The two separate 'crises' underlying the vaping 'epidemic'

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Lawmakers and public health groups have pushed for years for a government regulatory crackdown on e-cigarettes, worried about the possibility of teens getting hooked.

But it wasn’t until recently, when a serious, mysterious vaping-related lung illness took hold, that they really started getting somewhere. The problem even drew the attention of first lady Melania Trump, who sat beside President Trump in the Oval Office as he declared that “people are dying with vaping.”

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