@CDCMMWR#Clinicians: New @CDCMMWR shows e-cigarette, or vaping, product use–associated lung injury (EVALI) patients continue to be mostly young adults, white men, & that 80% report use of THC-containing product brands. https://t.co/tt0isRlseo
No YOU missed the point @JohnCornyn . Signature on delivery is antiquated. Point of sale age verification systems exist for online sales and they're more effective. That should be the requirement. Take human error out of the equation.
@JohnCornyn Your bill forces an antiquated, ineffective age verification method. What you need to do is require online point of sale age verification software. It's more effective and prevents youth access without hindering adults. This isn't 1998. We have the technology.
What I really want to know is whether or not this was multiple choice. If it was, did they give "Juul buzz" as an option? My guess is it was multiple choice and they didn't. Any idea @gopaulblair ?
#QuitLying#flavorban#VapeBan
I'm not sure where the 45% of vape shops selling to minors comes from because the FDA violations website shows approx 85% are convenience, gas stations and grocery stores. 4.83% are vapor stores and the others were tobacco specialty / head shops.
@congressmanRaja
Listen. I get why @LungAssociation has a stance of "the only thing you should inhale is air". I don't expect them to advocate for ecigs. However, treating them like they are worse than smoking is driving people back to a more harmful, yet still legal, product.
#VapeBan
So it’s 2019 and @LungAssociation still doesn’t understand the concept of harm reduction. Instead their slogan is “quit, don’t switch”.
Translation: Quit or die
Another negligent press release from a body parts org.
https://t.co/yaErYB8jsl
@LungAssociation@AmericanCancer and all the other health orgs should be taking a science-based stance on ecigs. Something along the lines of "You shouldn't smoke or use ecigs. But if you're already a smoker, ecigs are a better alternative."
#wishfulthinking
A minor child deserves privacy and should be kept out of politics. Pamela Karlan, you should be ashamed of your very angry and obviously biased public pandering, and using a child to do it.
@CongressmanRaja should get an Oscar nomination for those closing remarks. It was clearly rehearsed and driven by either money, misinformation, or both. He's not even on the same page as the rest of the committee.
@KayeWhee68@FlossObama@GiantVapes Between housebound Americans with disabilities and on Medicare, Americans in rural areas, overseas military members, etc, at least 25% of the population can only access vapor products online. A ban only impacts the good actors. It won't prevent online sales.
@FlossObama@GiantVapes Not only that, but online business was how the entire industry started back when it was boutique pre-2013. The existing laws restricting online sales of other products are also antiquated. They were created before the advent of age verification software.