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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLawmakers urge the FDA to temporarily clear e-cigarettes from market amid Covid pandemic. Here's why
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/08/11/health/covid-vaping-fda-lawmakers-letter-bn/index.htmlThe take away here...
"This is true in vapers as young as 13, which is particularly concerning, given that young people are increasingly driving the spread of COVID-19, threatening the health and safety of Americans of all ages,"
wrote Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform's Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, who sent the letter on behalf of the subcommittee.
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Lawmakers urge the FDA to temporarily clear e-cigarettes from market amid Covid pandemic. Here's why (Original Post)
SheltieLover
Aug 2020
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SWBTATTReg
(22,112 posts)1. Why are they sharing their pipes, joints, other drug stuff during these times like this? Idiots.
I was wondering if this would happen, being that I see them (in TV shows of course) where they are passing the joints around, yikes!
obamanut2012
(26,067 posts)2. "drug stuff?
Really?
flotsam
(3,268 posts)3. Well, since the legal age to buy e-cigarettes is 18...
...this is bullshit. I vape currently at the age of 66 and pulling vape products would drive me back to smoking tobacco. And incidentally, seniors are more likely to suffer bad outcomes than minors using a product illegally.