Harris, Merry Jane
Vape users: No need for alarm over death in US, expert says, Charlotte Cook, RNZ
21 Cases of Lung Disease Linked to Vaping Cannabis Bought on Street, Laura Klivins, KQED News
Counterfeit Weed Vape Cartridges Are Everywhere- and They're Making People Sick, EJ Dickson, Rolling Stone
Unlicensed marijuana vaping products eyed in 21 lung disease cases in Calif., Erin Allday, SF Chronicle
Vape Pen Lung Disease Has Insiders Eyeing Misuse of New Additives, David Downs, Leafly
Boston Pulmonologist Provides Misinformation About the Cause of Severe Lung Disease Associated with "Vaping" by Dr. Michael Siegel, Prof in Dept of Community Health Sciences, Boston U.
People are vaping THC. Lung Injuries being reported nationwide. Why is the CDC staying quiet? Jay O'Donnell and Ken Alltucker, USA Today
Overregulating vapes will cause more injuries, not fewer: Neo-prohibitionists are intent on creating a dangerous black market, Adam Sullivan, The Gazette
VTA Calls for Health Officials to Disclose Facts & Act Responsibly
Lancet commentary- Nicotine without smoke: fighting the tobacco epidemic with harm reduction, Emeritus Professor Robert Beaglehole, Emeritus Professor Ruth Bonita, Ben Youdan, Clive Bates
