Illinois health department points to vaping as possible factor in recent death

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Illinois health department points to vaping as possible factor in a recent death.

An investigation is underway in Illinois into more than 30 cases where individuals experienced respiratory illness after using e-cigarettes or vaping, state officials said Friday.

"The severity of illness people are experiencing is alarming and we must get the word out that using e-cigarettes and vaping can be dangerous," IDPH Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said in the news release."We requested a team from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help us investigate these cases and they arrived in Illinois on Tuesday," Ezike said.

 

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That is a pointless click bait title.... It's not that they were vaping, it's WHAT they were vaping.... That's like saying someone who died from eating a poison apple as 'pointing to eating as a possible factor in a recent death.'

Good thing I only vape weed oil

So if I read this headline correctly: regarding 1 recent death, in 1 state, the health dept. of that state points to vaping as a 'factor.' Possibly. And this is tweet-worthy?

Tell us something we didn’t know. Hong Kong University issued a research on the subject 4 years back, so...

MORE: An investigation is underway into more than 30 cases in which individuals experienced respiratory illness after using e-cigarettes or vaping, Illinois officials say.

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