Rash of mystery lung illnesses linked to e-cigarette use in the US Officials are warning clinicians and the public to be on alert for what they describe as a severe and potentially dangerous lung injury Symptoms include difficulty breathing, shortness of breath or chest pain, as well as fever, coughing, vomiting and diarrhoea At least 31 cases had been confirmed as of Friday, state officials said, and dozens more are under investigation
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Former Cabinet minister Mr McCartney said the approval of his ban proposal on vending machines was going to change history. Condemning tobacco vending machines as an unacceptable mistake in our countrys struggle to prevent thousands of children suffering illness and premature death, he protested that tobacco was still the only product in Britain that can be sold legally, which routinely kills and injures its customers. Mr McCartneys amendment to the law was passed without a vote and Health Secretary Andy Burnham said the Government would not oppose the measure
Any tax should be equal across all forms of tobacco, unlike the current structure that charges less for vaping fluids, he said.
Thousands of smaller companies, with fewer resources behind their submissions, have meanwhile received marketing denial orders (MDOs) under an allegedly arbitrary and capricious process, sparking a number of court cases