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. >>> EVERYONE WHO RETURNS TO
SMOKING BECAUSE OF THE FLAVOR
BAN AND DAYS TO WILL FALL AT
YOUR FEET.
YOUR FEET. >> THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
JUST BANNED FLAVORED VAPING
LIQUIDS DESPITE PLEAS FROM
VAPORS AND VAPE STORE OWNERS.
VAPORS FEAR THE BAN WILL SEND
THEM BACK TO CIGARETTES.
THIS AFTERNOON THE BOARD OF
HEALTH VOTED TO BAN THE SALE
OF THE FLAVORED ECIGARETTES
SOLUTIONS FOR NICOTINE AND
MARIJUANA PRODUCTS.
MARIJUANA PRODUCTS. THE BAN WILL GO INTO EFFECT
TOMORROW.
TOMORROW.
TOMORROW. BOARD MEMBERS PASSED THE BAN
AFTER AN HOUR OF EMOTIONAL
TESTIMONY.
TESTIMONY. DREW MIKKELSEN FOUND OUT WHAT
THE IMPACT OF THE BAN COULD
BE.
BE.
BE. DREW.
DREW.
DREW. >>
DREW. >> Reporter: YEAH.
YOU SAW THINGS GOT EMOTIONAL
DURING THE BOARD OF HEALTH
MEETING BUT THE BOARD OF
HEALTH SAYS THE BAN WILL MAKE
THE STATE HEALTHIER AND IT
SHOULD KEEP KIDS FROM GETTING
ADDICTED TO NICOTINE BUT
OWNERS OF STORES AND VAPORS
SAY IT WILL KILL THEIR
BUSINESS BUT IT MIGHT SEND
THEM BACK TO SMOKING
CIGARETTES.
CIGARETTES. THEY TRIED TELLING THEIR
STORIES TODAY BUT THE BOARD
MEMBERS COULD NOT BE
PERSUADED.
PERSUADED. >> I SMOKED TWO PACKS A DAY
FOR 20 YEARS.
PLEASE, PLEASE BE LOGICAL.
>> Reporter: ONE AFTER ANOTHER
THEY TOLD THE SAME STORY.
>> I SPOKED FOR 12 YEARS.
AND I HAVE BEEN VAPING FOR THE
LAST FIVE YEARS USING A BLUE
BERRY CUSTARD.
BERRY CUSTARD. >> Reporter: MORE THAN 200
VAPORS SHOWED UP TRYING TO
CONVINCE MEMBERS, VAPING
HELPED THEM QUIET TRADITIONAL
CIGARETTES.
CIGARETTES. >> FLAVOR IS THE ONLY THING
THAT HELPED THESE PEOPLE GET
OFF OF CIGARETTES.
>> Reporter: OWNERS CAME FROM
ACROSS THE STATE TO SPEAK OUT
ABOUT THE BAN.
>> I WOULD SAY OVER THE LAST 8
YEARS I HELPED 80,000 PEOPLE
STOP SMOKING.
STOP SMOKING. >> THEY ARE CRYING, UPSET
BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO HURT
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. LITERALLY.
LITERALLY. >> Reporter: LAST MONTH
GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE
RECOMMENDED A BAN ON THE SALE
OF ALL ECIGARETTES PRODUCTS,
NICOTINE AND MARIJUANA
LIQUIDS.
LIQUIDS.
LIQUIDS. THE GOVERNOR CITED CONCERNS
ABOUT YOUTH VAPING.
THE POTENTIAL BAN WAS
SUPPORTED BY CANCER PATIENT
ADVOCATE AN EIGHTH GRADER.
>> A LOT OF KIDS THINK THEY
ARE SAFE, DURING PASSING
PERIOD AIR SEEPS THROUGH THE
DOOR.
DOOR.
DOOR. THIS IS AN EPIDEMIC.
>> WE ARE GOING IN THE WRONG
DIRECTION.
DIRECTION. THIS A CRISIS.
>> Reporter: IT WAS OBVIOUS
THE BAN WOULD PASS.
