Talking about teenage vaping. Interest from congress. What is driving this . Guest interest started a year ago last summer when numbers showed teenage vaping rose significantly between 2017 and 2018, 78 jump in the number of High Schoolers using ecigarettes and congress was concerned because there is a playbook from big tobacco that they think looks very similar and they are concerned we could lose all the gains we have made in getting people off of cigarettes. Host focus on the company juul, why is that and what is the company . Guest juul is in san francisco, they have an ecigarette that is very discrete and really appealing to teens. A live talk at schools that you can hide it in your sweatshirt, people may not know when you are using it. There were some really great flavors that teens like that were able to be sold in Convenience Stores. Now those are just online except nthol that aree still in the stores, but that has been the ecigarette of choice for kids from the evidence from d
New report. And a Health Policy reporter for Bloomberg News on rising levels of vaping and ecigarette use among teenagers. Host it is the washington journal for august second. We want to hear from those of whomurrently undecided on you will vote for in 2020. Specifically, we want to hear about what is the most important issue you will consider when choosing a candidate you will support. May be, perhaps immigration or another issue entirely that has you concerned when making the choice of who you will vote for. For undecided voters only, here is how you can let us know your most important issue. 2027488001 for republicans. 2027488000 for democrats. And independents, 2027488002. If you want to post on our twitter feed, you can do so at cspanwj and you can also do so on our Facebook Page at facebook. Com cspan. It real clear politics through ir opinion did an opinion a poll looking at issues the topor those was Health Care Immigration at 11 and making a tie for education and the environme
Of the illness since may 1st, and three workplace cafeterias are part of that investigation, including two of them in mclean. One in the capital one building and the other in the valo park buildinpe ple most often get infected by ingesting contaminated food or water. Right now theres not a known source for e outbreak. Wendy . Thanks, erika. Were signature on top of the latest developments of the arrest of 16 active doubty ton, rs at camp pn california. They are accused of smuggling people over the border from mexico. Todays arrests ste om an investigation that began earlier this month when two camp pend telebased marines were arrested after Border Patrol agents caught undocumented immigrants jumping in their car near the border. The undocumented immigrants told investigators they had paid the marines 8,000 to take them to los angeles. As nbcs Courtney Kube explains, theres still Unanswered Questions about the marines who were arrested today. What we dont know athis point is whether thi
28,etween 2017 and ecigarette use and youth rose 78 in one year to the point where over 20 of High School Students now date. The lingering question is why and what was the role of dual juul . The panel assembled today will help us address these questions and frame our discussion for part two of this hearing tomorrow at 2 00 p. M. When the juul founder will testify. What makes it irresistible to children . Tobaccominent advertising scholar will help us to answer that question. After today, we hope to understand how it peeled appealed while avoiding detection from. We will hear about how they marketed directly to kids. Personnelr all school left the assembly room, unfortunately, the presenters told children that their vaping tools were safe. We will hear from the parents of children who sat through one such presentation. Two mothers were so angry that they pounded a nationwide advocacy group. I suspect that out of all the schools, they regret going to that one the most because it incited
Youth. Good afternoon. Sorry for the delay. Subcommittee will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the subcommittee at any time. This hearing is titled examining juuls role in the youth epidemic part two. I want to address the spectators. We see there is tremendous interest in this hearing. We welcome you and respect your right to be here. We also ask in turn for your respect as we proceed with the business of the committee today. It is the intention of this committee to proceed with this hearing without any disruption. Any disruption of this committee will result in the u. S. Capitol olice restoring order. Now listen up. This is very important. If a disruption occurs, a Capitol Police officer will go up to the individual and instruct that they crease the demonstration. The the person does not cease after the initial warning, the individual or individuals will be removed from the hearing room. We are very grateful for your presence today. And