CDC reports 18 deaths due to mysterious lung illness linked to vaping products and confirms over 1,000 cases being treated
In this Friday, Aug. 17, 2018 file photo, a man breathes vapes from an e-cigarette at a vape shop in London.
Many of 275 cases reported this week appear to have occurred after the CDC raised alarms over the illness last month, and the agency is redoubling its call for people to stop vaping until the cause of the illnesses can be identified. "The samples show a mix of results and no one substance has been identified in all of the samples tested," she said.
Investigators have not linked the illnesses to any specific product or compound, but have pointed to vaping oils containing THC - the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana - as being especially risky.
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