Lamar HS student passes out in class after vaping

A Lamar High School student who passed out in class after vaping is in the hospital.  Houston Fire Department paramedics took the tenth-grader to TexasChildren’s Hospital around 3 p.m. Thursday.  The HFD says she passed out as a result of an overdose due to vaping.  The girl’s name hasn’t been released.  She’s in unknown condition.

Vaping-related illnesses surge as FDA discloses criminal probe

Federal officials have said that at least 530 people in 38 states have now become sickened by a mysterious vaping-related lung illness. All reported cases had a history of e-cigarette or vaping use, officials have said. Many people have also said they used black market or illicit THC products. Illinois’s chief medical officer, Jennifer Layden, […]

29 Cases of Lung Illness caused by E-cigarettes

The San Antonio Metropolitan Health District reports two confirmed cases of severe lung disease in Bexar County caused by vaping. Metro Health officials are urging residents to stop using vaping devices and e-cigarettes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there are 29 cases of lung illness associated with e-cigarette use under investigation in […]

Vaping Causing Severe Lung Illness

Vaping is being blamed for more than a dozen cases of severe lung illness in Dallas County, five of which were reported Monday morning.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging people to stop vaping until its investigators can pinpoint the cause of the outbreak of illness.  Half of the 14 patients in […]