Seventh Person Dies of Vaping-Related Lung Illness as CDC Ramps Up Probe

Seventh Person Dies of Vaping-Related Lung Illness as CDC Ramps Up Probe
Bottles of flavor packets for e-cigarettes stand displayed in a tobacco shop in New York on June 23, 2015. Reuters/Lucas Jackson
Simon Veazey
Updated:

A California man has become the seventh person to die of a lung disease linked to vaping, health officials say.

The case was confirmed (pdf) by Tulare County public health officials on Sept. 16, the same day the Center for Disease Control (CDC) announced it had activated an emergency operations center to handle the ongoing probe into cases of lung injury associated with electronic cigarettes or vaping.
Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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