Vaping disease

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https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/10/health/vaping-outbreak-2019-explainer/index.html
Why is this a surprise to people? Vaping just blew up out of nowhere and, as far as I know, no one checked whats even in these sort of oils or whatever they put in that stuff. Smoking has never been good. So how could everyone think that vaping would be healthier? Why couldn't authorities check with these oils form the beginning?