CDC warns against e-cigarettes use as mysterious lung disease spreads

[TomSea]

CDC warns against e-cigarettes use as mysterious lung disease spreads
ANI    8th September 2019, 04:03 GMT+10

California [USA], Sept 7 (ANI): The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is warning people against the use of e-cigarette products after serious lung illnesses were found associated with vaping products.

In its official release, the organisation notes that initial findings from the investigation indicate to illnesses likely to be associated with chemical exposure. However, it is yet to be fully linked to a single product or substance common to all cases.

Read more at: https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/262338536/cdc-warns-against-e-cigarettes-use-as-mysterious-lung-disease-spreads

More links, that 2nd paragraph is not written well.

https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/cdc-warns-stay-away-from-vaping-devices-68376645750

https://www.newsweek.com/cdc-confirms-five-vaping-related-deathswhat-we-know-about-mysterious-illness-so-far-1458190

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/indiana-links-its-1st-death-to-vaping-3rd-so-far-in-country-559585721.html

The numbers cited of people dying are not very high. 5?  So, we will see where this goes.

[mountaineer]

I've read anecdotal accounts from parents of the serious lung diseases their teens got from vaping, but the kids pulled through.

[mountaineer]

Washington Examiner (click on link for full story)
Sixth person dies of lung disease linked to e-cigarettes
by Cassidy Morrison
 | September 10, 2019 04:11 PM

A Kansas woman who used an e-cigarette is the sixth person to die of a severe lung illness that doctors say is tied to vaping.

The 50-year-old patient started using an e-cigarette one week prior to her death, and while she had some underlying health issues, doctors who treated her say that vaping was the culprit.  ...

Doctors cannot say conclusively what links vaping to the mysterious and rapidly progressive lung diseases that have now killed six people in just three weeks, but Norman said he is confident there will be more fatalities.  ...