ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo says a 17-year-old boy from the Bronx is the first New Yorker to die as a result of vaping.

The boy's Oct. 4 death was reported Tuesday to the state Department of Health. Cuomo said the teenager was hospitalized in early September for a respiratory illness related to vaping.

The governor made the announcement Tuesday after an unrelated news conference.

The governor's administration said it has received 110 reports from New York physicians of severe pulmonary illness among patients between the ages of 14 to 69 years who were using at least one vape product prior to becoming ill.

Cuomo, whose administration recently moved to ban flavored e-cigarette products, said people are playing with their lives when they vape.

Hundreds of individuals around the nation have fallen victim to catastrophic respiratory problems that appear to be related to vaping. Officials including the Centers for Disease Control strongly suspect a link to bootleg products that contain THC, the ingredient in marijuana that produces a high. They also have not ruled out legal products as possible causes.

The state Health Department recently passed emergency regulations banning flavored e-cig products, which experts say target young consumers. The same officials are poised to ban menthol vaping products, a flavor that was left out of the initial regulatory action.

Though the ban went into effect Sept. 17, the state said it would not begin enforcing it until Oct. 4. The ban was blocked a day before last week's deadline by a temporary restraining order issued by an appellate court Thursday.

Four appellate justices said the order will remain in effect until a lower court decides on their motion for a preliminary injunction. A state Supreme Court justice is scheduled to hear arguments in the case Oct. 18.

The vaping industry argues that since illegal products appear to be causing the recent wave of ailments, it is being unfairly punished.