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In congress and at the white house on the issue of vaping and underage use of ecigarettes. We are joined by andrew, who covers health care for cq roll call. Tell us why 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 a 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 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 more broadly to the vaping issues were dealing with in the u. S. Host a ....
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 ....
A terrific question to lead off with and you know there are so many books out there there are so many programs online and cetera that really give out good information about what we should eat that we should exercise Pay Attention to our sleep but the problem is so many people end up with these books on the bookshelves and year after year they go on an answer and the reason is now we have to start paying attention to making making the choices so what we are describing in our new book brainwashed is the bridge between information and action really finally giving people 2 things number one the recognition that their Decision Making has been taken from them actively and number 2 how to get it back now full disclosure ive been one of you a big fans ever since your number one New York Times bestseller grain brain was published ....
Action in terms of what all these 2 reference books are talking about in the same thing goes really for our mentality how we look at other people our next door neighbors people in another community and even people in other countries right now we look upon people around the world with fear with and us versus them mentality and this is brought about because of the way our brains are being rewired you know grain brain talked about the changes in the diet around the world and like you say a lot of people gain some benefit from now from that but now were really want to look at how we can change how people look upon each other and how we look upon our planet and almost all of your books are focused on the brain reaches far as i understand is not only in our house not only professional orica damage but also a personal of balance for you because from what i know you lost your father its your alzheimers now you keep referring to yourself as we and i know that you wrote this latest book with you ....
Relates to our ability to make good decisions im going to put forward a simple kind of understanding of 2 brain parts one is a part called the prefrontal cortex it sits up here in the forehead and the other is called the amygdala between the ears the a mega is like the child in the room its impulsivity its narcissism its us versus them it is fear the prefrontal cortex is empathy its compassion its thinking about the future in terms of what we do today thats where we need to make our decisions based from from the prefrontal cortex unfortunately when we eat the modern diet of our planet or when we watch the news or we spend too much time online we lock in to the a magdalen we lock in to the child in the room and were not able to make good decisions as i mentioned at the beginning of our time together while all the great books are there theyre not useful for anybody unless were able to implement or put bring action in terms of what all these terrific books are talking about in the same th ....