Seventeen additional cases of vaping-associated lung injury in Massachusetts have been reported to the to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Public Health reports.To date, DPH has received 184 reports from clinicians of patients with suspected vaping-associated lung injuries. Of those 184 reports, 46 cases, both confirmed and probable, were reported to the CDC.Of the 46 cases reported to the CDC, 27 of the patients were female and 19 were male, health officials said. Forty of the patients were hospitalized as a result of their illness, health officials said. One patient, a woman in her 60s from Hampshire County, was the state's first death from vaping-associated lung injury, which DPH previously reported, health officials said.With regard to age, 21 patients were under age 30; 14 were between the ages of 30 and 49; and 11 were age 50 or above, health officials said.Of the 46 cases reported to the CDC, 19 patients reported vaping only tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, an ingredient found in marijuana; 12 reported vaping THC and nicotine; 11 reported vaping nicotine only; fewer than five reported vaping CBD; and fewer than five reported the substance was unknown.On Sept. 24, Gov. Charlie Baker announced a public health emergency and a four-month ban on sales of all vaping products in Massachusetts. The sales ban applies to all online and retail vaping devices and products, including those containing nicotine or cannabis.

Seventeen additional cases of vaping-associated lung injury in Massachusetts have been reported to the to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Public Health reports.

To date, DPH has received 184 reports from clinicians of patients with suspected vaping-associated lung injuries. Of those 184 reports, 46 cases, both confirmed and probable, were reported to the CDC.


Of the 46 cases reported to the CDC, 27 of the patients were female and 19 were male, health officials said. Forty of the patients were hospitalized as a result of their illness, health officials said. One patient, a woman in her 60s from Hampshire County, was the state's first death from vaping-associated lung injury, which DPH previously reported, health officials said.

With regard to age, 21 patients were under age 30; 14 were between the ages of 30 and 49; and 11 were age 50 or above, health officials said.

Of the 46 cases reported to the CDC, 19 patients reported vaping only tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, an ingredient found in marijuana; 12 reported vaping THC and nicotine; 11 reported vaping nicotine only; fewer than five reported vaping CBD; and fewer than five reported the substance was unknown.

On Sept. 24, Gov. Charlie Baker announced a public health emergency and a four-month ban on sales of all vaping products in Massachusetts. The sales ban applies to all online and retail vaping devices and products, including those containing nicotine or cannabis.