>> VAPEING AND JUULING, THEY'VE BECOME POPULAR WITH TEENS AND
TWEENS.
THE HARD PART FOR PARENTS THEY'RE EASY TO CONCEAL.
THE FDA RECENTLY ANNOUNCED TIGHTER RESTRICTIONS ON SELLING
FLAVOURED eCIGARETTES AND ONLINE SALES OF THESE PRODUCTS.
CAROLEE McGRATH SAT DOWN WITH THE TOBACCO FREE COMMUNITY
PARTNERSHIP TO LEARN MORE.
>> JUUL IS A PRODUCT, A TYPE OF eCIGARETTE, SO JUULING IS
VAPING, ESSENTIALLY.
IT'S AN eCIGARETTE, JUST A BRAND NAME OF A TYPE OF eCRAIG
REPEAT.
ECIGARETTE.
>> WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?
>> THE JUUL PRODUCT ITSELF LOOKS A LOT LIKE A USB FOR A COMPUTER.
SO YOU CAN PLUG THE CHARGING PIECE OF THE JUUL PRODUCT INTO A
COMPUTER TO CHARGE IT.
SO A LOT OF PARENTS DON'T KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR AND DOESN'T
SALE JUUL ON IT ANYWHERE.
IF YOU SAW ONE PLUGGED INTO THE SIDE OF A COMPUTER, YOU MIGHT
NOT KNOW THAT IT'S AN ECIGARETTE OR NICOTINE PRODUCT.
>> SO IT'S OBVIOUSLY A NICOTINE PRODUCT AND IT HAS FLAVOURS AND
WHAT IS IT THAT IS ATTRACTING THE KID.
>> WELL, A LOT OF THE FLAVOURS ATTRACT THE UNION AND JUUL JUST
ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO STOP USING FLAVOURS IN
THEIR PRODUCTS OTHER THAN THAN MENTHOL AND THEY ALSO LEFT
SOCIAL MEDIA.
>> ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THAT DECISION?
SOME PEOPLE SAID THAT IT'S A LITTLE TOOT LATE TOO LATE.
>> I AM HAPPY.
I THINK IT WILL CURB THE YOUTH USE.
IF IT'S TOO LATE?
I DON'T KNOW, I THINK A LOT OF TEENS AND UNION ARE YOUTH E
YOUTH HAVE GOTTEN INTO THIS HABIT.
I'M GLAD THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
IS IT TOO LATE?
MY PERSONAL OPINION DOESN'T MATTER.
>> WHEN YOU SAY A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE ARE USING IT, HOW
WIDE-SPREAD OF A PROBLEM IS IT AND DO YOU THINK THAT PARENTS
REALLY HAVE ANY IDEA?
>> WELL, THE ISSUE WITH IT IS I THINK WHEN eCIGARETTES FIRST
HIT THE MARKET, THEY WERE BROUGHT ON THE MARK AND PEOPLE
WERE THINKING THEY WOULD BE USED AS A CESSATION DEVICE TO GET OFF
OF NICOTINE AND TO CURB THAT ADDICTION.
BUT WHAT HAPPENED IS YOUTH ARE STARTING TO USE THEM.
SO WE'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF GETTING PEOPLE OFF OF
NICOTINE AND OFF OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND TRADITIONAL
CIGARETTES.
WHAT WE FOUND IS WE NOW ADDICTED THIS WHOLE NEW GENERATION OF
THESE USERS, YOUTH ADDICTED TO NICOTINE.
SO WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE YET WHAT THAT WILL LEAD TO AND WE
HAVE ALL OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW ADDICTED TO THESE
PRODUCTS.
>> RIGHT, BECAUSE WHEN YOU TALK TO YOUNG PEOPLE, YOU KNOW,
SMOKING IS THE DISGUSTING BUT IT IS WIDE-SPREAD IN HIGH SCHOOLS
AND EVENMIDDLE SCHOOLS AND I'M UNDERSTANDING KIDS ARE DOING
THIS RIGHT IN SCHOOL AND YOU COULDN'T LIGHT UP A CIGARETTE
AND NOT GET CAUGHT BUT YOU COULD DO THIS.
>> ONE OF THE ISSUES OF VAPING IS IT'S PRETTY UNDETECTABLE.
A LOT OF PARENTS DON'T DETECT THESE PRODUCTS BECAUSE THEY
DON'T COME WITH THE SMELLS THAT COME ALONG WITH TRADITIONAL
CIGARETTES.
YOU WON'T SMELL IT ON YOUR KID OR SEEING THE TRADITIONAL
CIGARETTE PRODUCTS LAYING AROUND.
SO YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN YEARS PAST.
