Health Officials Urge No Vaping After 4th Death Reported in California; 161 Hospitalized
POSTED 3:58 PM, NOVEMBER 13, 2019, BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
California public health officials are urging people to stop vaping and using e-cigarettes as a fourth death related to vaping was reported in the state.
The state’s Department of Public Health said Wednesday 161 people have been hospitalized for severe breathing problems and lung damage since August.
Marin County’s Department of Health and Human Services confirmed Wednesday the death of a previously healthy woman in her 40s who had started vaping six months ago.
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Michigan teen becomes first in US to have double lung transplant due to vaping damage
BY JUSTIN WISE - 11/12/19 08:50 PM EST 165
A Michigan teenager is reportedly believed to be the first person ever to receive a double lung transplant due to a vaping-related illness that has swept through the United States.
"This is an evil that I haven't faced before," Dr. Hassan Nemeh, a thoracic specialist at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, said at a news conference on Tuesday, according to NBC News.
Doctors did not comment on whether the the 17-year-old boy had been using vaping products before becoming ill. But they stressed that individuals should stop using the products.
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POSTED 3:58 PM, NOVEMBER 13, 2019, BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
California public health officials are urging people to stop vaping and using e-cigarettes as a fourth death related to vaping was reported in the state.
The state’s Department of Public Health said Wednesday 161 people have been hospitalized for severe breathing problems and lung damage since August.
Marin County’s Department of Health and Human Services confirmed Wednesday the death of a previously healthy woman in her 40s who had started vaping six months ago.
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Michigan teen becomes first in US to have double lung transplant due to vaping damage
BY JUSTIN WISE - 11/12/19 08:50 PM EST 165
A Michigan teenager is reportedly believed to be the first person ever to receive a double lung transplant due to a vaping-related illness that has swept through the United States.
"This is an evil that I haven't faced before," Dr. Hassan Nemeh, a thoracic specialist at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, said at a news conference on Tuesday, according to NBC News.
Doctors did not comment on whether the the 17-year-old boy had been using vaping products before becoming ill. But they stressed that individuals should stop using the products.
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