health reporter Haley Hernandez
is joining us now here in
studio with some of this week’s
top health headlines. Good Morning. Hey, good morning,
Morning. Hey, good morning,
Andy. So first we’re going to
talk about vaping. You probably
heard the FDA has ordered Jewel
to stop selling its e-cigarette
products and remove them from store shelves.
store shelves.
>> Now the agency has cited a
lack of data and evidence to
assess their potential health
risks under the order. Jewel must to stop selling and
must to stop selling and
distributing its e-cigarette
devices along with any of its 4
types of Juul products are Juul Pods. Now the order does not
Pods. Now the order does not
prevent consumers from having
jewel with in their possession
or using Juul products. Doctor
Farah Rodman is a professor
of medicine in the Palm, reception, at Baylor College
reception, at Baylor College
of Medicine. And he’s done
years of research on e-cig, use.
e-cig, use.
>> it added they had no ties
in associated with
these products been very strong
and very much in favor of
pushing falls information and
fall. See and counting that
this is a safe alternative to
cigarette.
>> Yeah. Doctor Crab man told
me that human lives cannot wait
50 years for research to prove
what he’s already shown that
cigarettes can do in that time.
Now, according to recent data, nearly one in 5 high school
nearly one in 5 high school
students used e-cigarettes.
But what can be done to help
young people that are addicted
to vaping and nicotine? What
can be done to help them quit? Joining us this morning to
Joining us this morning to
discuss a first of its kind
text message program called
this is quitting from truth.
We’ve got Megan Jacobs, one of the program’s founders and
of the program’s founders and
vice president of the product,
the Truth Initiative and Parker
Kerns a college student who
recently quit e-cigarette.
Hey, good morning, guys. >> Their morning, Megan, I want
>> Their morning, Megan, I want
to start with you. So tell us
about youth vaping and its
impact on young people. And and
what are some of the common reasons the team’s turn to the
reasons the team’s turn to the
6?
>> Well, as you millions of
young people across the country
were baking right now. No one
in 5 high school students and
millions more young adults ages
18 to 24. And unfortunately
they’re experiencing rather
devastating consequences, both
physically and to their mental
health as well. Our newest to campaign shines a light on the
campaign shines a light on the
fact that they be nicotine to
amplify the feelings of
depression, stress and anxiety.
And so we really need programs that support for these young
that support for these young
who are caught in the grips
of this addiction and the
makers of those products, many
of whom started vaping just out of, you know, curiosity
out of, you know, curiosity
about slavers or because they
saw other friends or peers
doing it we’re curious about
it, but maybe didn’t guys how
dangerous it would be for them.
>> And so then what is truth
doing to bring attention to
that issue and really what’s
available for young people who
are already vaping? What can
they do to quit? >> After that initiative, we’re
>> After that initiative, we’re
tackling this epidemic from
2 different angles. First we
have our 2 campaign, which is
our multimedia campaign to
educate young people about the dangers of vaping and encourage
dangers of vaping and encourage
them to quit. And of course,
sign up for this is putting
which is our text message
program that we developed at Truth Initiative in
Truth Initiative in
specifically to help teens and
young adults ages 13 to 24 won
support from quitting. So this
is quitting sends
daily confidential, free text messages that guy young people
messages that guy young people
through the quitting process
sends them tips and sends them
motivation. Its sense of
inspiration, a mostly from
other young people who have
gone through the quitting process and know what it feels
process and know what it feels
like and know what it’s like on
the other side of that
addiction.
>> Is there any particular
reason that you guys started
decided to begin? This is quitting.
>> Sure, we want this is
putting a back in January 2019,
write it when this I use vaping
epidemic was peaking. We were seeing millions of young
seeing millions of young
people’s chorus were vaping,
but also starting to see many
young people talking online on
social media, asking questions
about quitting, wanting help to quit and did not have any other
quit and did not have any other
resources. There was nothing
out there to help young people
at that time. We have lots of
experience here. Add to the mission of developing programs
mission of developing programs
to help other tobacco users
quit smokers, other types of
tobacco. We have lots of
experience with that. And so we
developed this is quitting as an easy way for young people
an easy way for young people
to get support to quit vaping
and all young person has to do
is text ditch of a 2, 8, 7, 0,
9, to get started and see what
this is, what it is all about and how can help them through
and how can help them through
this process.
>> Nice will somebody who
definitely has experience with
that Parker Kerns a college
student who recently quit
e-cigarettes Parker. What made you decide to quit?
you decide to quit?
>> Well, it was really in the
feelings of every fight,
stress, anxiety that I was
feeling because of a thing that I never felt before. I tried
I never felt before. I tried
multiple times but I saw truce
ad campaign on mine and I
signed up for this is quitting
program which gave him the
tools to quit. You know, I feel
a lot better now. I don’t
really did look pretty good
tax. And I don’t feel like I constantly need my. They put
constantly need my. They put
the more I just feel like
that’s a weight off my
shoulders. And I feel great.
Now.
>> All right. And Parker and
Megan, where would you guys recommend that people go to get
recommend that people go to get
more information?
>> So anyone do, though, to
troops initiative, DOT org, to
learn more about all the
different ways that our organization is supporting
organization is supporting
young people and supporting
older adults who may be tobacco
users as well as resources to
quit. And, of course, any young
person can sign up directly by
texting ditch May to need 7, 0, 9,
>> Sounds like Parker knows all
about it. Parker, thank you for
joining us and thank you, Megan
Jacobs with the truth
Initiative. You guys have been