Going to show you some of the recent debate in congress and at the white house on the issue of vaping and underage use of ecigarettes. We are joined by andrew siddons, who covers health care for cq roll call. Tell us why the issue of underage vaping became a bigger issue in 2019. Andrew i think it was a combination of factors that really drove this to the front of the policy debate this year. One was just the year over year increases in the number of teens who are reporting ecigarette use. Thats been increasing for several years, but 2019, we saw another significant increase over last year. Another was interrelated, but a sort of distinct issue that we saw, starting over the summer with vaping related illnesses that were beginning to emerge, that weve now seen thousands injured and dozens dead from this. Thats related to illicit thc vaping, which is distinct from the problem of ecigarette use. But the urgency of those illnesses i think really prompted policymakers to want to respond mo
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Dangerous to youth . Two fundamental reasons, our brainstorm fully develop until 4 25 or 26 years old, and its clear that any exposure to nicotines in the still developing adolescent brain is harmful, regardless of what the other hazards, chemicals in the vapor are. Just the nicotine alone is reason enough to be concerned that no good should be concerned. Then, when you add what is known, those bring additional risks. We have to still called Harm Reduction debate, that is a different question, when we ask about if we switch to ecigarettes, well be exposing itself to fewer toxins. As i said, kids are walking away with this mindset that its harmless, that its water vapor, and some of them dont even know that its nicotine. I now recognize congressman grasp for five minutes of questioning. Were going after some territory, you see the list behind you, the number of middle school kids and High School Kids that are using these. Do you know how many of these people are using illegal products t
The subcommittee will come to order without objection the chair is authorized a recess at any the subcommittee will come to order. We are allowed to declare a recess at a time. We are examining the federal response to the epidemic of youth ecigarette used and fta food and Drug Administration compliance policy. I now recognize myself for five minutes for an opening statement. September 11 this year the administration released disturbing results, the youth beta epidemic and at the vaping epidemic continues to grow to alltime highs. And that they use ecigarettes the trends are alarming for High School Students, as well as middle school students. Here, i show you to visuals on your rank, that is 20 of high schools were vaping, in the 2019, only 28 of by schools are vaping, meaning there is 100 and 35 increase in vaping among highschoolers. On your right, there is another visual that is more disturbing. In 2017, 3. 3 of middle schoolers were vaping, and today it is almost 11 . That is a 218
Good afternoon. Im sarah perry director of partnerships here at the Family Research council and it is my very great privilege to introduce todays lecture and coauthors of the book upon which it is based. Why meadow died some of the people in policies that created the park when shooting and in danger of americas students. As a reminder to those of you in the audience, we will be taking questions during the last 15 to 20 minutes of this lecture. We will let you know when we are opening it up and the lecture will also be archived in our Speaker Series library frc. Org speakers. When completed we encourage you to share it on your social media platforms. Bill bennett wrote that why meadow died is the untold almost unbelievable true story of how the moral corruption brought by politically correct policies and willful blindness made the most avoidable School Shooting in history somehow inevitable. Broward county florida was ground zero for a new approach to School Discipline prompted by radic