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People across the US have been hospitalized as a result of [[electronic cigarette|vaping]].<ref name=CDC2019/> People were having [[shortness of breath|respiratory issues]] by the time they got to at the hospital.<ref name=Kaplan2019>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> In 2019, an [[2019 outbreak of lung illness linked to vaping products|outbreak of severe lung disease was linked to vaping]].<ref name=CDC2019/> No one compound or ingredient has emerged as the cause of these illnesses as of October 2019; and it may be that there is more than one cause of this outbreak.<ref name=CDC2019/> The [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) states that since the specific causes or causes of [[vaping-associated pulmonary injury|vaping-associated lung injury]] are not yet known, the only way to assure that a person is not at risk while the investigation continues is to consider refraining from use of all e-cigarette, or vaping, products.<ref name=CDC2019>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
The CDC states that advising persons to discontinue use of e-cigarette, or vaping, products should be an integral part of the care approach during an inpatient admission and should be re-emphasized during outpatient follow-up.<ref name=SiegelJatlaoui2019/> Quitting of e-cigarette, or vaping, products might speed recovery from this injury; resuming use of e-cigarette, or vaping, products has the potential to cause recurrence of symptoms or lung injury.<ref name=SiegelJatlaoui2019/> Evidence-based tobacco product quitting strategies include behavioral counseling and US [[Food and Drug Administration]] (US FDA)-approved [[smoking cessation|cessation medications]].<ref name=SiegelJatlaoui2019></ref>
== Persons hospitalized ==
=== Lawsuits after discharge ===
On September 23, 2019, a [[product liability]] lawsuit, ''Charles Wilcoxson v. Canna Brand Solutions LLC et al.'', was filed in [[List of Superior Court Districts in Washington|Superior Court of Pierce County, Washington]], against makers of THC vape cartridges.<ref name=L2019/> Wilcoxson, a peace officer, had used THC vape products between January 2018 and September 2019.<ref name=L2019/> He bought cannabis products that included Conscious Cannabis, Rainbows Aloft, Leafwerx, MFused, and Jane's Garden.<ref name=L2019/> All of these companies are cited as defendants, according to the compliant.<ref name=L2019/> The supplier of plaintiff's vaporizer was Canna Brand Solutions, which was also cited as a defendant.<ref name=L2019/> On September 11, 2019, the plaintiff was vaping and that night he was [[wheeze|wheezing]] very badly.<ref name=L2019/> By Monday morning he was taken to the [[emergency department|emergency room]] and was told he has [[lipid pneumonia|lipoid pneumonia]] as a result of his vaping, according to the complaint.<ref name=L2019/> He was in the hospital for three days.<ref name=L2019>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
In May 2019, 21-year-old Connor Evans was hospitalized for more than two weeks and was in a medically induced coma for 8 days.<ref name=Bernabe2019/> He initially thought he had the flu.<ref name=Backover2019>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> His lungs were accumulating with fluid and he coughing.<ref name=Bernabe2019/> At 19, Evans started using [[Juul]] products and eventually he had trouble breathing.<ref name=Bernabe2019/> He purportedly [[nicotine dependence|developed an addiction]] to Juul mint pods.<ref name=Balk2019>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> After being discharged from a [[Pennsylvania]] hospital Evans took legal action against Juul in October 2019.<ref name=Bernabe2019/> Juul purportedly did not disclose the dangers of what its pod system can do to people and deceptively advertised its products as being safer than combustible [[cigarettes]], according to the complaint.<ref name=Bernabe2019/> Evan's attorney stated that Juul is selling pods in the US with high concentrations of nicotine.<ref name=Bernabe2019/> Juul advertises its products to intentionally entice underage individuals and young adults as well as people who are never frequent smokers, according to the complaint.<ref name=Bernabe2019>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
In September 2019, 18-year-old student Adam Hergenreder stated his attorney took legal action in Illinois against Juul after doctors told him his lungs are like that of a 70 year old.<ref name=Calicchio2019/> He was admitted to a hospital in August 2019.<ref name=Calicchio2019/> He was in the [[intensive care unit]] at Advocate Condell Medical Center.<ref name=Dampier2019>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> He was vaping for more than 18 months.<ref name=Calicchio2019/> He fell prey to Juul's misleading marketing, according to the complaint.<ref name=Calicchio2019/> Juul used [[social media]] to target young people, according to his lawyers.<ref name=Wharton-2019>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Juul did not inform the public what they were selling contained toxic substances, according to the complaint.<ref name=Duncan2019>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> The gas station where he said he bought the Juul pods when he was a minor is also named as a defendant in the lawsuit.<ref name=Calicchio2019>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
=== Responses after discharge ===
[[File:Juul vaping device with pods (cropped).jpg|thumb|195px|Juul e-cigarette with pods.|alt=Juul e-cigarette with pods.]]
