you are an idiot. don't listen to the news, don't buy shady shit. people have been vaping for over a decade, but now all of a sudden, so many related events. surely such would have presented itself if there was a risk in vaping starting a decade ago?
no. it is most often the case these same people have in fact used synthetic marijuana products, thc cartridges ( laced with vitamin-E oil?)
no it is surely some group of dirty people bringing in dirty cheap products to cheap shops.
possibly it is even a conspiracy. in the 1920's the us government poisoned some 10000 people for the greater good of prohibition.
i have been vaping for a decade and the only thing has happened to me are incredible improvements in stamina and cardiovascular function. i had been smoking beforehand for a year and a half, and quicker than those functions declined they began to be restored, with exercise. i have had no cigarettes for years, and i would not wish to. without nicotine after a couple days it would be extremely tempting though.
all that being said, some people are different, more (serious) research without an axe to grind is required, long-term effects aren't completely clear though we are certain that it is magnitudes safer than smoking/burning tobacco and the many chemicals found in cigarettes.
this is the FDA's fault which is an entire joke of an agency cozying up to lobbyists from tobacco and who knows what else? the only companies that have been given licenses for vaping products afaik are tobacco companies that only have the worst products / flavorings, maybe in an attempt to drive out the rest of the market, even the companies that have put their efforts into R&D and Q&A, and maintain the quo of tobacco users.
perhaps read the UKs research into the matter. our news and willingness to embrace fear and give up our liberties makes this country tainted in such things and is not to be given any credence