lung disease

The Salt Lake County Health Department is showing students how badly smoking can affect lung health in a very short period of time. The Health Department displayed a pair of pig lungs side by side to fifth-graders at Hawthorne Elementary School during a recent presentation on the dangers of smoking and vaping...

The Grand County School District issued a statement on Monday indicating a previous report regarding meth in vapes found at the school were incorrect. ORIGINAL STORY: Some students in the Grand County School District have been vaping methamphetamine, this is according to school district officials...

The number of Utahns who have come down with lung disease due to vaping has increased again. The Utah Department of Health said yesterday that there are now 76 confirmed cases of vaping-related illness in the state, five more than were reported at the end of last month...

A recent rise in illnesses related to vaping can be traced to cartridges containing the active ingredient in cannabis. Epidemiologist Keegan McCaffrey of the Utah Department of Health says the department has interviewed more than half of the 71 people in the state who have been affected by the outbreak...

Republican Senator Mitt Romney wants the FDA to consider a recall on e-cigarettes as the number of lung disease cases related to vaping continues to rise. On Twitter, Romney says he's concerned that young users have been "deceived into thinking e-cigarettes are safe...

Utah health agencies are now treating 28 cases of severe lung disease connected to vaping products. According to the Utah Department of Health, 14 other cases under investigation are potentially related to the epidemic as well. Symptoms include coughing, shortness of breath, chest pain, fatigue, nausea and vomiting...