Bronx Teenager’s Death Is the Youngest Vaping Fatality in U.S. The 17-year-old who died last week is the youngest of 23 people to die nationwide of a vaping-related lung illness.
A 17-year-old Bronx boy whose death was disclosed by New York State officials on Tuesday is the first teenager in the United States to die of a vaping-related illness, according to federal and state data.
The teenager died on Friday after being hospitalized twice in September with a vaping-related illness, becoming the state’s first fatality from the mysterious lung disease, according to state health officials.
“Parents have to know; young people have to know,” Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said in announcing the teenager’s death on Tuesday. “You are playing with your life when you play with this stuff.”
The death brought the total number of vaping-related deaths in the United States to 23, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state agencies. New Jersey health officials said last week that an adult woman was the first resident of that state to die of a vaping-related illness.
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The New York City medical examiner’s office was conducting its own inquiry into the death announced by the state, according to a spokeswoman for Mayor Bill de Blasio.
“The city is investigating the case in question but no official determination has been made at this time,” the spokeswoman, Avery Cohen, said.
Credit : https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/08/nyregion/vaping-death.html