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>>> WE
>>> WE ARE HEARING MORE AND MORE CASES OF LUNG ILLNESS.
SOME OF THEM ARE MYSTERIOUS,
ASSOCIATED WITH VAPING.
THEY ARE BEING REPORTED, TWO
MORE STATES HAVE SEEN CASES POP
UP.
UP.
UP. RETURN TO THE NATIONAL OUTLET,
THE CDC AND FDA, AS OF AUGUST
27, 215 POSSIBLE CASES HAVE
BEEN REPORTED IN 25 STATES.
THIS A MORE CASES ARE UNDER
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. TWO CASES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED
TO HAVE HAPPENED RIGHT HERE IN
COLORADO.
COLORADO.
COLORADO. THIS IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT
THE CASES ARE LINKED TO ONE
PARTICULAR PRODUCT.
PARTICULAR PRODUCT. MANY PATIENTS HAVE REPORTED
USING ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES
THAT CONTAIN THC.
IN MANY CASES, THEY EXPERIENCE
SYMPTOMS GRADUALLY, INCLUDING
SHORTNESS OF BREATH, CHEST
PAIN, BEFORE BEING HOSPITALIZED.
IT WAS A PERSON IN ILLINOIS
THAT DIED FROM SEVERE
RESPIRATORY ILLNESS LAST WEEK.
OFFICIALS SAY THE VICTIM HAD
RECENTLY VAPE.
RECENTLY VAPE. >>> JOINING US NOW IS A
RESPIRATORY THERAPIST WITH UC
HEALTH.
HEALTH.
HEALTH. YOU MANAGED THE RESPIRATORY
DEPARTMENT OF THE HOSPITAL.
THAT WAS TOUGH TO GET OUT.
THAT'S A MOUTHFUL.
WE WERE ASKING ABOUT THIS.
IT FEELS LIKE ALL OF A SUDDEN,
THERE IS A CLUSTER OF
DIAGNOSES, WHY?
DIAGNOSES, WHY? >> IT IS AN UNKNOWN.
WE HAVE THESE KIDS, WE HAVE
TEENAGERS AND ADULTS COMING IN
WITH PNEUMONIA AND COUGHING,
SHORTNESS OF BREATH SYMPTOMS.
IT IS OFTEN TIMES BEING
MISDIAGNOSED.
MISDIAGNOSED. WHAT WE ARE FINDING OUT NOW,
THEY ARE DIGGING DEEPER INTO
IT.
IT.
IT. THEY
IT. THEY ARE USING THESE VAPING
PRODUCTS.
PRODUCTS.
PRODUCTS. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, WHEN
SOMEBODY GETS ADMITTED TO THE
HOSPITAL AND THEY ASK IF YOU
ARE A SMOKER.
IF THEY SAY NO, BECAUSE THEY
VAPE, OFTEN TIMES IT CAN GET
MISSED IN A STEP AS WELL.
>> ARE WE TALKING ABOUT VAPING
ITSELF AS BEING AN UNHEALTHY
THING?
THING?
THING? IS
THING? IS IT WHAT PEOPLE CHOOSE TO
VAPE THAT SEEMS TO BE THE
BIGGEST PROBLEM?
BIGGEST PROBLEM? >> IT IS A COMBINATION.
ULTIMATELY, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT
IS IN THOSE PODS.
THEIR PODS THAT ARE MADE FROM
MAINSTREAM COMPANIES.
MAINSTREAM COMPANIES. OTHERS ARE MADE ON THE BLACK
STREET MARKET.
STREET MARKET. YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS IN
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. >>
THEM. >> IS A REGULATION?
>> THERE IS NO FDA REGULATION
ON WHAT GOES INTO THOSE PODS AT
THIS POINT.
THIS POINT. >> THEY'RE STARTING TO SHOW UP,
BECAUSE THEY HAVE GROWN IN
POPULARITY.
