Soon after e-cigarettes debuted in Europe in 2006, tobacco companies began investing heavily in vaping. The Food and Drug Administration noted in 2018 that vaping was increasing at an alarming rate among teens, raising concern that more young people were becoming addicted to nicotine. In 2019, deaths and vaping-related lung illness peaked in the U.S. As of February 2020, there have been 68 confirmed deaths connected to e-cigarettes and vaping products.