CONCERNING. TRY NOT TO AT LEAST WHILE THEY
INVESTIGATE THE ILLNESS.
THIS IS A VERY BIG ISSUE,
ESPECIALLY WITH TEENAGERS.
>> AND ON THE EAST SIDE AND
THEM AS WELL.
I MEAN IT WASN'T AN ISSUE MAYBE
20 YEARS AGO WHEN ALL YOUR KIDS
ARE COMING THROUGH.
BUT WHY IS IT NOT AS GOOD AS
KIDS MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT FOR
THEM?
THEM?
THEM? >>
THEM? >> WELL, THAT IS A GREAT
QUESTION, STEVE.
QUESTION, STEVE. ONE IS AT LEAST 300 CASES NOW
IN 25 STATES, OF THIS SERIOUS
ILLNESS, WHICH HAS KILLED ONE
PERSON AND PUT ABOUT 200 INTO
THE HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS LUNG
PROBLEMS WITH AN UNKNOWN
SOURCE.
SOURCE.
SOURCE. AND THEY ARE NOW INVESTIGATING
THIS, SAYING WE DON'T KNOW WHY
THIS IS GOING ON, BUT UNTIL
SUCH TIME, IF YOU'RE GOING TO
VAPE FOR ADULTS, WE'LL TALK
ABOUT THAT SECOND EPIDEMIC,
WHICH IS TEENAGERS, DO NOT DO
IT AND IF YOU'RE HAVING
SYMPTOMS, SHORTNESS OF BREATH,
DIFFICULTY BREATHING, CHEST
PAIN, THAT YOU VISIT THE DOCTOR
IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM RIGHT
AWAY.
AWAY.
AWAY. NOW
AWAY. NOW THE TEENAGE EPIDEMIC, THEY
WOULD OCCUR BECAUSE WE'VE
ALWAYS HAD ISSUES WITH THE
TEENAGERS STARTING TO SMOKE
BECAUSE OF COURSE THEY WANT TO
LOOK COOL AND TO BE AN ADULT.
BUT IN 2015 AND A NEW VAPING
PEN, IT WAS INVENTED BY THE
JUUL COMPANY.
JUUL COMPANY. TEENAGERS HAVE ADOPTED THIS AS
THE NUMBER ONE TOBACCO PRODUCT
THEY USE AND THE FDA, RELEASING
THE STATISTICS, THAT SAY FROM
2017 TO 2018 THERE IS A 79%
INCREASE IN HIGH SCHOOLERS
USING VAPING.
USING VAPING. AND THOSE USING THE FLASH DRIVE
AND SO IT IS VERY EASY TO HIDE,
VERY EASY TO START VAPING IN
SCHOOLS, GEARING UP TO FIND
THESE THINGS, SOMETIMES THEY
REALIZE WHEN THEY ARE VAPING,
THEY GET A CALL FROM SCHOOL AND
THEY COULD NOT DETECT IT AT
HOME.
HOME.
HOME. ONE
HOME. ONE OUT OF FIVE HIGH SCHOOLERS
ARE USING THE VAPING PENS.
IT IS A SMOKING SENSATION
PRODUCT WITH KIDS AND
TEENAGERS, AND THE ADDICTION
PRODUCT.
PRODUCT.
PRODUCT. >> OKAY, I WAS GOING TO SAY IT
WAS A SMOKING SENSATION BECAUSE
I HEARD PEOPLE SAY OKAY, I'M
VAPING BECAUSE OF, I DIDN'T
WANT THAT HARMFUL SMOKE, RIGHT?
AND WE DID HAVE SOMEONE THAT
WOULD TEXT US WHEN WE WERE
TEASING, THAT YOU WERE COMING
ON THE SHOW AND RON SAID I'VE
HAD TWO LUNG SURGERIES DUE TO
SMOKING.
SMOKING.
SMOKING. SO YOU CAN'T CONVINCE ME THAT
IT IS BAD.
WHAT IS THE PROOF?
>> WELL, IT IS NOT THERE YET
AND ONLY AROUND SINCE 2007,
OKAY.
OKAY.
OKAY. SO
OKAY. SO WE HAVEN'T HAD EXPERIENCE
WITH THESE AND THERE IS NO
QUESTION THAT WHEN YOU COMBINE
ALL OF THIS AND WITH JUUL.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE.
THOSE CHEMICALS, WE DON'T HAVE
LONG-TERM EXPERIENCE OF THOSE
AND NO REGULATIONS AT THIS
POINT.
POINT.
POINT. THESE JUUL PODS, EACH POD HAS
ENOUGH NICOTINE AS AN ENTIRE
PACK OF CIGARETTES, 200 PLUS.
IT'S A PURER HIT OF NICOTINE,
WHICH WILL ADDICT TEENS
QUICKER.
QUICKER.
QUICKER. UNDER NO CONDITION ARE THESE
APPROPRIATE FOR KIDS OR
PREGNANT WOMEN.
PREGNANT WOMEN. >> A LOT OF PARENTS WATCH THIS
SEGMENT AND THE KIDS ARE GOING
OFF TO SCHOOL TODAY.
WHAT'S THE ONE PIECE OF ADVICE
YOU WOULD OFFER FOR PARENTS?
>> JUST LIKE DRINKING AND
DRIVING, JUST LIKE DRINKING
WHEN YOU'RE PREGNANT, THERE
SHOULD BE A ZERO TOLERANCE FOR
VAPING IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD.
SO IF INDEED YOUR CHILD IS
SAYING THIS IS A SAFE PRODUCT
NUMBER ONE IT ISN'T.
WE DON'T HAVE LONG-TERM AND WE
DO HAVE SHORT TERM STATISTICS
THAT WILL SHOW YOU THAT KIDS
THAT START VAPING WILL START
SMOKING REGULAR TOBACCO AS
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. PLEASE PARENTS, TRY TO FIGURE
OUT IF YOU CAN DISCUSS THIS
WITH YOUR KIDS RIGHT AWAY.