{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["19(1)"],"submitter":["Katchmar A"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Introduction</h4>In August 2019, an outbreak of \"e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury\" (EVALI) prompted many states and health organizations to warn against the use of electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, due to the presumed link between e-cigarette use and the illness. However, it was later shown that vitamin E acetate, a component of some illicit vaporizable THC products, was the causative agent in this outbreak.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a series of cross-sectional surveys of the websites of all state departments of health to determine how they communicated the risk of e-cigarette use during and after the EVALI outbreak. We then paired this analysis with data from the 2016 through 2020 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to measure changes in cigarett"],"journal":["Harm reduction journal"],"pagination":["112"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9535934"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Analysis of state portrayals of the risks of e-cigarette use and the cause of the EVALI outbreak."],"pmcid":["PMC9535934"],"pubmed_authors":["Katchmar A","Siegel M","Shafer P"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Analysis of state portrayals of the risks of e-cigarette use and the cause of the EVALI outbreak.","description":"<h4>Introduction</h4>In August 2019, an outbreak of \"e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury\" (EVALI) prompted many states and health organizations to warn against the use of electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, due to the presumed link between e-cigarette use and the illness. However, it was later shown that vitamin E acetate, a component of some illicit vaporizable THC products, was the causative agent in this outbreak.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a series of cross-sectional surveys of the websites of all state departments of health to determine how they communicated the risk of e-cigarette use during and after the EVALI outbreak. We then paired this analysis with data from the 2016 through 2020 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to measure changes in cigarett","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Oct","modification":"2025-04-04T08:44:57.245Z","creation":"2025-04-04T08:44:57.245Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9535934","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36199112"],"doi":["10.1186/s12954-022-00694-6"]}}