Vaping By the Numbers

Since June 2019, there has been a multistate outbreak of lung disease in the U.S. associated with e-cigarette product use. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), state and local health departments and other clinical and public health partners are investigating these cases of e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury (EVALI). Below, data (as of January 2020) from the CDC, the National Youth Tobacco Survey and the Surgeon General illustrate one of the biggest health challenges today.