The Food and Drug Administration is investigating dozens of reports of people who experienced seizures after using e-cigarettes.
The agency announced Wednesday that it has received 35 reports of people suffering seizures after vaping between 2010 and 2019. Most of those cases were in adolescents and young adults. And while it isn’t clear whether there is a direct link between e-cigarettes and the seizures, health officials said they found the reports troubling.
“While 35 cases may not seem like much compared to the total number of people using e-cigarettes, we are nonetheless concerned by these reported cases,” FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb and Principal Deputy Commissioner Amy Abernethy said in a statement.
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