US health officials investigating 215 possible cases of severe lung disease associated with vaping

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U.S. health officials are investigating 215 possible cases of severe lung disease associated with vaping across 25 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration said in a statement Friday.

Health officials are investigating 215 possible cases of severe lung disease associated with vaping across 25 states.The risks of vaping — whether nicotine or THC — are relatively unknown.U.S. health officials are investigating 215 possible cases of severe lung disease associated with vaping across 25 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration said in a joint statement Friday.

"Even though cases appear similar, it is not clear if these cases have a common cause or if they are different diseases with similar presentations, which is why our ongoing investigation is critical," CDC Director Robert Redfield and acting FDA Commissioner Ned Sharpless said in a joint statement. The CDC on Friday also issued a health advisory to make doctors and public health officials aware of the outbreak of severe lung disease and encourage them to share any information they have with the CDC.last week from a critical lung disease in what regulators consider the first vaping-related death in the U.S. As of Thursday, the state has recorded a total of 27 cases that fit the description of the illness and another eight that need more investigation.

State health departments are coordinating to share information with each other and federal agencies, including the Centers for Disease for Control and Prevention and the. While the dangers of smoking cigarettes are well documented, the risks of vaping — whether nicotine or THC — are relatively unknown.

 

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anything to ban vaping and go back to cigarettes 🙄 too much overpopulation

Shocker. Ingesting loads of chemicals into your lungs kills you. If people think this is breaking news then they need to get their brains checked, not their rotted out lungs.

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