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EXTEND THE BAN HE HAS PUT IN PLACE. >> OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF THE WOMAN WHO DIED. >> AFTER LEARNING A SECOND WOMAN IN MASSACHUSETTS HAS DIED OF A VAPING-RELATED ILLNESS, GOVERNOR BAKER SUGGESTED HE MAY LOOK TO LENGTHEN THE 90 DAY EMERGENCY REGULATION IN PLACE BANNING THE SALE OF ALL VAPING PRODUCTS. >> THERE IS CERTAINLY A POSSIBILITY. WE ARE CONSIDERING AN EXTENSION OF THE EXISTING BAND. >> 61 POSSIBLE OR CONFIRMED VAPING-RELATED ILLNESSES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED SINCE SEPTEMBER BY THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. TWO PEOPLE HAVE DIED A WOMAN IN HER 60’S FROM HAMPSHIRE COUNTY EARLIER THIS MONTH. AND TODAY, DPH ANNOUNCED A WOMAN IN HER 40’S FROM MIDDLESEX COUNTY ALSO DIED OF AN ILLNESS ASSOCIATED WITH VAPING. >> BOTH OF THE DEATHS SO FAR HAVE BEEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DETERMINED TO VAPE NICOTINE 25 -- DETERMINED TO HAVE BEEN VAPING NICOTINE. >> VAPE SHOP OWNERS WERE FORCED TO CLOSE ON SEPTEMBER 24 WHEN GOVERNOR BAKER PUT HIS INITI 120-DAY BAN IN PLACE, A MOVE THE VAPING INDUSTRY FOUGHT. LAST WEEK, A JUDGE RULED THAT HAD TO BE DIALED BACK TO A 90 DAY EMERGENCY REGULATION THAT INCLUDED INPUT FROM AFFECTED BUSINESSES TO BAKER, THE BAN ALLOWS TIME TO COLLECT INFORMATION AND HOPEFULLY FIND OUT WHAT IS MAKING PEOPLE SICK. >> WE WILL BE ABLE HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS TO PUT IN PLACE A SET OF PROTOCOLS AND INFO FOR THE PUBLIC TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT WE AND EVERYONE ELSE HAS ABOUT WHAT IS CAUSING THIS. >> WE DID REACH OUT

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