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White house on the issue of vaping and underage use of ecigarettes. Were joined by andrew who covers healthcare for cq roll call. Tell us why and age vaping became a bigger issue in 2019. It was a combination of factors that really drove this to the front of the policy debate this year. One was just the yearoveryear increases in the number of teenagers reporting ecigarette use. Thats been increasing fees of years. When that is another significant increase over last year. Another was this in in a relatd but sort of distinct issue that we saw starting over the summer with vaping related illnesses that were beginning to emerge. Weve now seen thousands injured and dozens dead from this. Thats related to elicit 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 we deal with in the u. S. Tremont and the Administration Starts the new year with an announcem
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. Thcs related to illicit 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 and the Administration Starts the new year with an announcement about vaping and ecigarettes. Andrew, youre covering this story. What did they say . Andrew so, the Administration Says that in