Almost 200 individuals in 22 states sick, 1 useless after vaping: Officers

The Newest on a attainable vaping-related sicknesses across the U.S. (all instances native):

3:15 p.m.

Well being officers say the variety of the variety of extreme respiratory sicknesses reported in individuals who vape has grown to just about 200 in 22 states.

Officers with the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention launched the brand new figures Friday and confirmed that an grownup in Illinois is being counted as the primary loss of life within the investigation.

An Illinois official mentioned the loss of life was reported to the state Thursday however gave no different particulars.

All the sicknesses have been in teenagers or adults who had used an digital cigarette or another type of vaping gadget. Docs say the sicknesses resemble an inhalation harm, with the lungs apparently reacting to a caustic substance.

No single vaping product or compound has been linked to all the circumstances. Officers say it is not clear if there is a frequent trigger.

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11:30 a.m.

Illinois well being officers are reporting what might be United States’ first loss of life tied to vaping.

In a Friday information launch, the Illinois Division of Public Well being says an individual who lately vaped died after being hospitalized with “extreme respiratory sickness.” The company did not give another details about the affected person, together with a reputation or the place the particular person lived.

Melaney Arnold, an company spokeswoman, says the loss of life is the primary within the state that might be linked to vaping. The discharge additionally says the quantity of people that have skilled respiratory sickness after vaping doubled to 22 up to now week.

In a Wednesday information launch asserting 149 circumstances of extreme lung sickness nationwide which may be tied to vaping, the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention mentioned no deaths related to vaping had been reported.