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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 e-cigarette use. that s 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 we ve now seen thousands injured and dozens dead from this. thc s related to illicit vaping, which is distinct from the problem of e-cigarette use. but the urgency of those illnesses i think really prompted policymakers to want to respond more broadly to the vaping issues we re dealing with in the u.s. host: and the administration starts the new year with an announcement about vaping and e-cigarettes. andrew, you re covering this story. what did they say? andrew: so, the ad ....
in congress and at the white house on the issue of vaping and underage use of e-cigarettes. 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 e-cigarette use. that s 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 we ve now seen thousands injured and dozens dead from this. that s related to illicit thc vaping, which is distinct from the problem of e-cigarette use. but the urgency of those illnesses i think really prompted policymakers to want to respond more broadly to the vaping issues we re dealing ....
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 e-cigarettes. 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 e-cigarette use. that s 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 we ve now seen thousands injured and dozens dead from this. that s related to illicit thc vaping, which is distinct from the problem of e-cigarette use. but the urgency of those illnesses i think really prompted policymaker ....
when it was just around one million barrels at the time so they re buying it up obviously that s a lot more just in a few months time and there s a few reasons for that now you know as you mentioned you mentioned iran there that s one of the things you know china doesn t really want to rock that boat too hard with the united states in the sanctions so it s looking where else can we buy oil but also the other boat we re talking about when it comes to the u.s. and china is the terror of so china s being a little bit punitive here too in its own little way around the back of a corner by not buying as much u.s. oil and turning to canada so that s a ding in that direction as well but there are secondary feel to this oil that s dirty oil that we have here that s a bit human and china needs the secondary level of that oil as well as the oil for fuel because they have a huge boom in building so that stuff it s basically tar so you can use that for roads you can use that for run ....
oil but also the other boat we re talking about when it comes to the u.s. and china is the terror of so china s being a little bit punitive here too in its own little way around the back of a corner by not buying as much u.s. oil and turning to canada so that s a ding in that direction as well but there are secondary feel to this oil that s dirty oil that we have here that s a bit human and china needs the secondary level of that oil as well as the oil for fuel because they have a huge a boom in building so that stuff it s basically tar so you can use that for roads you can use that for runways you can use that when you re putting roofs on buildings so they see that secondary stuff that a lot of people say is the bad stuff as a beneficial to them so when they ship it over to china they can use that oil on both ends. the we talk about the price differential alex i mean we ll be talking about a little bit later and see what the numbers are at the closing bell but is way d ....