Flavored e-cigarettes focus of debate
President Donald Trump on Friday heard opposing viewpoints in the debate over youth vaping but offered no insight into where he would ultimately come down on the issue after promising two months ago that he would ban most flavored e-cigarettes.
He said the administration would announce its plan “very soon.”
“We want to take care of our kids, got to take care of our kids,” Trump told reporters after listening to more than an hour of debate among representatives from the vaping industry, the nation’s major health associations, parent advocates and business groups.
Trump backed off the proposal he announced in September.
In Friday’s meeting, he asked most of those seated around the table in the Cabinet Room to spell out their solution.
Health groups told him they support the near-total ban on e-cigarette flavors that he promised in September.
“Our stance is very aligned with what you suggested on Sept. 11,” said Gary Reedy, chief executive officer of the American Cancer Society. That position is shared by the American Lung Association, said its president and CEO, Harold Wimmer.
Others pressed for banning all flavors, including mint and menthol, arguing that teens will gravitate to those flavors if they remain on the market.
Darlene Superville – Associated Press – November 23, 2019.
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