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SEVENTH PERSON TO DIE FROM A
MYSTERIOUS PULMONARY LUNG
DISEASE KICKED TO VAPING OR THE
USE OF E CIGARETTES.
IN ADDITION, THERE ARE MORE
THAN 500 OTHER CASES OF THE
DISEASE IN 36 STATES.
AND THAT NUMBER INCLUDES THREE
TEENS HERE IN WASHINGTON STATE.
THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL
IS RUSHING TO FIND A COMMON
THREAD BUT NOTHING SO FAR.
IN THE MEAN TIME, HEALTH
OFFICIALS ARE WARNING PEOPLE TO
BE CAREFUL OR IN SOME CASES,
JUST STOP VAPING ALL TOGETHER.
PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER, DR.
JEFF, JOINS ME TO TALK ABOUT
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. AND
THIS. AND BOY, THERE IS A LOT TO TALK
ABOUT.
ABOUT.
ABOUT. BECAUSE EVERYONE IS OBVIOUSLY
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S
GOING ON.
GOING ON.
GOING ON. BUT THE POINT IS THIS LUNG
DISEASE, IS THERE ANY
INFORMATION YET ABOUT WHO'S
GETTING IT?
GETTING IT? WHY?
WHY?
WHY? >>
WHY? >> THIS IS A TERRIBLY COMPLEX
OUTBREAK.
OUTBREAK.
OUTBREAK. I CALL IT AN OUTBREAK BECAUSE
WE BECAME AWARE OF THIS VERY
SUDDENLY.
SUDDENLY.
SUDDENLY. IN THE LATE SUMMER.
AND AS YOU KNOW, NOTED, THERE
ARE NEW CASES APPEARING DAILY.
IT'S MOST LIKELY THAT THIS IS
REPRESENTING A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH VAPING
AND E CIGARETTE USE CAN HARM
THE LUNGS.
THE LUNGS. THERE'S PROBABLY MORE THAN ONE
THING HAPPENING HERE BUT
THEY'RE ALL DAMAGING THE LUNGS.
WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT PEOPLE WHO
HAVE SUFFERED THIS LUNG
INFECTION OR NOT INFECTION,
INFLAMMATION, LUNG DAMAGE, HAVE
USED E CIGARETTES THAT HAVE
CONTAINED THC THEY GOT ELICITLY
AS WELL AS THROUGH STATE
REGULATED OUT LETS.
THEY'VE USED VAPING DEVICES
THAT CONTAINED NICOTINE ONLY.
NO THC OR ADDITIVE.
AND THEY USED A VARIETY OF
ADDITIVES AND FLAVORINGS.
SO THE FACT THAT THERE MANY
DIFFERENT DEVICES, MANY
DIFFERENT TYPES OF SOLUTIONS
THAT CAN GO IN, INCLUDING
NICOTINE AND CONTAINING THC AND
NONCONTAINING AND FLAVORINGS
MAKES THIS COMPLEX TO SORT OUT.
>> THERE COULD BE A MYRIAD OF
REASONS WHY EVERYBODY IS ENDING
UP AT THE SAME CONCLUSION.
>> THERE'S MORE THAN ONE WAY IN
WHICH VAPING AND E CIGARETTE
USE DAMAGED THE LUNGS.
THIS CAME TO OUR ATTENTION
BECAUSE SOMETHING HAPPENED
DIFFERENTLY OVER THE SUMMER, A
CONTAMINANT IN ONE OF THE
SOLUTIONS OR A DIFFERENT WAY IN
WHICH THE SOLUTIONS ARE BEING
MIXED OR ADDED AND WHEN WE
START TO SCRUTINIZE THE
OUTBREAK, WE DISCOVERED THERE'S
A LOT OF LUNG PROBLEMS THAT ARE
COMING TO OUR ATTENTION HERE,
AND THERE'S PROBABLY MORE THAN
ONE WAY THAT'S HAPPENING.
VAPE JUICE CAN CONTAIN MORE
THAN 60 CHEMICALS THAT GET
INHALED AND CAN HAVE TOXIC
IFECTS ON THE LUNGS AND THE
BODY.
BODY.
