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In depth: Raja Krishnamoorthi, chair of the House Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, has written to the National Institutes of Health to urge the agency to fund research into the long-term health effects of electronic cigarette use—also known as ‘vaping’—which he said “may have killed and injured hundreds of Americans”.
Full story: Congress calls for e-cigarette research after spate of deaths