WASHINGTON, DC. (THECOUNT) — Americans should not smoke e-cigarettes, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Friday, as they investigate how hundreds of people became sick, and at least three people died after using them.
Former Tobacco smokers who have long ago switched to vaping say until the death-toll comes closed to all the tobacco related deaths, they’ll stick with vaping.
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“When I stopped smoking and started vaping, my life changed for the better. I’ve never looked back and after all my smoking related sickness went away, I have since been happy and thank god healthy,” said one longtime vape user.
The report claims as many as 450 people, including 215 cases formally reported to the CDC, in 33 states have reported possible pulmonary disease after using e-cigarette devices, liquids, refill pods and cartridges. Symptoms of this pulmonary disease include shortness of breath, fatigue, fever and nausea or vomiting. Investigators must eliminate other causes of illness, aside from e-cigarette use, Meaney-Delman. She is the incident manager who is overseeing efforts to track, understand and respond this pulmonary disease for the CDC, reports PBS, the official gov TV station.
“While this investigation is ongoing, people should not use e-cigarette products,” Dana Meaney-Delman of the CDC said in a call Friday. That broad recommendation is because “there is a diversity of products” related to e-cigarettes, some containing THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, marijuana’s primary psychoactive component, and some containing nicotine, she said.
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