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    Commentary: Why is vaping the only youth health issue in the crosshairs?

    by Michael Siegel, Los Angeles Times Sep 26, 2019 3 minutes

    Amid growing reports linking serious lung illnesses to vaping, California health officials issued a pointed warning Tuesday: Stop vaping immediately. Almost two weeks earlier, the Trump administration announced plans to remove all flavored electronic cigarettes - favored by youth - from the market.

    At least 530 cases of vaping-associated respiratory illnesses have been reported. Nine of these cases have been fatal, two of them in California.

    This dramatic response to the problem of youth vaping stands in stark contrast to the way lawmakers and agencies have handled other

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