This was reported by USA Today, citing the Illinois Department of Public Health.

“This is the first human death in Illinois to be hospitalized with a serious respiratory illness due to the consumption of electronic cigarettes,” the agency said.

According to doctors, the number of hospitalized in the United States with diseases associated with the use of vape has doubled over the past few weeks.

Over the previous two months, 153 patients with serious lung diseases from smoking electronic cigarettes were sent to medical facilities in 16 US states.

It was previously reported that San Francisco was the first city in the United States to ban all types of electronic cigarettes.