The trump administratin said on Wednesday thta it would ban the sale of most flavorede e-cigarettes, at a time when hundreds of people have been sickened by mysterious lung illnesses and teenage vaping continues to rise.
This summer's startling reports of vaping-related respiratory illnesses, which now near 500 cases in nearly three dozen states and have possible links to 6 deaths, have only amplifies concerns and renewed calls for a total ban on largely unregulated pipeline of e-cigarette and cannabis vaping products.
Five million minors, mostly in their high school years, reported that they had uswed e-cigarettes recently, he said. about one-quarter of the nation's high school students re[ported vaping within the last 30 days in their year's annual survey, up from 20 percent last year.
Matthew L. Myers, president of the campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, called the admiistration's decision historic. President Trump's announcement that tej government will remove flavored e-cigarettes from the market is an extraordinary and necessary step, he said. This is a public health crisis and we cannot afford more delays in confronting it.