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>All issues have come from illegal products. No brands are mentioned. Clearly, contamination is the issue. It is irresponsible to blame "vaping" especially considering that the alternative is "smoking" -- which won't ever result in a newspaper article about sickness/death because it is so common.

This doesn't sound like that:

>The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health was investigating a possible fifth death, saying on Friday afternoon that the fatality was “associated with the use of e-cigarettes, also known as vaping.”

I'm assuming e-cigarettes are the legitimate sort.




> Public health officials have underscored one fundamental point: that the surge in illnesses is a new phenomenon and not merely a recognition of a syndrome that may have been developing for years.




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