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Vaping industry loses its cool amid hospitalizations, deaths.
As Trump pushes flavor ban, 5 things to know about vaping and the recent health scare
By KATE THAYER CHICAGO TRIBUNE |SEP 11, 2019 Known for the dessert-sounding flavors that President Donald Trump proposed banning Wednesday, e-cigarettes, used for vaping, have come under fire this summer as hundreds of otherwise healthy, mostly young people who used the devices struggled to breathe and were hospitalized. As the number of confirmed patients climbs, the respiratory illness has mystified public health officials who continue to investigate by testing products and patient specimens. As of late last week, there were 450 cases recorded across the country, including nearly four dozen hospitalized in Illinois, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Six of those patients have died, including an Illinois resident. Kansas public health officials reported the sixth vaping death Tuesday — an adult older than 50 with an underlying health issue, according to a press release. All that’s known about the other victims are the states where they lived and that they were at least 18 years old. While vaping industry insiders claim tampered, black market e-cigarettes containing THC oil are to blame, public health officials still aren’t sure what substances vaped, or which products used, are responsible. While a majority of the patients reported vaping THC — the compound in marijuana that creates a high — many also used nicotine-based e-cigarettes, officials have said. read more New York City public schools ‘toothless’ on vaping despite national health crisis By Sara Dorn, Susan Edelman and Mary Kay Linge. NEW YORK POST September 14, 2019 | 7:38pm Amid a national health crisis over vaping-linked respiratory illnesses, educators across the country are taking extreme measures to stop students from puffing on e-cigarettes. But not in New York City’s public schools. While others are going as far as removing bathroom doors and expelling students caught just once with e-cigarettes, the nation’s largest district is taking a comparatively lax approach. read more Experts warn US vaping backlash is turning people back to cigarettes Nick Allen, washington. 14 SEPTEMBER 2019 • 5:11PM. THE TELEGRAPH Smokers are turning back to traditional cigarettes amid health scares over vaping, US experts have warned. Vaping has been linked to six deaths across the United States, and 380 people have been hospitalised with lung illnesses in what the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has called an "outbreak". This week, Donald Trump moved to ban flavoured e-cigarettes in a bid to deter teenagers from taking up vaping. Three-quarters of the market is controlled by the e-cigarette company Juul. read more Lung exert says vaping illness could leave permanent injury Paul John Scott / Forum News Service Sept. 15, 2019 The vaping-related lung illness that has stricken 380 mostly young persons from 36 states, killing six, may have offered up a real-life window on CSI-type public health epidemiology, and even drawn calls for product bans from the White House, but from the viewpoint of an expert in lung disease, it's always been a disaster in the making. "Vaping oil is dangerous," says Dr. Paul Scanlon, who as medical director of the Pulmonary Clinical Research Center at Mayo Clinic has worked on landmark studies of environmental lung disease. "It's predictably dangerous and you shouldn't do it." read more |
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