Hospitalizations highlight potential dangers of e-cigs to teens’ lungs

Eight Wisconsin teens developed severe injuries to the organs after using the devices

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CHEMICAL PLUME  Chemicals inhaled while using e-cigarettes can damage the lungs, studies have found. The devices may be why eight teens recently landed in a Wisconsin hospital with serious respiratory illnesses.

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The eight Wisconsin teens had become so short of breath that they needed to be hospitalized.