As vaping-related illnesses and deaths continue to climb, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is vowing to work with state and federal agencies to figure out what is causing illnesses in e-cigarette users.
"We are working around the clock to find out what is making people sick," Ileana Arias, the CDC's acting deputy director of non-infectious diseases, told reporters Friday."The focus of the investigation is narrowing, but we are still faced with complicated questions in this outbreak."
"Stop vaping now, until further information in what is causing lung damage and death can be understood," Barbara Ferrer, director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, said a press conference Friday. "We would like to ask the producers of vaping products to cease their advertising while we figure this out," Ferrer said.
"The FDA is analyzing these samples for the presence of a broad range of chemicals," Mitch Zeller, director of Center for Tobacco Products at the FDA, said on a conference call Friday. CDC officials said symptoms include shortness of breath, gastrointestinal issues, fever and fatigue. In all reported cases of vaping-related illnesses, abnormalities were observed in both lungs after examination, and no infections were detected, the CDC said.
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