Of this is probably due to vapeing products purchased off the streets, black market products, thc products that are not fda regulated and they are inhaling these artificial flavors and chemicals which can kill cells in the lungs and cause problems with breathing. shannon: not to interrupt you but while you are talking about it let s bring up some of the symptoms that you already mentioned, coughing, chest pain, vomiting, fatigue, weight loss. if you experience these symptoms you should take note. absolutely. it is a bit unfair that responsible adults use e-cigarette as a means to quit smoking but we have to do something, take action to protect our children because it is growing number, we have to educate our kids, make it a part of the curricula at school just like physical education and sex education, we need drug education, parents to teach
let s start briefly we said that the illnesss are mysterious, that is not the case. it is new products entering the market illegally and the study showed that many of those sickened were using thc products. you re talking about e cigarettes being bootlegged and used we know that this is dangerous for you, we know that the glycol in nicotine vapes are very different. we don t know what is in these products. and now the idea here is to expand the black market, that is
Death linked to vaping. that person in kansas, over 50 years old with underlying health problems whose symptoms worsened rapidly. most of the cases are linked to vaping thc products, but doctors are scrambling for answers. we don t know, but something clearly has changed in the last month to six weeks in the products that are being vaped, and that s what the cdc is working to find out. reporter: 18-year-old simah herman vaped nicotine then thc over two years, getting sicker and sicker, ending up on life support, on a ventilator. it was terrifying. i was just getting weaker and weaker by the minute. reporter: doctors put simah in a medically-induced coma. when she woke up, she asked to write this message on instagram, now seen around the world. i m just trying to share my story and save people s lives. and adrienne, tonight, the american lung association is also just out with a new warning? reporter: yes, david, that s right. they re saying that e-cigarettes are not safe a