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>>> I'VE SEEN KIDS HIT IT IN
CLASS AND BLOW THE SMOKE.
IT GOES AWAY IN FIVE SECONDS.
>> IT HITS EVERYBODY.
SOME OF MY SMARTESTS FRIENDS
HAVE DONE IT.
>> IT'S SO EASY TO ACCESS THEM.
IN IF YOU WANT ONE, YOU CAN GET
IT.
IT.
IT. >>
IT. >> YOU HEARD THE TEENS.
BUT IF YOU DON'T THINK E
CIGARETTES ARE A PROBLEM, THE
TDA HAS THE NUMBERS.
>> AND THE FDA IS GOING AFTER
FLAVORED NICOTINE.
FLAVORED NICOTINE. >> THE FDA WANTS TO CUT ACCESS.
>> EXACTLY.
>> EXACTLY. THE FDA RELEASED A PLAN TO BAN
MENTHOL CIGARETTES AND PLACE
NEW RESTRICTIONS ON FLAVORED E-
CIGARETTE.
CIGARETTE. 100%, THIS PLAN OF ACTION IS
MEANT TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF
KIDS SMOKING THIS STUFF.
THERE'S A MASSIVE RESEARCH
PROJECT THAT SHOWS 3.6 MILLION
KIDS HERE IN THE U.S. ARE NOW
USING E-CIGARETTES OR VAPE
PENS.
PENS.
PENS. IT'S A TREND THAT'S PART OF AN
EPIDEMIC.
EPIDEMIC.
EPIDEMIC. AT THE CORE ARE THE FLAVORS.
IT CAN TASTE LIKE MELON OR
MANGO.
MANGO.
MANGO. AND WHEN IT COMES TO
CIGARETTES, MORE THAN HALF OF
YOUNG SMOKERS REACH FOR MENTHOL
CIGARETTES.
CIGARETTES. THE RESEARCH PROVED SEVEN OUT
OF TEN YOUNG BLACK SMOKERS
START WITH THE COOLER
CIGARETTES.
CIGARETTES. AND KIDS WHO VAPE ARE MORE
LIKELY TO TRY THE MENTHOL
CIGARETTES OVER NONFLAVOR
FLAVOR -- NONFLAVORED ONES.
ON AVERAGE, SMOKERS DIE TEN
YEARS EARLIER THAN NONSMOKERS
CH.
CH.
CH. >>
CH. >> YOUR HEART RATE AND BLOOD
PRESSURE START IMPROVING IN 12
HOURS OF QUITTING.
YOUR LUNG HEALTH IN TWO WEEKS
OF I "ING -- QUITTING.
>> Reporter: THE FDA WANTS TO
BAN MENTHOL IN CIGARETTES AND
LIMIT THE WAY FLAVORED NICOTINE
IS SOLD.
IS SOLD.
IS SOLD. IN SORE R STOW STORE -- STORES,
IT WOULD HAVE TO BE BEHIND THE
COUNTER AND NOT ACCESSIBLE TO
MINORS.
MINORS.
MINORS. AND ON LIFE IN PRISON, AGE
VERIFICATION TECHNOLOGY.
VERIFICATION TECHNOLOGY. >> THOSE ARE SCARY.
AS A PARENT, I WANT TO KNOW IF
MY TEEN GOES TO A SMOKE SHOP,
ARE THE RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE?
>> ANNOUNCEMENT IS HUGE.
EVERYONE IS BAFKS -- BASICALLY
BEGGING FOR A STIFFER
REGULATION.
REGULATION. BUT IT'S A PROPOSAL.
IT HAS TO GO THROUGH A WHOLE
BUNCH OF PHASES.
THE REALITY IS, IT COULD BE
YEAR R YEARS -- YEARS BEFORE
ANY OF THIS TAKES AVENLTH.
.
.
. >>
. >> AND
. >> AND -- AFFECT.
>> AND MORE THAN 3 MILLION
AMERICAN KIDS ARE VAPING.
THERE'S PRESSURE ON THE MAKERS
OF THE E-CIGARETTES TO DO
SOMETHING.
SOMETHING. >> NO DOUBT.
AND THIS WEEK, ONE OF THE
BIGGEST VAPING COMPANIES SHUT
DOWN SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS.
IT WILL CHANGE THE WAY IT
MARKETS ITS PRODUCTS SO IT'S
LESS APPEALING TO KIDS.
AND IT'S PULLING THE NICOTINE
PODS FROM 90,000 STORES KRORS
THE COUNTRY -- ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. >>> IT EFFECTS US SO MUCH.
THERE'S MORE ON KHOU.COM AND ON
OUR KHOU 11 MOBILE APP.
>>> AND NOW IT'S YOUR TAKE.
YOUR TAKE ON THIS.
DO YOU THINK THE FDA'S
RESTRICTIONS ARE ENOUGH TO CURB
TEEN SMOEKING?
TEEN SMOEKING? -- SMOKING?
-- SMOKING? YES, BIG CHANGES WILL COME FROM
IT.
IT.
IT. IT'S
IT. IT'S A START BUT NOT THE
SOLUTION.
SOLUTION.
SOLUTION. AND NO, I DOUBT THIS WILL HAVE
AN IMPACT.
AN IMPACT. >> THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ARE
SAYING NO, DOUBTING THIS WILL
HAVE AN IMPACT.
VOTE IN OUR POLL.