SO PARENTS HAVE TO WORK HARDER TO EDUCATE THEMSELVES ABOUT WHAT
THESE PRODUCTS LOOK LIKE.
WHAT ARE THE SIGNS TO LOOK FOR IF YOUR KIDS ARE USING, THE
FRUITY SMELLS.
WHAT DO THEY LOOK LIKE SOME THE USB DRIVES.
WITH THE JUULS, THE NICOTINE PORTION OF THE JUUL IS THIS BIG,
TEENY, TINY AND A PARENT WHO ISN'T UP ON WHAT THESE PRODUCTS
LOOK LIKE WOULDN'T KNOW THAT'S A JUUL SITTING ON THE TABLE OR IN
THEIR CHILD'S BACKPACK AND PARENTS HAVE TO WORK HARD
NOWADAYS TO EDUCATE THEMSELVES.
>> WHERE ARE THEY TYPICALLY BUYING FROM?
>> AT THE CONVENIENCE STORES, CORNER STORES, ONLINE.
THERE'S A BIG MARKET ONLINE FOR THESE ITEMS.
AND YOU GO ONLINE AND YOU HAVE TO CLICK, ARE YOU 18?
EVERYBODY IS 18 ON THE INTERNET.
SO THEY'RE VERY EASY TO GET.
A LOT OF KIDS SELL THEM IN THE SCHOOLS.
SO A LOT OF KID KIDS WILL BUYM ONLINE AND BRING THEM IN SCHOOLS
AND SELL THEM TO FRIENDS.
>> YOU'VE BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY.
DO SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS REALIZE, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF
A PROBLEM THIS IS?
WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM THEM?
>> I THINK THE SCHOOLS HAVE A GREAT HANDLE ON THE SITUATION.
THE SCHOOLS ARE THE BEST RESOURCES FOR KIND OF WHAT'S OUT
THERE.
THEY SEE THE MOST OF THE PRODUCTS.
IF YOU GO TO A SCHOOL AND YOU SAY, WHAT'S THE NEWEST?
WHAT'S THE LATEST AND GREATEST PRODUCT?
THEY CAN USUALLY GO INTO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE AND OPEN A
DRAWER AND THEY HAVE EVERY PRODUCT THAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY
THINK OF.
THEY'RE THE BEST RESOURCE FOR WHAT'S THE NEWEST, LATEST
PRODUCT.
THEY ARE THE BEST RESOURCES FOR TELLING YOU HOW KID ARE USING
THE PRODUCT.
THEY'RE SEEING IT.
WHEN I WENT TO DO MY LATEST PRESENTATION, THE SCHOOL
RESOURCE OFFICER WAS TELLING ME HOW YOUTH ARE ABLE TO DOCTOR THE
PRODUCT SO NO VAPOR IS EMITTED.
SO KID ARE ACTUALLY ABLE TO USE PRODUCTS WITHOUT OMITTING ANY
VEIGH SO THEY CAN USE THESE UNDETECTABLE
TO ANYONE AND NOT RELEASING ANY VAPOR FROM THE PRODUCTS ANY
MORE.
>> THEY CAN USE IT IN THE CLASSROOM?
>> TEACHER TURNS AROUND AND WRITES ON THE CHALKBOARD AND
THEY CAN USE THESE PRODUCTS AND NO WAY TO DETECT THEY'RE USING
THEM.
>> WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND FOR PARENTS AS FAR AS MAKING SURE
THAT THIS DOES NOT BECOME ONE OF THEIR KID'S HABITS?
>> I JUST ALWAYS TELL PARENTS TO CONCENTRATE THEMSELVES.
THERE'S A GREAT WEBSITE CALLED GETOUTRAGE.ORG AND I ENCOURAGE
PARENTS TO GO ON THAT WEBSITE.
THERE'S A LOT OF TOOLS AND TIPS FOR PARENTS THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT
THE PRODUCTS.
YOU CAN SEE WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE.
YOU CAN GET TIPS FOR TALKING TO YOUR KID AND EDUCATIONAL
MATERIALS FOR SCHOOLS AND A LOT OF HELPFUL INFORMATION.
>> DO YOU THINK THESE PRODUCTS COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO OTHER
SUBSTANCES?
IS THAT A CONCERN OF YOURS?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THE YOUNGER A LUGE IS WHEN E THEY ARE TO BE ADDICTED TO OTHER
SUBSTANCES LATER IN LIFE.
THE LONGER A YOUTH CAN GO BEFORE INITIATING THESE SUB SUBSTANCE
LESS LIKELY THEY BECOME ADDICTED TO OTHER THINGS LATER IN LIFE.