FLAVORED
FLAVORED TOBACCO -- BANNED ACROSS THE U-S?THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAYS IT'S
FINALIZING PLANS TO REMOVE
FLAVORED E-CIGARETTE PRODUCTS
FROM THE MARKET... BECAUSE
THEY TARGET KIDS AND TEENAGERS.
IF IT GOES THROUGH... YOU
WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO BUY
TOBACCO-FLAVORED CARTRIDGES.
SO THIS MORNING WE'RE ASKING
YOU...DO YOU THINK BANNING
FLAVORED TOBACCO WILL DECREASE
TEEN VAPING?
IT'S
IT'S TIME
IT'S TIME TO GET ALL
OF
OF TODAY'S NATIONAL AND LOCAL TOP STORIES IN ABOUT 5 MINUTES. LET'S JUMP INTO YOUR "DAILY
BLEND!"
DELAYS
DELAYS AFTER A CRASH ON SUNRISE BLVD AND TRADE CENTER
BRITTANY
WE
WE MENTIONED A FEW MINUTES AGO -- THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT IS NOW FINALIZING
PLANS TO REMOVE E-CIGARETTE
PRODUCTS FROM THE MARKET...
THAT HAVE FRUIT AND CANDY
FLAVORS -- POPULAR WITH
TEENAGERS.ONLY TOBACCO
FLAVORED PRODUCTS WOULD BE
ALLOWED.HERE'S WHAT PRESIDENT
TRUMP HAD TO SAY.
"WE CAN'T ALLOW PEOPLE TO GET
SICK, AND WE CAN'T HAVE OUR
YOUTH BE SO AFFECTED. AND I'M
HEARING IT, AND THAT'S HOW THE
FIRST LADY GOT INVOLVED."NEW
DATA SHOWS MORE THAN A QUARTER
OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE
CURRENT E-CIGARETTE USERS....
AND THE "OVERWHELMING
MAJORITY" USE "FRUIT AND
MENTHOL OR MINT FLAVORS."
HOSTTHE C-D-C IS
INVESTIGATING MORE THAN 450
CASES OF LUNG-RELATED
ILLNESSES BELIEVED TO BE
LINKED TO E-CIGARETTES OR
VAPING.AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE
HAVE NOW DIED.
AND WHILE THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TRIES TO BAN
ááFLAVOREDáá VAPE PRODUCTS...
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY WANTS TO
TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER.
ABC10'S CARLOS HERRERA IS
LIVE IN LODI...TO TELL US HOW
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS
STEPPING IN.
WHILE
WHILE COUNTY BUILDINGS CIGARETTES IN BANNED E- CIGARETTES IN COUNTY BUILDINGS
WHILE
SACRAMENTO COUNTY IS
CONSIDERING BANNING THE SALE
OF FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS.
NOOKA
NOOKA POTENTIAL GAME CHANGER FOR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS. CALIFORNIA LAWMAKERS JUST
APPROVED A BILL THAT WOULD
FORCE COMPANIES LIKE UBER AND
LYFT TO TREAT WORKERS LIKE
EMPLOYEES... WITH FULL
BENEFITS AND BETTER PAY.
YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN THE
PROTESTS FOR AB-5.UBER AND
LYFT DRIVERS HAVE BEEN THE
MOST OUTSPOKEN ABOUT IT.THIS
IS A BIG WIN FOR LABOR UNIONS
IN GENERAL...BUT A LOT OF
RIDESHARE AND TECH COMPANIES
ARE AGAINST THE BILL.AB-5 NOW
GOES TO GOVERNOR NEWSOM'S DESK
FOR APPROVAL.HE HAS PREVIOUSLY
SAID HE SUPPORTS IT.UBER SAYS
IT WILL áNOTá COMPLY... IF IT
BECOMES LAW.
NOOKNOW LET'S GET TO SOME
OTHER TOP STORIES RIGHT NOW --
IN YOUR "DAILY BLEND".
@6f"p 25-HUNDRED PEOPLE..
MISSING AFTER HURRICANE DORIAN
TORE THROUGH THE BAHAMAS.THAT
NEW NUMBER FROM THE BAHAMIAN
GOVERMENT COMES AS OFFICIALS
CROSS-CHECK NAMES... AGAINST
LISTS OF THOSE WHO EVACUATED
OR WENT TO SHELTERS.THEY STILL
DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY
PEOPLE WERE KILLED... BUT FOR
NOW... THE OFFICIAL NUMBER IS
50. OPIOID SETTLEMENT.PURDUE
PHARMA -- THE COMPANY THAT
MAKES OXYCONTIN -- HAS REACHED
A TENTATIVE DEAL IN A FEDERAL
LAWSUIT... INVOLVING NEARLY 2
DOZEN STATES AND 2-THOUSAND
CITIES.THE MULTI-BILLION
DOLLAR PAYOUT STEMS FROM THE
COMPANY'S ROLE IN THE ONGOING
OPIOID CRISIS.THE MAJORITY OF
THE MONEY IS EXPECTED TO GO TO
TREATMENT, REHAB, AND
ANTI-OVERDOSE MEASURES. CAL
FIRE SUED.THE WIDOW OF A UTAH
FIREFIGHTER -- KILLED IN THE
MENDOCINO COMPLEX FIRE LAST
YEAR -- IS SUING CAL FIRE AND
AN AIRCRAFT COMPANY.HER
HUSBAND, 42-YEAR-OLD MATTHEW
BURCHETT, WAS KILLED WHEN A
747 SUPERTANKER DROPPED NEARLY
20-THOUSAND GALLONS OF FIRE
RETARDANT... CAUSING A TREE TO
FALL ON HIM.THE LAWSUIT
ALLEGES NEGLIGENCE IN TRANING
AND COMMUNICATION WITH
FIREFIGHTERS.
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