AN ILLINOIS RESIDENT WHO WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH A RESPIRATORY ILLNESS AFTER VAPING HAS DIED.
22 PEOPLE IN ILLINOIS, RANGING IN AGE FROM 17 TO 38, HAVE HAD SERIOUS BREATHING PROBLEMS AFTER VAPING OR USING E-CIGARETTES. ONE HAS NOW DIED, AND OFFICIALS ARE LOOKING INTO 12 OTHER POSSIBLE CASES. STATE PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR DOCTOR NGOZI (en-gozi) EZIKE (eh-zee-kay) SAYS THEY ARE WORKING TO DETERMINE THE CONNECTION.
SHE SAYS IF YOU HAVE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS AFTER VAPING…YOU SHOULD SEE A DOCTOR.
NATIONWIDE…THERE HAVE BEEN ABOUT 150 CASES. EZIKE SAYS THE C-D-C HAS FOUND THAT IN SOME INSTANCES, INCLUDING ILLINOIS, PEOPLE WERE VAPING A PRODUCT WITH T-H-C.