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Episode 138: Vaping, Firearms, and the Leading Causes of Death in the US

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The Death of Hands and Feet in 2017

In 2017, six hundred and ninety six people were killed with hands or feet. That's the last year for which we have data. And to put this in perspective, we're talking about eight deaths by vaping this year. We can go a step further here and say that what you're six, seven times as likely to die in a homicide committed withhands or feet than you are by tainted vapor.

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