OLYMPIA – Washington’s Board of Health today may decide if it will ban flavored vaping products, including THC vapor products.

The action follows concern over the mysterious lung illness that has sickened hundreds of people and killed more than a dozen across the country.

Gov. Inslee issued an executive order Sept. 27 asking the Department of Health to issue the emergency rule at its next meeting, which is Wednesday.

If the board votes to adopt the emergency rule, the ban on flavored vapor products would go into effect Thursday. The rule is effective for 120 days.

The ban would apply to products containing nicotine as well as the cannabis extract THC. Inslee said the flavored products especially appeal to youth.

A number of vaping advocates have said that vaping has helped people quit smoking and that’s a reason to not totally end the practice.