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FILE - This Dec. 20, 2018, file photo shows a Juul electronic cigarette starter kit at a smoke shop in New York. Juul is the largest U.S. seller of electronic cigarettes, controlling about 70 percent of the market. The San Francisco-based company rose to the top through viral marketing that promoted high-nicotine pods with dessert and fruit flavors. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Juul stops e-cigarette ads as teen vaping, illnesses grow

Matthew Perone and Michelle Chapman Associated Press • September 25, 2019

WASHINGTON (AP) — Juul Labs Inc. will stop advertising its electronic cigarettes in the U.S. and replace its chief executive as mysterious breathing illnesses and an explosion in teen vaping have triggered...

A sixth person in the United States has died from lung disease related to vaping, Kansas health officials said. The death marks the first in the state, but raises even more concern about the safety and regulation of e-cigarettes.

A sixth person died from vaping-related lung disease. Here’s what you need to know

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN • September 11, 2019

Originally Published: 10 SEP 19 19:21 ETUpdated: 11 SEP 19 08:29 ET    (CNN) -- A sixth person in the United States has died from lung disease related to vaping, Kansas health officials said Tuesday....

Chris McPherson, a firefighter with the Windham and Garrettsville fire departments, inspects the water level inside the clearwater well at the Windham Water Department in Windham, Ohio, on Oct. 17, 2018. Over 250,000 gallons of water had to be pumped out of the well after a drinking water advisory went into effect Monday due to high manganese levels. “They said it will be better by the end of the day,” said McPherson. “This altogether, I don’t think this will be fixed for another three weeks.”

Village of Windham lifts drinking advisory after manganese scare

Carter E. Adams • October 19, 2018

The Village of Windham lifted a drinking water advisory on Thursday, one that was put in place by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency following extensive testing of the manganese levels in the water.Chronic...