There were an estimated 11 million vapers in the U.S. in 2018. If the CDC’s reports are comprehensive, that translates into a VAPI rate of 0.005%, with a mortality rate of 0.00006%. For perspective, the CDC reports tobacco cigarettes account for 480,000 deaths per year and are responsible for one in five deaths annually. To be sure, harmful effects from long term vaping may one day become evident, but these 530 reported cases have come to the public’s attention after vaping has been in use for more than 10 years in this country.