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The Centers for Disease Control recently linked a current lung disease outbreak to electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and vape devices. These devices have rapidly become the most common tobacco products used by teens, driven in large part by marketing and advertising by e-cigarette companies that market the products’ convenience of use and flavor variety. Now, however, the use of these unregulated products is landing many kids in the emergency rooms of hospitals across the country with serious lung illnesses.Dr. Ferkol joins the show to discuss the current outbreak, when a child should be seen for treatment, as well as recommendations for pediatricians and pediatric health care providers to combat tobacco use in all forms.