First Death Linked To Vaping Reported Amid Escalating Illness

Officials are investigating 193 cases of a mysterious, vaping-related illness. This is the first related death.

. Investigators have not been able to find a common link more specific than vaping among patients, who are coming to emergency rooms in increasingly high numbers.

Officials are unsure if the burgeoning illness is caused by the type of product being vaped, the e-cigarettes themselves, or whether it is due to contaminated or defective black market substances. What they do know is that the symptoms exhibited by patients are . In Illinois, where the first death caused by this illness occurred, patients range in age from 17 to 38, according to the state’s health department, and cases have been reported in 22 states in total.A leading issue in both the growing prevalence of the illness as well as finding solutions is the lack of regulation. There areand ways to get and fill pods with any number of substances.

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