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Connor Burge, The Times State Rep. Julie Olthoff, R-Crown Point, is leading a Statehouse effort to reduce Hoosier smoking rates by seeking to increase Indiana’s cigarette tax by $1 per pack. Olthoff told the House Public Health Committee on Monday that 1 in 5 Indiana adults are smokers, along with 23% of high school students, and they’re disproportionately driving up health care costs and cancer rates in the state, while reducing worker productivity. "Our desire is to drive a new wave of smoking cessation and prevention, especially for our Indiana youth," Olthoff said. T...

Deliver counter system. i traveled to richmond to meet researcher michelle peace. she's raiding vaping during this cbd craze. >> if that e-liquid happens to be tainted, you're also increasing the very rapid response of whatever it's adu adulterated with, which is some of the concern here. >> dr. gupta joins us. >> i'm so glad you're doing this special. what is going on here? >> well, you know, look, c.b.d. is supposed to be safe, non-scobey active, when they test these products, it's not cbd, which is an unregulated market. when you describe this as sort of the wild west, that's what it mean...

He wants to enlightenen oerps around his age. >> i definitely feel like i was given the second chance for a ren. i'm definitely not the only one. i'm the one spreading the word at the moment. >> now be o, fred we don't know exactly what's going on here. is the vaping device itself? is the e-liquid, something else put into the videotape he werizer. a synthetic marijuana is suggested. that's what the investigation is hoping to uncover. the e-cigarette companies themselves, there is concern on their part about what's happening. the large -- the largest company, juul within the ceo had this to say...

Isolated cases a few weeks ago and now close to 200 of these people who are getting sick, even hospitalized. headline is they're not planning on stopping sales of these products. they're saying we dont know exactly what's happening here. is it the e-cigarettes themselves, is it the e-liquid. could it be that people are putting thc into these devices and that's causing a problem? kevin burns is the ceo of juul. he was asked about this on cbs, particularly what they're planning on doing. take a listen. >> worrisome. worrisome for the category, worrisome for us if we contributed to it. the cdc is...

Flash drive. it's not. and then the kids can just tuck it away when they're done. so -- >> reporter: it's not just the design of these products. critics say all these flavors also entice kids to start vaping. one study out of harvard found some of the artificial flavors contain a technical linked to severe respiratory disease. >> the kids that i talk to believe that there's nothing in there that's dangerous. they don't think there's anything more than water. >> reporter: it's not water. it's called e-liquid. when heated by the coil, it changes to an aerosol. columbia university researchers usi...