Vitamin Eacetate News Today

>> reporter: the cdc zeroed in on thc containing products and a more specific culprit. a cutting agent known at vitamin eacetate. the issue, staggering rise in vaping among young people. >> how would you describe the vaping situation in your school? >> it got kind of bad last year. some people did it too much. like -- a lot too much, and it escalated i think. >> reporter: the cdc says more than 6 million middle and high school students used a tobacco product this year. thats up from about 4.9 mi...

Illnesses. reporter: after 8 months of searching for answers, health officials are calling this a breakthrough. vitamin eacetate is being used to dilute the thc. swallowed or applied to the skin, but when inhaled it may interfere with normal lung function. but despite these findings they are not ruling out that other chemicals may be responsible for the outbreak. >> now that we found vitamin e aeacetate in thing wrongs.