>>10912596>While some of the cases appear similar, officials said they don’t know whether the illnesses are associated with the e-cigarette devices themselves, or with specific ingredients or contaminants inhaled through them. Health officials have said patients have described vaping a variety of substances, including nicotine, marijuana-based products and do-it-yourself “home brews.”While it wasn't disclosed for the death case, all of the other patients vaped unauthorized products.
This is not evidence that vaping causes lung diseases per se, which you implied.