Sherie Canada from [[Texas]] was quickly taken to the hospital in June 2019.<ref name=Harmata2019/> Canada was unable to hold fluids and was dehydrated.<ref name=Harmata2019/> She was in a medically induced coma and was diagnosed with [[pneumonia|multifocal pneumonia]], [[sepsis]], and [[respiratory failure|acute respiratory failure]] with [[hypoxemia]].<ref name=Harmata2019/> Her lungs filled with fluids and she had [[thrombus|blood clot]]s.<ref name=Harmata2019/> She had low oxygen and blood pressure readings.<ref name=Harmata2019/> She never smoked, though was attracted to flavored [[electronic cigarette]]s.<ref name=Harmata2019>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
In September 2019, 45-year-old Scott Goldstein from [[Shreveport, Louisiana]], was struggling to stay alive after he says he was sickened from a vaping-induced lung illness.<ref name=Dillon2019/> On September 13, 2019, it was reported that Goldstein, in his hospital bed, said, "Now I have oil and water in my lungs that my lungs can't get rid of. Making them crystallize. They're rock hard."<ref name=Dillon2019/> He stated that he did not have any symptoms other than not being able to keep food down.<ref name=Dillon2019>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
18-year-old student, Chance Ammirata from [[Florida]] was using half a [[Juul]] mint pod a day.</ref>|group=notes}}<ref name=Mullin2019/> This is equivalent to a nicotine dose of 10 combustible cigarettes a day.<ref name=Brown2019>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> He was vaping for about 18 months.<ref name=Mullin2019/> After presenting to the hospital with intense chest pain,<ref name=Billings2019>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> he was found to have had a collapsed left lung and needed surgery to repair it.<ref name=Hagen2019>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> In August 2019, he posted an image of his lungs on [[social media]].<ref name=Sparks2019>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> On [[Twitter]] he explained the black dots on his lungs were from strictly Juul use.<ref name=Mullin2019/> He cautioned others to quit vaping.<ref name=Mullin2019/> He said, "It's so f*****g scary."<ref name=Mullin2019>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
In August 2019, 18-year-old Simah Herman was quickly taken to the [[Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center|UCLA Medical Center]] after she had trouble breathing.<ref name=Hawkins2019/> After she was hospitalized her condition worsened.<ref name=Hunar2019/> After being hooked up to a [[mechanical ventilation|ventilator]] and waking up from a [[induced coma|medically induced coma]], Herman wrote: "I want to start a no-vaping campaign."<ref name=Hawkins2019/> She posted photos of herself on [[Instagram]] and started an anti-vaping campaign from her hospital bed.<ref name=Hunar2019>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
In August 2019, Herman thought she was going to die.<ref name=Hawkins2019/> Doctors originally thought she had [[pneumonia]].<ref name=Ben-Moche2019/> She was in a medically induced coma for four days<ref name=Ben-Moche2019/> and on a ventilator for almost a week.<ref name=Wharton2019>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> She was in the hospital for almost ten days.<ref name=Ben-Moche2019/> At 15, Herman started vaping and within two years her health deteriorated.<ref name=Hawkins2019/> The [[tobacconist|smoke shop]] she bought the products from in [[North Hollywood, Los Angeles|North Hollywood]] did not ask for her [[identity document|ID card]].<ref name=Ben-Moche2019/> She told the shop she was 22, she said.<ref name=Ben-Moche2019/> She was vaping everyday.<ref name=Hawkins2019/> After leaving the hospital she has given up vaping.<ref name=Ben-Moche2019>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Before ending up in the hospital, doctors were unable to tell her the reason she felt sick even though she told them she was vaping, she said.<ref name=Hawkins2019>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
21-year-old Kerri Chonsky from [[New Jersey]] was in the intensive care unit for close to two weeks at the Jersey Shore University Medical Center.<ref name=Haskell2019/> Chonsky originally thought she had the flu or possibly pneumonia.<ref name=Haskell2019/> She had difficulty breathing.<ref name=Haskell2019/> She needed oxygen and steroids.<ref name=Shanes2019>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> She began using combustible cigarettes when she was a teenager and then used Juul to try to [[smoking cessation|give up smoking]].<ref name=Haskell2019/> She was diagnosed with [[Obliterative bronchiolitis|popcorn lung]].<ref name=Haskell2019/> She was discharged from the hospital in October 2019.<ref name=Haskell2019>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
== Notes ==
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