>> THIS IS SO ONE SIDED.
IT IS LAUGHABLE.
>> Reporter: WHEN IT CAME TIME
FOR THE VOTE, THE BOARD
APPROVED THE BAN.
UPSETTING THOSE WHO TESTIFIED
AGAINST IT.
AGAINST IT. >> ARE WE NOT SUPPOSED TO SHOW
UP HERE AND DO THIS, HAVE WE
NOT BEEN RESPECTFUL, DID WE
COME HERE WITH JUST OPINIONS
OR FACTS?
OR FACTS?
OR FACTS? >> Reporter: [ INAUDIBLE
QUESTION ]
QUESTION ] >> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. >> Reporter: THE STATE'S
FLAVOR BAN GOES INTO EFFECT
TOMORROW.
TOMORROW.
TOMORROW. AT LEAST THAT IS THE PLAN.
IT DEPENDS ON WHEN THE PAPER
WORK IS DELIVERED TO THE RIGHT
OFFICIALS.
OFFICIALS. BOTTOM LINE IS, IF YOU WANT TO
LEGALLY BUY FLAVORED VAPING
LIQUIDS, TONIGHT IS YOUR LAST
CHANCE HERE AT VAPING STORES
AND POT SHOPS AROUND THE
STATE.
STATE.
STATE. DREW MIKKELSEN, KING 5 NEWS.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> IN THE FIGHT AGAINST
NICOTINE ADDICTION IN OUR
KIDS, A SMALL WESTERN
WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT IS
SUING VAPE GIANT JUUL.
SAYING THAT JUUL IS
INTENTIONALLY ADDICTING
INTENTIONALLY ADDICTING CHILDREN.
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN. KING 5'S ERIC WILKINSON
CONTINUES OUR COVERAGE.
>> Reporter: THERE ARE 600
KIDS IN THE LA CONNER SCHOOL
DISTRICT AND COUNSELORS SEEN
VAPING IN KIDS AS YOUNG AS 6th
GRADE.
GRADE.
GRADE. IT
GRADE. IT IS TAKING A TOLL ON
STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AND THAT
IS WHY THE LA CONNER SCHOOL
DISTRICT IS TAKING JUUL TO
COURT.
COURT.
COURT. >>
COURT. >> THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS
CONFISCATED.
CONFISCATED. >> Reporter: SHE BELIEVES
MANUFACTURERS ARE USING THESE
PRODUCTS TO LURE KIDS TO THE
ADDICTION OF NICOTINE.
>> REAL SLICK AND SHINY AND
COOL COLORS.
COOL COLORS. >> Reporter: KIDS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY ARE GETTING SUCKED IN
BY VAPE PRODUCTS.
BETTER TASTING AND MORE
ADDICTING THAN CIGARETTES.
THE SUPERINTENDENT SAYS IT IS
EVERYWHERE.
EVERYWHERE. >> STUDENTS AFRAID TO USE THE
RESTROOMS BECAUSE KIDS ARE
USING THEM FOR VAPING.
AND MORE THAN THAT, SEEING
KIDS BECOMING ADDICTED.
>> Reporter: ONE OF FOUR
SCHOOL DISTRICTS SUING JUUL.
THEY CONTEND THE COMPANY IS
INTENTIONALLY TARGETING
INTENTIONALLY TARGETING CHILDREN TO ADDICT THEM TO
NICOTINE.
NICOTINE.
NICOTINE. PRINCIPALS ARE NOW PATROLLING
BATHROOMS.
BATHROOMS. SUSPENSIONS ARE UP AND IT IS
COSTING EVERYONE.
COSTING EVERYONE. >> AN INCREASE IN THE WORK
LOAD FOR THE COUNSELORS.
AND IT IS AN INCREASE IN THE
WORK LOAD OF THE TEACHERS
BECAUSE THEY HAVE STUDENTS
THAT ARE USING IN CLASS OR
SNEAKING OUT OF CLASS OR
MISSING CLASS.
MISSING CLASS. >> Reporter: 40% OF HIGH