ADVOCATES ACCUSE ADMINISTRATION OF CAVING INTO THE VAPING
INDUSTRY.
LET’S GET MORE ON THIS
FROM TOM COSTELLO.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT,
A PARTIAL VICTORY FOR
HEALTH ADVOCATES
TRYING TO STEM THE
NATIONAL EPIDEMIC OF
TEENAGE VAPING.
A TARGETED BAN ON THE
FRUIT FLAVORED
E-CIGARETTE CARTRIDGES
INCLUDING MINT MOST
POPULAR WITH TEENS.
TOBACCO AND MENTHOL
AND THE FLAVORED
LIQUID IN VAPE SHOPS
TO MIX THEIR OWN
FLAVORS.
>> THE DATA MAKES
CLEAR KIDS USE TOBACCO
FLAVOR AND MENTHOL
FLAVORED CARTRIDGE
E-CIGARETTES MUCH LESS
FREQUENTLY THAN OTHER
PRODUCTS.
>> Reporter: 5 MILLION
MIDDLE AND HIGH
SCHOOLERS ADMIT TO
VAPING.
1 MILLION SAY THEY
VAPE EVERY DAY.
WHILE CONGRESS JUST
RAISED
RAISED, THE
E-CIGARETTE AGE TO 21
TODAY’S BAN FALLS
SHORT OF THE TOTAL BAN
THE PRESIDENT PROMISED
IN SEPTEMBER.
>> WE CAN’T ALLOW
PEOPLE TO GET SICK,
AND WE CAN’T HAVE OUR
YOUTH BE SO AFFECTED.
>> Reporter: THAT
PLEDGE ANGERED THE
VAPING INDUSTRY AND
LED ADULT VAPORS TO
WARN THE PRESIDENT
COULD LOSE VOTES.
THIS WEEK, MR. TRUMP
BACKED OFF.
>> WE’RE GOING TO
PROTECT OUR CHILDREN
AND WE’RE GOING TO
PROTECT THE INDUSTRY.
>> Reporter: TODAY
ADDICTION SPECIALISTS
WARNED TEENAGERS WILL
SWITCH TO THE FLAVORED
E-CIGARETTES ALLOWED.
>> I WOULD PREFER TO
SEE ALL FLAVORSED
BANNED.
I DON’T WANT TO LEAVE
ANY GATEWAY.
>> Reporter: TODAY’S
BAN WILL NOT BAN THE
LIQUID FLAVORS THAT