POPULARITY. PART OF THE THING, THE
COMPANIES ARE SAYING, THIS IS
BECAUSE WE ARE HELPING PEOPLE
QUIT SMOKING.
QUIT SMOKING. >> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. IT IS KIND OF, A SILLY MYTH IN
THAT REGARD.
THAT REGARD. WHAT HAPPENS IS, YOU HAVE
SOMEBODY, PACK OF CIGARETTES,
THEY WOULD SMOKE A CIGARETTE
PER DAY OR A PACK OF STICKERS
PER DAY, YOU KNOW HOW MUCH
NICOTINE YOU ARE GETTING.
YOU STOP AT THAT.
WHEN YOU HAVE A VAPE DEVICE,
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH
NICOTINE YOU ARE GETTING.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IS IN THE
PODS.
PODS.
PODS. EVEN IF YOU GO THROUGH AN
ENTIRE POD, IT WILL HAPPEN AT A
MUCH QUICKER RATE THAN YOU
REALIZE.
REALIZE.
REALIZE. YOUR CHANCES OF THAT ADDICTION
ARE SKYROCKETED.
ARE SKYROCKETED. >> COMPANIES MARKET THE IDEA
THAT THEY ARE SMOKING CESSATION
PRODUCTS.
PRODUCTS.
PRODUCTS. IS QUITTING VAPING HARDER,
EASIER, OR THE SAME THAN
SMOKING?
SMOKING?
SMOKING? >> IT COULD BE MORE CHALLENGING.
THERE ARE ONLY SEVEN FDA
APPROVED METHODS FOR SMOKING
CESSATION.
CESSATION. THAT WILL BE THE PATCH, THE
GUM, THE LOZENGE, AND THE
DIFFERENT MEDICATIONS LIKE
WELLBUTRIN, AND THEY HAVE AN
INHALER AND A NASAL SPRAY.
THE INTERESTING THING, MANY
PEOPLE ARE MISUSING THE GUM IN
THE LOZENGES.
THE LOZENGES. THE THING, THE GUM TASTE
HORRIBLE, THE IDEA BEHIND THE
GUM IS THAT YOU CHOMP AND PARK
IT BETWEEN YOUR CHEEK AND YOUR
GUMS, SO IT ABSORBS THE
NICOTINE IN YOUR MOUTH.
PEOPLE SUCK ON THE LOZENGES, AS
IF THEY ARE COUGH DROP.
YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO PUT THOSE
UNDERNEATH YOUR TONGUE AS WELL.
A LOT OF MISUSE AND MISEDUCATION
IS IN THAT AREA.
>> IS 70 THAT DEALS WITH THE
LUNGS, SO OFTEN PEOPLE AND
SAID, THERE'S NOTHING WORSE
THAN TO WATCH SOMEBODY STRUGGLE
TO BREATHE. TO SEE A YOUNG
PERSON, ESPECIALLY IN THESE
CASES, IT HAS TO BE
HEARTBREAKING.
HEARTBREAKING. >> IT IS, AND I HAVE A HIGH
SCORE MYSELF THAT DEALS WITH US
ON A DAILY BASIS AT SCHOOL.
THE BIGGEST THING THAT PARENTS
CAN DO FOR THEIR KIDS IS BE
SUPPORTIVE.
SUPPORTIVE. BE THERE FOR THEM.
AN OPEN EAR.
I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS AS A
PARENT 20'S GOAL TO BE LIKE,
DON'T DO THIS.
TAKING AN APPROACH OF, ASKING
AND TRYING TO HAVE THAT
UNDERSTANDING, AND BEING THE
SUPPORTIVE PERSON WILL GO WAY
FURTHER IN THE LONG RUN.
>> IT IS CERTAINLY A CHALLENGE.
THIS IS ONE OF THE NEW THINGS
THAT WE ARE HAVING TO MANAGE
AND LEARN MORE ABOUT.
IT IS A BIT ALARMING TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT WE DON'T
UNDERSTAND, OR WE THINK