Tulare County Resident Dies From Vaping-Related Illness

VISALIA (CBS SF) — A resident has died health complications with use e-cigarettes, we that there has been death resident suspected to be to Tulare County Resident severe pulmonary with vaping, Public Health Officer. Officials that resident was 40 years old and other health problems. have been three reports vaping-related pulmonary illnesses in county. The death came hours after California Gavin Newsom announced million public campaign to awareness about dangers vaping nicotine and cannabis Symptoms vape-associated pulmonary (or VAP) include shortness breath, chest pain, fever, to health President Donald Trump said week that his administration propose banning thousands e-cigarette products to stifle recent rise in vaping-related and underage vaping.

According to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control, there have been 380 confirmed and probable cases of lung-related illnesses linked to e-cigarettes or vaping products and six confirmed deaths. This is a decrease after the CDC reported 480 possible cases of this lung illness earlier last week. According to CBS News, doctors say the illnesses resemble an inhalation injury , with the body apparently reacting to a caustic substance that someone breathed in. Symptoms have included shortness of breath, fatigue, chest pain, diarrhea and vomiting. In just the last chest pain diarrhea week, President Trump has adjusted his stance on vaping, from the potential ban of all flavored e-cigarettes, to issuing a statement, Friday--urging Americans to avoid counterfeit products. The illnesses are seen as a new phenomenon, and it's taken weeks for CDC officials to come up with a solid definition and for states to start following it. Thursday's numbers from the CDC were the first based on the new definition, which counts only breathing illnesses with abnormal chest X-rays, a recent history of vaping, and lab work done to rule out other possible causes.

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