The CDC identified vitamin E acetate, a cutting agent used in illicit market THC vape cartridges, present in 29 of 29 lung fluid samples from patients in 10 states.
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From ‘Veronica Mars’ to toxic vapes: The rise and fall of Honey Cut
A struggling Hollywood actor got into the vape industry and hit paydirt with vitamin E oil. Then people started to get sick.
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Health Canada speaks on the vaping-related illness crisis
Learn about the recent outbreak of vape-related lung illness in North America, and what you can do to maintain safe consumption practices.
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Tainted vape pens selling 2-for-1 in illegal California stores
Leafly catches unlicensed Los Angeles shops selling THC vape carts with 5,475 times the allowable level of pesticide, amid 110 sick and three dead statewide.
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“Yolo!” brand CBD vapes sickened consumers with K2 and spice
Prosecutors accuse an illegal California vape maker of using synthetics, not CBD, because they were cheaper. Dozens fell ill because of it.
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How mainstream media botched the vape lung story
It’s not the THC: Sloppy work at the AP, Wall Street Journal, and other outlets feeds consumers bad information.
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Opinion: Why Massachusetts’ vaping ban won’t stop lung illnesses
By banning all legal vapes, Gov. Baker sent consumers to the polluted illicit market—and to deadly tobacco cigarettes.
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California vape maker Kushy Punch caught making illegal products
State officials suspect legal products were going out the front door, while illegal products slipped out the back.
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Officials finally catch on to illegal ‘Dank Vapes’ problem
It’s not a legal brand. ‘Dank Vapes’ exist only as empty cartridge boxes—until illegal cart makers fill them with god knows what.
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Keep calm and vape on: As UK embraces e-cigarettes, US shies away
While the U.S. scrambles to crack down on vaping, Britain has embraced electronic cigarettes as a powerful tool to help smokers kick the habit.
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