CDC: Electronic cigarettes kill 57 people and have infected 2,600 lung diseases to date

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A report by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that electronic cigarettes caused the deaths of 57 people, as the number of smoke-related lung diseases reached more than 2,600 people, according to the report, and this is a week after the FDA announced a ban on most Electronic Aroma cigarettes in an attempt to limit the rise of the harmful effects of this type of electronic cigarette in young people.

New figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that the number of victims of electronic cigarettes has risen to 57 in the United States.

The report pointed out that 2,602 people were admitted to hospital for a lung disease associated with electronic cigarettes in all of the U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the report said that most victims were men under the age of 35.

And confirmed the deaths of 57 people in 27 states and in the capital, were Georgia, Illinois, and Indiana recorded the highest number of deaths which each caused five deaths.

Four people have been confirmed dead in California, three deaths in Massachusetts and Minnesota and two confirmed deaths in Florida, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Oregon, and Tennessee.

According to the CDC, about 83% of people who contracted the disease reported having smoked electronic cigarettes.

"This is a serious clinical case that affects young people across the country, and it is completely preventable," said Dr. Ann Schuchat, deputy director of the CDC.

Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a ban on most flavored electronic cigarettes to curb the increase in youth fumigation, and the CDC has not changed its warning against the use of these illicit products and continues to urge Americans who do not use electronic cigarettes not to start smoking.