(This CDC has not provided new data since 02/18/2020)
Vitamin E Acetate is strongly linked to the EVALI outbreak. Vitamin E Acetate has been found in product samples tested by FDA and state laboratories and inpatient lung fluid samples tested by CDC from geographically diverse states. Vitamin E Acetate has not been found in the lung fluid of people that do not have EVALI.
Severe Pulmonary Disease Associated with Using E-Cigarette Products - An official CDC Health Advisory
Severe Pulmonary Disease Associated with Electronic-Cigarette–Product Use — Interim Guidance (from the CDC)
Update: Characteristics of a Nationwide Outbreak of E-cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use–Associated Lung Injury — United States, August 2019–January 2020, CDC MMWR, January 24, 2020
E-cigarettes and Youth: What Parents Need to Know (CDC)
Know the Risks: E-Cigarettes & Young People (Surgeon General)
More than 3 Million Youth Reported Using a Tobacco Product in 2022 (CDC Press Release, 11/10/22)
Trends in Adolescent Vaping, 2017–2019 (New England Journal of Medicine)
Combating Epidemic of Youth E-Cigarette Use with Plan to Clear Market of Unauthorized, Non-Tobacco-Flavored E-Cigarette Products (HHS Press Office)