Citing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the CDPH said that vaping exposes users to “substances for which there is little information about related harms.”
“CDPH advises anyone experiencing cough, shortness of breath, or fatigue following use of an e-cigarette or other vaping devices to seek medical treatment and to inform their healthcare provider that they have recently been using those products,” the advisory read.
The city’s warning comes less than a week after the Trump administration announced that it planned to ban most flavored e-cigarettes.
“We can’t allow people to get sick,” President Trump said. “And we can’t have our kids be so affected.”
Mayor Frank Jackson, who’s been sounding like Trump lately himself, and City Council’s Health and Human Services Chair Blaine Griffin signed onto the advisory.
The Ohio Department of Health has confirmed that 13 Ohio cases of lung illness were associated with vaping products. As many as 14 additional cases are currently under investigation.
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This article appears in Sep 11-17, 2019.
I wonder how many vape store owners will hang around for the lawsuit portion of this experiment. Internet cafes with illegal gambling… Vape stores causing lung disease… what’s next in the wild west that is Ohio.