our focus as parents against vaping is on the flavors. we re really happy this week that finally the fda will use the full authority that it s always had and should have used earlier to take those flavors off the market because they hook kids and they have led to the youth vaping epidemic we re seeing now. i thank you both for being here. i went to the fda five years ago and interviewed the guy who runs the tobacco division. mitch zeller. we invited him on the program. they have known about this, trying to do something about this for years and now it is coming to a head where the fda, caleb says, the increase in high schoolers vaping up 80% from a year ago, up 50% in middle schoolers. you were one who vaped. your mom came to your room. you were vaping with your friends trying to hide it. you testified before congress about lead manufacturer of these e-cigarettes juul coming into your school. let s listen to this.
death linked to vaping. that person in kansas, over 50 years old with underlying health problems whose symptoms worsened rapidly. most of the cases are linked to vaping thc products, but doctors are scrambling for answers. we don t know, but something clearly has changed in the last month to six weeks in the products that are being vaped, and that s what the cdc is working to find out. reporter: 18-year-old simah herman vaped nicotine then thc over two years, getting sicker and sicker, ending up on life support, on a ventilator. it was terrifying. i was just getting weaker and weaker by the minute. reporter: doctors put simah in a medically-induced coma. when she woke up, she asked to write this message on instagram, now seen around the world. i m just trying to share my story and save people s lives. and adrienne, tonight, the american lung association is also just out with a new warning? reporter: yes, david, that s right. they re saying that e-cigarettes are not safe a
ingredient in marijuana. groups like the american vaping association stand by the safety of the product, saying they have helped millions of americans successfully quit smoking, and that the concerns aren t so much about tobacco, rather thc and other substances that are also vaped. dana: people are concerned, especially parents. thank you. remaining crew members trapped inside the capsized cargo ship off the coast of georgia have been rescued on sunday. in the hours immediately after the accident, the coast guard lifted 20 crew members on to helicopters but four were still unaccounted for. rescuers landed on the side of the vessel and found signs of life confirming they were still alive. there was just a system where they would do three or four taps or more. eventually they got tap backs. more important that the crew
respiratory symptoms. gi symptoms, fever, weight loss and so many people getting sick and hospitalized as a result of this. it s an ongoing medical investigation. at first, you had all these people getting ill. what do they have in common? they seemed to have vaped. now within the vape, what is it about the vaping? something in particular that could be causing a problem? well in the state of new york, they ve been zeroing in on the substance known as vitamin e acetate. something you can take by mouth as a supplement. usually fine. people rub it on their skin. usually fine. but if you vaporize it, turn it into all these other compounds, absorb it into your lungs then the compounds congeal programs back into an oil, could that be cause iing the problem? they don t know for sure, but what the investigators are focusing on. so far, the vitamin e substance has only been found in thc or
believe. they keep going up. the number of people hospitalized in a number of states. it is interesting when you talk about the typical patient oftentimes they are young, healthy but sick. gi symptoms, fever, headache, weight loss. so many people getting hospitalized because of this. it is an ongoing medical investigation. at first you had all of these people getting ill. what do they have in common? they all seem to have vaped. now within the vape, what is it about the vaping? is it something in particular that can be causing a problem. the state of new york, they have been zeroing in on vitamin e aceta acetate. vitamin e. you can take it by mouth as a supplement. people often rub it on their skin. usually fine. if you vaporize it, absorb it into your lungs and they