New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that a teenager from the Bronx is the first death associated with vaping in the state.
Governor Cuomo only identified the victim as a 17-year-old from the Bronx, but called vaping a "public health crisis" that must be addressed.
"Parents have to know, young people have to know, you are playing with your life when you are playing with this stuff," he said.
Cuomo said the 17-year-old died at Montefiore Hospital from a vaping related pulmonary illness. The teen is the youngest of the people who have died nationwide because of vaping.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said last month its investigation into the outbreak is looking at products containing the marijuana compound THC, but further details regarding the fatal case in New York were not immediately available.
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