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Follow This Guide, Code Vaping Problems With Precision

Published on Wed Dec 18, 2019

New CDC advice provides clear coding suggestions. If you’ve been paying attention to recent news stories, you’ll know that the current vaping trend has resulted in serious, and in some cases fatal, health problems. As of Nov. 13, 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recorded 42 deaths throughout the US caused by e-cigarette or vaping product use [...]
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