People who died as a result of a mysterious outbreak of vaping-related lung injury often used products exclusively containing THC, the main psychoactive substance in cannabis, according to numbers released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Among 19 such deaths with data available on what substances had been vaped, 63% reported exclusive use of products containing THC, 84% reported any use of these products, 37% reported vaping products containing nicotine, and 16% said they'd only vaped nicotine-containing products.How to convince, scare or bribe your kids not to vapeThose who died tended to be older than the wider group of those affected by the outbreak.
The CDC is recommending"that you do not use e-cigarette or vaping products that contain THC," as the specific cause or substance implicated in the outbreak is still unknown. The agency says"the only way to assure that you are not at risk while the investigation continues is to consider refraining from use of all e-cigarette and vaping products.
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