AS LAWMAKERS CONSIDER TOUGHER VAPING LAWS…ONE BIG QUESTION REMAINS. WHAT EXACTLY IS MAKING PEOPLE SO SICK? 

THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 500 CASES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AT LEAST 69 IN ILLINOIS. STATE PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR DOCTOR NGOZI (en-gozi) EZIKE (eh-zee-kay) SAYS THE C-D-C HASN’T FOUND A COMMON DENOMINATOR BESIDES VAPING.

NGOZI SAYS 75 TO 80 PERCENT OF PATIENTS IN ILLINOIS HAVE VAPED MARIJUANA. 

RESEARCHERS ARE ALSO LOOKING AT VITAMIN E ACETATE OIL AS A POSSIBLE CULPRIT. IT’S LEGAL AND NOT HARMFUL WHEN INGESTED OR APPLIED TO THE SKIN BUT MAY POSE A DANGER WHEN INHALED.