BODY. >>
BODY. >> TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH
OF THE 60 IS THE ISSUE IS A
NEEDLE IN A HAY STACK TYPE OF
SCIENCE.
SCIENCE.
SCIENCE. >> WHICH IS THE ISSUE?
WHICH DEVICE IS BEING USED?
HOW FREQUENTLY?
HOW FREQUENTLY? ALL OF THIS WILL TAKE A WHILE
TO SORT OUT.
BUT I THINK THE BOTTOM LINE IS,
E CIGARETTE USE AND VAPING IS
NOT HEALTHY.
NOT HEALTHY. IT'S A DANGEROUS THING TO DO.
NO ONE SHOULD BE DOING IT AT
THE MOMENT.
THE MOMENT. >> GIVEN THAT YOU'RE SAYING
THAT, WE KNOW STATE HEALTH
DEPARTMENTS ARE TELLING PEOPLE
TO STOP USING IT ALL TOGETHER.
THAT IS GOOD ADVICE IN YOUR
MIND?
MIND?
MIND? >>
MIND? >> I THINK IT IS.
FIRST OF ALL, NO ONE SHOULD
START AT THIS POINT, IT'S NOT
SAFE.
SAFE.
SAFE. PEOPLE HEAR IT'S SAFER THAN
CIGARETTES.
CIGARETTES. THAT'S LIKE SAYING SWIMMING IN
A SHARK TANK IS SAFER THAN
SWIMMING IN A PIRANHA TANK.
IT'S UNHEALTHY.
IT'S UNHEALTHY. IT CAUSES FIRST OF ALL, IF
YOU'RE USING NICOTINE
CONTAINING, NICOTINE IS A
HIGHLY ADDICTIVE SUBSTANCE THAT
HAS ADVERSE EFFECTS ON THE
DEVELOPING BRAIN UP THROUGH 25
YEARS OF AGE.
AND MANY YOUTH WHO START E
CIGARETTE USE THINKING THEY'RE
DOING SOMETHING SAFER END UP
SMOKING CIGARETTES, IT'S A RISK
FACTOR FOR SUBSEQUENT SUBSTANCE
USE.
USE.
USE. KILLING HALF A MILLION
AMERICANS EVERY YEAR.
>> THE AMOUNT OF NICOTINE THAT
CAN BE IN THIS LITTLE GUY IS
HOW MUCH?
HOW MUCH?
HOW MUCH? >> SO ONE OF THESE LITTLE PODS
THAT IS MADE BY THIS
MANUFACTURER, JUUL, CONTAINS AS
MUCHNICK TEEN AS AN ENTIRE PACK
OF CIGARETTES -- AS MUCH,
NICOTINE AS AN ENTIRE PACK OF
CIGARETTES.
CIGARETTES. >> WHAT SHOULD WE PUT INTO
ACTION?
ACTION?
ACTION? >> FIRST OF ALL, DON'T START.
IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT USING,
DON'T DO IT.
PREGNANT WOMEN, YOUNG PEOPLE,
CHILDREN, AND YOUTH SHOULD
NEVER VAPE.
NEVER VAPE. THE DANGERS OF NICOTINE
ADDICTION CAN LEAD TO HONG TERM
HEALTH PROBLEMS AND CHANGES IN
BRAIN FUNCTION AND
CONCENTRATION.
CONCENTRATION. MEMORY, IMPULSE CONTROL, AND
LOTS OF OTHER THINGS, INCLUDING
POTENTIALLY MAKE PEOPLE MORE
SUSCEPTIBLE TO OTHER TYPES OF
ADDICTIONS.
ADDICTIONS. NO ONE SHOULD START.
THOSE GROUPS ARE ESPECIALLY AT
RISK.
RISK.
RISK. AND
RISK. AND IF YOU'RE CURRENTLY USING E
CIGARETTES OR VAPING DEVICES
THINKING IT'S A SMOKING
CESSATION AID THERE'S NO
EVIDENCE THAT SUGGESTS IT'S
MORE EFFECTIVE THAN THE OTHER
AVAILABLE SMOKING CESSATION
TOOLS THAT ARE ARE OUT THERE.
WE DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW WELL
IT WORKS AT THIS POINT.
