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Causing eating disorders especially in young women who try to have their bodies conform to what is really an unrealistic body image. and we know that advertisers want to sell their perfume and their clothes. but can they do it in a more responsible way by using true human forms? as you know, we already regulate cigarette ads and alcohol ads. and those are self-imposed by the industry themselves. we hope that by this bill, we can stir the conversation and have these folks realize that maybe they can sell the products without distorting the human image. >> how would you go about doing that? the ...

How people perceive e cigarettes ads, a lot of people think they're cigarette ads. >> dr. carmona, that question was meant for you but he gave you a very good answer. how do we know? the research isn't there yet what am about secondhand smoke with these things? >> sure. first of all, there's no smoke. it's a vapor. it's nicotine that's being vaporized that comes off. and there's a lot of misinformation. it's poorly named because it is not a cigarette. it contains no tobacco. it's simply a nicotine delivery device. decades ago, the fda approved nicotine gum, nicotine sprays, nicotine patches as...

Milligrams so we taper you off and it's an actual medical way to end your addiction to nicotine. whereas, ecigarettes, we can't control how much nicotine is in them. >> because we don't know? >> we don't know. they're being advertised on television? >> well, there's no -- you know, the cigarette ads in magazines, tv, newspapers there's no cigarette ads anymore. ecigarettes, it's crazy what's happening in the media. they're markeding it to young people. you see all the flavors, chocolate, bubble gum. those are targeted for young people. we're seeing more and more young people with ecigarettes n...

Many of those people. he was brought here at a young age by his parents. most of his siblings now are citizens. he's been waiting for a visa. he estimates it's going to take him another six years to get his visa. he basically says, you know, time is moving on. i want to start practicing law. >> all right. pete, thank you so much for joining us on this story. i'm sure we'll be talking about it more. thanks a lot, pete. >> you bet. still ahead, big tobacco back on the air more than 40 years after having its cigarette ads banned from tv. should the e-cigarettes that i'm sure you're seeing all o...

As a world war ii vet seriously wounded in italy, dole e-mailed are senators from the hospital to ask for their support on that legislation. >> so new cigarette ads will be coming out soon in which the tobacco companies admit they lied about the dangers of smoking. a federal judge ordered the big cigarette companies to pay for a public campaign to accept blame for, quote, deliberately deceiving the american public. the ads will also point out smoking is responsible for 1200 deaths a day. that's more than murder, car crashes and alcohol combined. the judge's decision caps a long running lawsuit...