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Paper of the Week: 21st January 2020 This week’s blog is brought to you by: Dr Muir Gray This is a free pdf with the full articles and accompanying editorials https://cdn.nejm.org/pdf/Notable-Articles-of-2019.pdf Authors conclusion We know that physicians need the best information in order to advise patients and to identify these vaping-related illnesses. In early September, we published a report on pulmonary illness related to e-cigarette use in Illinois and Wisconsin. The 53 cases described in this report had patterns of pneu­monitis that included acute eosinophilic pneumonia, organizing pneumonia and lipoid pneumonia, among others. Products that contained THC were the most commonly reported e-cigarette product exposure. 2019 will be remembered for emergence of vaping-related disease and this article was [...]