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Marijuana or cannabis industry and in this case, manifested by vaping. i think we should take that under the equation and terms of the other issue which is what is facing our youth. clearly, a lot of our youth are in cannabis oil and the getting sick. can people hospitalized and very sick and close to 400 400 cased 2019. in terms of thc as well, the other issue. >> tucker: reaching back, to the responses, the illnesses that theyre getting? what are they exactly? >> this is a very scary illness, ...

Plan. what are we going to do about what the real answer is. i typically dont look to the health care costs and raising wages for individuals in the country and dealing with infrastructure. that should be the message. that would be a great message tobacco industry to necessarily for the democrats tonight. be advocates for public health. i know thats where joe biden wants the debate to go. lets start with that as a basic im sure senator harris wants it assessment. >> thats a good point. >> tobacc...

And we dont know its not the legitimate products for sure. it does seem to be in fairness the products that are more black market products. thc containing products that have this component known as vitamin e acetate. its a thickener. you have these liquids, theyre thick. you break them down. thats the problem. >> but the big problem here is that we dont have the science on it just yet. the science isnt behind it yet, but meanwhile, these products have been on the market. thats what makes it so d...

Authorities said they are not ruling out adulterants. they are are a long way from understanding what is making paem so sick. but mr. connolly, at the end of the day, do you or do you not think getting rid of all these kiddie flavors, it will help the teen vaping epidemic? >> well, first youre not reporting what "the washington post" has said which is the fda only found dangerous chemicals thus far in the thc, the contaminated black market products on the streets of america right now. the actual...

Got to have more than a plan. morning and he tried to make the case that the tobacco vaping he has his eye on elizabeth products are safe. and the vaping products, the thc warren. what do you think or want that to look like tonight? >> and i hope what comes out of vaping products are what he tonight is that the democratic thinks should be the real candidates are actually talking concern here. let me play a little bit of what about solutions and they dont he said. >> the actual nicotine vaping sp...

>> well, correct me if im wrong, i think youre talking about mint and menthol. are a lot of adults smoking strawberry milk? >> the most popular flavor with adults according to fda/cdc data is not mint and menthol. it could be in 2019. but as of one year ago, two years ago, the most popular flavor among adults and switchers. the people benefitting the most getting away from smoking are fruit flavors. you can talk about inappropriate marketing and restricting names, marketing. but just getting rid...

Than -- >> youve got 500 people who are sick, 6 deaths. >> we just dont know that. mr. connolly, youre making that leap -- we dont know that. at least not -- the cdc and the government -- >> we very much do. >> no, they dont. i just read to you -- >> they have issued a specific warning. >> they have not issued -- >> only about contaminated thc products. why did the fda decide that only contaminated thc products warranted a big warning? why did the fda -- >> youre leaping to -- let me give you on...

Inhaling those into the lungs pursued. >> is that going to be when its an unknown compound or successfully accomplished, though, with this impeachment, mixture, is just a crazy idea, whatever thats going to be and thats why i advocate happening in the judiciary stopping vaping, certainly until we know more and can control committee. whats in there. >> yeah, i mean, when it comes unclear. thanks for being with us. it is debate day in america once again, my friends and for to the woman who died ...

Well, its thc or its marijuana. but nobody really knows exactly what the extent of the damage thats happening to our children is. >> do they not do the necessary study before approving this? >> no. they didnt. >> thats remarkable. >> and now -- yesterday, president trump said that he wants to ban the flavors, which im very happy because in march, i introduced a bill to do that. but ive been talking to the fda for several years. and my chairman, frank pallone, who is the chairman of the energy an...

E-cigarette and thc oil related illnesses. thats across 33 states harris and the virgin islands. in at least six states, california, oregon, minnesota, kansas and indiana. that will take all aside from tobacco flavored off the market and producers would have to file waivers to reenter the market. the government has been sounding the alarm for quite some time and you may recall last november that the fda joined the cdc and warnings that the government data showed e-cigarette usage had risen 70% a...