JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi State Department of Health is confirming Mississippi’s first death related to vaping.
The department says Thursday the person was younger than 30, but it did not give a name or hometown.
The release says Mississippi has four identified cases of serious lung injury related to vaping, all in people between 18 and 34. Three of those injuries are for people still living, and one is the person who died.
The health department says three of the four indicated a history of vaping THC, the ingredient in marijuana that produces a high.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says more than 800 confirmed and probable cases of lung illnesses and several deaths nationwide are attributed to vaping. The CDC hasn’t identified a common product or ingredient responsible.
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