Connecticut state public health officials joined the call for consumers to stop using electronic cigarettes after 11 people in the state have fallen ill with a serious respiratory disease after vaping.ng.
The youngest person that was hospitalized in Connecticut so far is 15.
Connecticut state public health officials joined the call for consumers to stop using electronic cigarettes after six more people in the last week have fallen ill with serious respiratory disease linked to vaping, bringing the total number of residents hospitalized to 11. Their symptoms included inflamed lungs, shortness of breath, chest pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and fever. Many of the patients required intensive care, the state said.
Connecticut's Department of Public Health is one of dozens of agencies across the country working with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta to identify the chemical combinations that, when vaped are inflaming users' lungs and making them sick.related to vaping which are spread out over 36 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands.The patients are generally young and otherwise healthy people, CDC officials said.
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