The city of Milwaukee has issued a stern warning to residents: Stop vaping immediately. The advisory came after 16 people were hospitalized with chemical pneumonia, a severe illness that causes lung inflammation, the Milwaukee health department said.
The advisory came after 16 people in Wisconsin were hospitalized with chemical pneumonia, a severe illness that causes lung inflammation, the Milwaukee health department said. All of them reported vaping or"dabbing"--inhaling potent marijuana products--before they were hospitalized, the department said.
Wisconsin follows closely behind, and its numbers are growing.Most of Wisconsin's patients are young people, many of whom were healthy before their hospitalization. Some of them were so severely ill they were placed on ventilators, respiratory disease epidemiologist Thomas Haupt of Wisconsin's Department of Health Services told CNN earlier this month.If vaping is to blame for the cases, officials aren't sure what chemicals of e-cigarettes are causing damage.
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