President Trump said on Friday his administration would propose an minimum age of 21 for the purchase of e-cigarette products.
Published 3:42 PM EST Nov 22, 2019
"If you don't give it to them, it is going to come here illegally," he said, warning"they could be selling something on a street corner that could be horrible."The session was called amid reports of soaring vaping-related lung illnesses. And with some 5 million U.S. teens now vaping, the e-cigarette issue has taken on more urgency .
Ryan Nivakoff, CEO of Njoy, an e-cigarette company, said teen vaping is"not necessarily a flavor problem." At another point, Reynolds American chief commercial officer Joe Fragnito, told Trump,"we believe we can market flavors responsibly." Health leaders who attended included Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids president Matt Myers, American Academy of Pediatrics president-elect Sally Goza and American Lung Association President Harold Wimmer.
The median age of deceased patients was 53 years and ranged from 17 to 75 years. Among those cases where data was available, 68% of patients were men and 38% were between the ages of 18 and 24.
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