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I come out of the building and thrown in the slammer, but -- spoiler, everyone, im a grown up! and i like the fruity flavor. a lot of adults do. i dont know if i would have ever switched to vaping if it was only the tobacco flavors. and to conflate this issue with the illnesses and the deaths is completely illogical because most sources say that the most of the cases are due to the illegal thc vapes because it has a vitamin d component in the but ive actually spoke to someone and carry weight, s...

If the exact same thing. >> martha: social to put an agent vaping? >> of course. >> martha: sure to be like buying alcohol? >> yeah, i think 21. >> martha: is very interesting. almost in some ways reminds me of the gun debate because the solution seems to be to take things away from law-abiding citizens and adults in order to prevent isolated instances of, in that case, violence and death, and in this case, death. >> this is even more extreme because again, these are thc vapes that are off the b...

With the inlayings of thc. >> reporter: the public health concerns go beyond active vaping. new research shows the number of u.s. middle and high school students exposed to second hand e-cigarette smoke increased from roughly one in four in 2016 to one in three in 2018. >> second hand exposures are indicative of people being around others who are vaping and modelling that behaeufrb haeufrb kwror -- behavior. >> reporter: several health officials say vaping is never a good idea for nonsmokers bec...

Cigarettes. now you have these recent deaths. there have been deaths, two in california and then across the country. we dont know where this is possibly coming from, counterfeits. what we do know is people want to get these product. if the fda is not allowing them to be sold, are more counterfeits more likely? >> i think three things need to happen. fda has to go after the bad actors. throw the book at them. they have the authority to do that. two, fast track a regulatory scheme so responsible m...

It, which is probably thc, thc related products. it will save millions of lives in the long run. people are overdosing on street drugs with the vaping, with opioids. its the same with firearms. the media reacts without the facts, and they have a great villain. they have a great villain in the drug companies, and its too bad, because the people that are suffering are the people who have pain conditions, people with cancer, who have to keep going back to the pharmacy every two weeks to get their d...

Officials in michigan announced a ban earlier this month. in the meantime, the governor of california at gavin newsom looking into a similar band but state lawmakers would probably need to pass legislation to make it happen. investigators looking into whether a black-market operation in wisconsin could be linked to a spike in vape related deaths and illnesses across the nation. we reported on this last week. police arrested two brothers and early 20s accused of them running an empire of illegal ...

Cartridges had colorful rappers like candy. 5 milligrams of thc, but the police say the brothers were filling them with 1 gram each so people who use them would be inhaling a whole lot more thc than they realized. autoworkers putting the brakes on production and hitting the picket line as of late, really. astounding numbers. dozens of general motors plants and warehouses across the country shut down. what we are hearing from both sides next. ♪ embarrassed to even say i felt like i was going to...

Executive order on banning almost all flavored e-cigarettes? >> good to be with you, fredricka. the evidence is overwhelming and its growing, literally, daily. nationwide the numbers in the hundreds. weav weve seen a dramatic increase in just the past few weeks in new york. people were sick by vaping. there was no dispute but that vaping is dangerous. at a minimum you have young people getting addicted to nicotine at a very early age, probably earlier than they did with cigarettes, believe it or...

Like a 70-year-old. he has been vaping with thc for two years. >> i dont know if it will affect my work. i dont know if i will be able to have a steady job because of this. so its terrifying. when i was first admitted to the hospital my lungs were that of a 70-year-old. you can imagine how terrible it was. reporter: the lawsuit accuses juul of excessive marketing. this week president trump said hes considering banning e-cigarettes without tobacco. desperate housewives star felicity huffman is he...

I know you are the expert on the black market and those unintended consequences of regulation but if you ban legal flavored cigarettes and kids still like them are they more likely to go into the black market to find it on the street? and then they could be poisoned by the thc in the marijuana elements that have been problematic already. >> yes. of course in general what we should be trying to push his push kids away from using the products but that is not necessarily a job of the federal govern...