MANY PEOPLE WHO START THEN END
UP USING CIGARETTES OR USING
BOTH E CIGARETTES AND
CIGARETTES.
CIGARETTES. SO I SUGGEST ANYONE WHO WANTS
TO QUIT SMOKING, LOOK AT EITHER
THE WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH WEBSITE WHICH HAS
SMOKING CESSATION ADVICE OR
TALK TO THEIR HEALTH CARE
PROVIDER FOR SOMETHING THAT WE
KNOW IS SAFE.
>> THE TEEN STATISTICS WHEN IT
COMES TO THIS.
PRETTY SCARY.
PRETTY SCARY. I'M A PARENT OF TWO JUNIOR HIGH
SCHOOLERS.
SCHOOLERS. THIS IS ALL READY HAPPENING AT
THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE STATISTICS
THAT PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT.
>> THE NUMBER OF TEENS THAT ARE
USING E CIGARETTES AND VAPING
DEVICES IS EXPLODING.
IT'S INCREASED BY 4 TO 500%
OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS IN
KING COUNTY AND NATIONALLY.
NOW ONE IN FOUR HIGH SCHOOL
SENIORS IS REPORTING THAT THEY
HAVE VAPED IN THE LAST 90 DAYS.
ONE IN FOUR.
AND ABOUT ONE IN SIX TENTH
GRADERS.
GRADERS.
GRADERS. SO THESE COMPANIES ARE
MARKETING THIS PRODUCT TO TEENS
AND YOUTH.
AND YOUTH. THEY ARE GETTING THE IMPRESSION
THAT THIS IS SAFE.
OR SAFER THAN CIGARETTES.
WHICH IT IS NOT.
E CIGARETTE USE AND VAPING ARE
NOT SAFE.
NOT SAFE.
NOT SAFE. THEY CONTAIN MANY TOXIC
CHEMICALS.
CHEMICALS. THEY CONTAIN HIGHLY ADDICTIVE
NICOTINE.
NICOTINE.
NICOTINE. WHICH CAN LEAD TO A NUMBER OF
HEALTH PROBLEMS.
HEALTH PROBLEMS. THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO
FOCUS ON AS A COMMUNITY.
STOPPING THE TARGETING OF YOUTH
AND HELPING YOUTH RESIST THE
URGE, YOU KNOW, THE SWEET
FLAVORS AND ADDITIVES AND VAPE
JUICES, IT'S CANDY COATING
ADDICTION.
ADDICTION. THEY'RE TAKING THESE HIGHLY
ADDICTIVE SUBSTANCES AND MAKING
THEM APPEALING BY THROWING
CANDY ON IT.
>> IF YOU'RE NOT VAPING BUT
NEAR SOMEONE WHO IS DO WE KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT THE SECONDHAND
SMOKE FACTOR OF VAPING?
>> WE NO VERY LITTLE ABILITY
THE LONGHAND CONSEQUENCES OF
VAPING IN GENERAL.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S
REMARKABLE ABOUT THE CURRENT
OUTBREAK IS WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY
EVIDENCE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON
WITH LUNG HEALTH AND VAPING
UNTIL THIS OUTBREAK.
AND NOW WE'RE SEEING WOW,
THERE'S A HECK OF A LOT OF BAD
THINGS THAT HAPPEN ASSOCIATED
WITH VAPING AND E CIGARETTE
USE.
USE.
USE. AND
USE. AND LIKEWISE, WE DON'T KNOW
WHAT THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS ARE.
WE THINK THAT THERE'S LESS
CANCER RISK COMPARED TO
CIGARETTES.
CIGARETTES. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S A LOW BAR.
CIGARETTES KILL HALF A MILLION
AMERICANS EVERY YEAR.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE SAFE.
>> BOTTOM LINE, STAY OUT OF THE
SHARK TANK AND THE PIRANHA
TANK.
TANK.
TANK. SWIM IN CLEAN WATERS.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
WE'VE LINKED RESOURCES FOR
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. INCLUDING SYMPTOMS OF LUNG
DISEASE.
DISEASE.
DISEASE. YOU'LL FIND ALL OF THOSE ON THE
NEW DAY WEBSITE.
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