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Washington -- meredith has more from washington. >> reporter: the centers for disease control and prevention says the number of people getting sick on the rise as officials in missouri announced a new death believed to be tied to vaping. the fda says its also launched a criminal probe into the matter. the missouri case brings the total number of vaping-related deaths nationwide to eight. the cdc says they have 530 confirmed and probable cases of lung injuries, and this is impacting at least 38 s...

Nationwide to eight. the c.d.c. says 530 confirmed and probable cases of lung injury and impacting at least 38 states and one u.s. territory. health officials say so far there is no one single e-cigarette, vaping product or brand thats tied to this health emergency. the c.d.c. calls it a complex investigates, but the vast majority of people getting sick are men, 18 to 34. and the arkansas based retailer says it will no longer stock e-cigs after selling through the current existing inventory. giv...

Ill to speak with investigators and others are reluctant to discuss what exactly it was they were vaping. listen. >> as of now, theres no consistent single product, e cigarette or vaping product that is associated with these illnesses. but in many and now probably most cases, they are associated with the inhalation of thc. >> typical stops include cough, shortness of bright, diarrhea, fever and fatigue. the symptoms can come on quickly after vaping. >> unlike traditional cigarettes when it was d...

With the inlayings of thc. >> reporter: the public health concerns go beyond active vaping. new research shows the number of u.s. middle and high school students exposed to second hand e-cigarette smoke increased from roughly one in four in 2016 to one in three in 2018. >> second hand exposures are indicative of people being around others who are vaping and modelling that behaeufrb haeufrb kwror -- behavior. >> reporter: several health officials say vaping is never a good idea for nonsmokers bec...

Representative of the overall cbd market, however, the poison control center says it considers cbd and emerging has her because of the potential for mislabeling and contamination. and some breaking news just today, the cdc has opened its emergency operations center to insist and to provide enhanced support and multiagency investigations into e-cigarette or vaping related injuries and death, shep. >> shepard: jonathan serrie come alive for us, thanks. new york said to become the second state to b...

Suggesting that vaping can have a role in american public health. what we do know about vaping is that amongst people that are addicted to conventional cigarett cigarettes, those who have been smoking for years and years, we know vaping could potentially be more effective to help with those who smoke cigarettes like nicotine patches and lozenges. having said that, the way were currently thinking about the safety of e-cigarettes is unacceptable. the fda has not reviewed a single e-cigarette on th...

They go onto the marketplace. >> you were talking about the popularity of these e-cigarettes amongst teens and high schoolers and even some middle schoolers. i read some teenagers are sleeping with their e-cigarettes under their pillows, theyre so addicting they need to take a few puffs the minute they wake up. 18% of teens admitted to vaping, said they were attracted to e-cigarettes because of the flavors like mint and mango, what have you. >> if youre a youth between 12 and 17 and use an e-cig...

Surrogates, this is a debate, and while they should not start. the du-- one of the things that personally attack each other, i dont think we saw much of that in the last debate in detroit, important is to not have people what it should be is an opportunity to differentiate start vaping. a lot of the kids, the majority ones self from your neighbor. of young people who start vaping have never been smokers in the its an opportunity to finally first place, so this is how they ensure that the party i...

Significa -- e-cigarettes is consistent, why isnt the government applying it to guns as well? we also have senator blumenthal on tonight. hes supposedly working on a gun deal. what does he think about the supreme court case that changes the asylum laws in this country? >> obviously, i mean, the people watching will say, well, the difference on guns is theres something in the constitution about guns. >> thats exactly right. you have a right to bear arms. you dont have a right to have an e-cigaret...

We also have senator blumenthal on tonight. hes supposedly working on a gun deal. what does he think about the supreme court case, coop, that changes the asylum laws in this country. >> obviously, i mean people watching will say the difference on guns is there is something in the constitution about that. >> thats exactly right. you have a right to bear arms. you dont have a right to have an e-cigarette in your mouth. but what im saying is the way they pass muster in terms of a policy here is pub...