Media reports of persons hospitalized involving the 2019 vaping lung illness outbreak

People across the US have been hospitalized as a result of vaping. In 2019, an outbreak of severe lung disease was linked to vaping.
The CDC states that advising persons to discontinue use of e-cigarette, or vaping, products should be an integral part of the care approach during an inpatient admission and should be re-emphasized during outpatient follow-up.
Lawsuits over respiratory lung injuries purportedly resulting from vaping extend from California to Florida. People are being admitted to the hospital and are being placed in a medically induced coma. Many persons have required medical treatment with supplemental oxygen.
Persons hospitalized
Lawsuits after discharge
On September 23, 2019, a product liability lawsuit, Charles Wilcoxson v. Canna Brand Solutions LLC et al., was filed in Superior Court of Pierce County, Washington, against makers of THC vape cartridges.
In May 2019, 21-year-old Connor Evans was hospitalized for more than two weeks and was in a medically induced coma for 8 days. His lungs were accumulating with fluid and he coughing. After being discharged from a Pennsylvania hospital Evans took legal action against Juul in October 2019.
In September 2019, 18-year-old student Adam Hergenreder stated his attorney took legal action in Illinois against Juul after doctors told him his lungs are like that of a 70 year old. He was unable to breath without being given oxygen. He fell prey to Juul's misleading marketing, according to the complaint. Juul did not inform the public what they were selling contained toxic substances, according to the complaint. The gas station where he said he bought the Juul pods when he was a minor is also named as a defendant in the lawsuit.
In September 2019, 35-year-old Erin Gilbert from Virgin Islands has filed a lawsuit in Broward County, Florida, contending that her sickness was the result of a CBD vape oil containing mango flavor that she had purchased from a merchant in Saint Croix.
Responses after discharge
Sherie Canada from Texas was quickly taken to the hospital in June 2019.
In late June 2019, 20-year-old Alexander Mitchell from Provo, Utah was admitted to a local hospital. His tests for bacterial pneumonia and other common diseases were all negative. He starting vaping to stop using combustible cigarettes. He has since stopped vaping.
In early August 2019, 19-year-old John Porter from Marion, Indiana was experiencing shoulder and back pain. In September 2019 he was focusing on recovering.
In June 2019, 52-year-old Jon Doneson from New York felt sick after returning home from traveling to China and California.
In September 2019, 45-year-old Scott Goldstein from Shreveport, Louisiana, was struggling to stay alive after he says he was sickened from a vaping-induced lung illness.
18-year-old student, Chance Ammirata from Florida was using about half a Juul mint pod a day. This is equivalent to a nicotine dose of 10 combustible cigarettes a day. He was vaping for about 18 months. he was found to have had a collapsed left lung and needed surgery to repair it. On Twitter he explained the black dots on his lungs were from strictly Juul use. He said, "It's so f***ing scary."
In August 2019, 18-year-old Simah Herman was quickly taken to the UCLA Medical Center after she had trouble breathing. and started an anti-vaping campaign from her hospital bed. She said in September 2019 that she plans on starting a campaign with her cousin to fund research into the effects of vaping.
In August 2019, Herman thought she was going to die. She was in the hospital for almost ten days. Before ending up in the hospital, doctors were unable to tell her the reason she felt sick even though she told them she was vaping, she said.
In September 2019, 16-year-old Emma Bowland from Ellwood City, Pennsylvania was admitted to the hospital. She has since used a nicotine patch in September 2019.
In September 2019, 22-year-old Gregory Rodriguez from Queens, New York was hospitalized for being unable to breathe that was linked to vaping. Doctors believed he had a lung infection. He was discharged from the hospital and in October 2019 is recovering at home.
21-year-old Kerri Chonsky from New Jersey was in the intensive care unit for close to two weeks at the Jersey Shore University Medical Center. She began using combustible cigarettes when she was a teenager and then used Juul to try to give up smoking.
15-year-old Kegan Houck on September 30, 2019, felt dizzy and vomited after using his friend's vape during school at Owen Valley High School. At the hospital, he was diagnosed with pneumonitis which was reported as a result of vaping.
In October 2019, 16-year-old Samantha Ford from Phoenix, Arizona was found unconscious by her mother in her bedroom. Her heart was and she was bleeding from the lungs. On October 14, 2019, she was taken off life support and doctors stated she will stay in the hospital for at least the next 35 days.
On October 15, 2019 a 17-year-old from Michigan received a . This is believed to be the first of this procedure due to vaping. His lungs were destroyed following vaping. He was hospitalized with what was thought to be pneumonia at the Ascension St. John Hospital on September 5, 2019. He was transferred from the Children's Hospital of Michigan to the Henry Ford Hospital. The teenager who wishes to remain anonymous is breathing on his own.
It was reported in November 2019, 15-year-old Zane Martin from Desert Hot Springs spent over a month in the hospital, following life-threatening injuries thought to be induced by his vaping. Several of his friends have stopped vaping after finding out Martin was admitted to the hospital.

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