ABC World News Tonight reported on “warnings about possible health risks from vaping…as the number of people suffering from lung disease after using e-cigarettes continues to grow.” The CDC is “already investigating about 200 cases of lung illnesses among users of e-cigarettes across at least 22 states, many of them in teens and young adults.” Experts on the subject “say it’s important to note that while these cases are associated with vaping, the exact cause is not proven.”

The Washington Post reports “state and federal health authorities are focusing on the role of contaminants or counterfeit substances as a likely cause of vaping-related lung illnesses – now up to 354 possible cases in 29 states, nearly double the number reported to be under investigation last week, The Washington Post has learned.” Authorities “are narrowing the possible culprits to adulterants in vaping products purported to have THC [tetrahydrocannabinol]…as well as adulterants in nicotine vaping products.” The piece adds that former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb “said he believes it’s unlikely that Juul – or other large national e-cigarette companies – are associated with the recent cases because the illnesses appeared to have developed suddenly and do not appear to be spread evenly across the nation.”

NBC News reports on its website that “there has been no single product or device linking all of the cases.” States with vaping-related lung disease “cases either confirmed or under investigation” include Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Wisconsin.

The AP reports that “nearly nine out of 10 cases where vaping led to people developing a severe lung disease in Wisconsin involved the use of THC products, such as waxes or oils, Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services said Thursday.”

From the news release of the American Association for Justice.