{"id":13370,"date":"2020-01-23T09:10:36","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T14:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/?post_type=press-release&#038;p=13370"},"modified":"2020-01-23T09:17:04","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T14:17:04","slug":"local-experts-address-the-health-risks-of-vaping-at-orange-county-educational-forum","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/media-advisories\/press-releases\/2020\/01\/local-experts-address-the-health-risks-of-vaping-at-orange-county-educational-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Experts Address the Health Risks of Vaping at Orange County Educational Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11545\" src=\"https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Demings_Seal_Full_Color-150x150.png\" alt=\"Mayor Jerry L. Demings Seal\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Demings_Seal_Full_Color-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Demings_Seal_Full_Color-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Demings_Seal_Full_Color-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Demings_Seal_Full_Color-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Demings_Seal_Full_Color-241x241.png 241w, https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Demings_Seal_Full_Color-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Demings_Seal_Full_Color-785x785.png 785w, https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Demings_Seal_Full_Color.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Orange County Mayor Jerry L. Demings invites the public to learn more about the health risks associated with vaping at a free panel discussion with local medical experts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT\/WHO:<\/strong> Orange County Mayor <strong>Jerry Demings<\/strong> will welcome local doctors from Nemours Children\u2019s Health System to discuss the symptoms they have seen, and what parents and teens need to know about vaping-related illnesses.<\/p>\n<p>This free public forum is entitled \u201cVaping in Adolescents \u2013 Fact vs. Fiction. What you need to know.\u201d Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions of the experts.<\/p>\n<p>Scheduled to speak:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dr. Lonna Gordon,<\/strong> MD Adolescent Medicine<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. Floyd Livingston,<\/strong> MD Pulmonology<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. Gift Kopsombut,<\/strong> MD Hospital Medicine<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. Thomas Hall, <\/strong>PhD Orange County Drug Free Coalition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>WHEN\/WHERE:<\/strong> Registration begins at 5:45 p.m. Presentation is 6 \u2013 7:30 p.m. Monday, January 27, 2020, Orange County Board of County Commission Chambers, 201 S. Rosalind Ave., downtown Orlando.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY:<\/strong> Nationwide, more than 1,000 cases of vaping-related illnesses have been reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 48 states and 1 U.S. territory this year. There have been 18 deaths in 15 states.<\/p>\n<p>In Florida, the Department of Health reports that there has been one death and 39 confirmed cases of lung injury associated with vaping in the state as of Oct. 1, 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orange County Mayor Jerry L. Demings invites the public to learn more about the health risks associated with vaping at a free panel discussion with local medical experts. 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