ANTHONY: VAPING HAS EVOLVED
SINCE E-CIGS EMERGED, BUT WHAT
CAUSE OF OUTBREAK THAT MADE
THOUSANDS >> SICK?
>> IT IS A GREAT QUESTION AS FOR
WHEN THIS ACTUALLY STARTED AND
WHY NOW.
THE TRUE ANSWER IS WE DON’T
KNOW.
THE DISEASE IS EVOLVING.
THERE HAVE BEEN STRONG
ASSOCIATIONS WITH THE THICKENING
PRODUCTS LIKE VITAMIN E ACETATE.
ANTHONY: THAT AGENT IS USED IN
SOME E-CIGARETTE PRODUCTS
CONTAINING THC.
ACCORDING TO THE CDC, IT HAS
BEEN LINKED TO THE DISEASE
OUTBREAK.
* >> MOST OF THE CASES HAVE >>
BEEN RELATED TO THC.
IN MASSACHUSETTS AND THE CDC,
THERE ARE CASES OF THE DISEASE
WERE THE PERSON ONLY USED
NICOTINE.
-- WHERE THE PERSON ONLY USED
THEY CONTAIN TEAM.
WHETHER THERE IS MORE THAN ONE
INGREDIENT, WE NEED MORE
RESEARCH.
ANTHONY: THE STATE AND FEDERAL
GOVERNMENTS ARE TAKING ACTION TO
TAKE MANY PRODUCTS OFF OF THE
SHELVES.
WILL THERE BE ADDITIONAL
RESTRICTIONS?
IN MASSACHUSETTS THAT IS NOT
CLEAR.
>> THE BEST IDEA OF WHERE WE
LEARN MORE -- THE CDC, WHO HAS
MORE INFORMATION THAN ANY ONE
STATE, IF THEY SAY WE HAVE
NARROWED IT DOWN TO THIS AND
THIS, THEN THAT BECOMES A MUCH
MORE RELEVANT SET OF FACTS WE
CAN INCORPORATE INTO THE WAY WE
THINK ABOUT RULES AND
REGULATIONS.
ANTHONY: AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS
BANNED THE SALE OF FLAVORED
PODS, BUT IT ALLOWS THE SALE OF
FLAVORED LIQUIDS FOR DEVICES
THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
THIS -- REFILLABLE.
MORE AND -- THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
SUED JUUL LABS.
JUUL HAS STOPPED SELLING
FLAVORED PRODUCTS BUT SHE SAID
JUUL CREATED THE EPIDEMIC BY
INTENTIONALLY MARKETING TO YOUNG
PEOPLE.
MEANWHILE A MAJOR AREA OF
CONCERN FOR MASSACHUSETTS VAPE
SHOPS IS A 75% EXCISE TAX THAT
WILL BE IMPOSED ON PRODUCTS
BEGINNING IN JUNE.
>> WITH THE TAX COMING IN JUNE,
WE ARE FAIRLY CERTAIN WE WILL
NOT SURVIVE.
>> WE HAVE GOT UNTIL JUNE TO
EITHER EVOLVE OR AFFECT
DECISIONS IN BOSTON.
WE DON’T HAVE A CHANCE
OTHERWISE.
ANTHONY: JEFF ROSSEN, WHO SAID
HE NEARLY DIED FROM VAPING,
FIRST SPOKE UP IN AN OP-ED.
HE HOPES SHARING HIS STORY, HE
WILL OFFER A CAUTIONARY TALE.
>> I WANT TO KEEP PEOPLE
THINKING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE
VAPING, ESPECIALLY THC, THIS IS
A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE FOR
DECADES TO COME.
ANTHONY: AND IN A STATEMENT
RESPONDING TO THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL’S LAWSUIT, JUUL SAID IN
PART, "WE REMAIN FOCUSED ON
RESETTING THE VAPOR CATEGORY IN
THE U.S.
WE STOPPED THE SALE OF FLAVORED
PODS OTHER THAN TOBACCO AND
MENTHOL, HALTED OUR TELEVISION,
PRINT AND DIGITAL PRODUCT
ADVERTISING.
OUR CUSTOMER BASE IS THE WORLD’S
ONE BILLION ADULT SMOKERS, AND
WE DO NOT INTEND TO ATTRACT
UNDERAGE USERS."
SHAYNA: AND GOVERNOR BAKER SAYS
THE STATE WILL CONTINUE TO
COLLECT DATA ON VAPING AND
ADJUSTMENTS WILL BE MADE IF
NECESSARY.
THAT’S “CHRONICLE” FOR TONIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
I AM SHAYNA SEYMOUR.
ANTHONY: I AM ANTHONY EVERETT.
WE HOPE TO SEE YOU TOMORROW
NIGHT
SINCE E-CIGS EMERGED, BUT WHAT
CAUSE OF OUTBREAK THAT MADE
THOUSANDS >> SICK?
>> IT IS A GREAT QUESTION AS FOR
WHEN THIS ACTUALLY STARTED AND
WHY NOW.
THE TRUE ANSWER IS WE DON’T
KNOW.
THE DISEASE IS EVOLVING.
THERE HAVE BEEN STRONG
ASSOCIATIONS WITH THE THICKENING
PRODUCTS LIKE VITAMIN E ACETATE.
ANTHONY: THAT AGENT IS USED IN
SOME E-CIGARETTE PRODUCTS
CONTAINING THC.
ACCORDING TO THE CDC, IT HAS
BEEN LINKED TO THE DISEASE
OUTBREAK.
* >> MOST OF THE CASES HAVE >>
BEEN RELATED TO THC.
IN MASSACHUSETTS AND THE CDC,
THERE ARE CASES OF THE DISEASE
WERE THE PERSON ONLY USED
NICOTINE.
-- WHERE THE PERSON ONLY USED
THEY CONTAIN TEAM.
WHETHER THERE IS MORE THAN ONE
INGREDIENT, WE NEED MORE
RESEARCH.
ANTHONY: THE STATE AND FEDERAL
GOVERNMENTS ARE TAKING ACTION TO
TAKE MANY PRODUCTS OFF OF THE
SHELVES.
WILL THERE BE ADDITIONAL
RESTRICTIONS?
IN MASSACHUSETTS THAT IS NOT
CLEAR.
>> THE BEST IDEA OF WHERE WE
LEARN MORE -- THE CDC, WHO HAS
MORE INFORMATION THAN ANY ONE
STATE, IF THEY SAY WE HAVE
NARROWED IT DOWN TO THIS AND
THIS, THEN THAT BECOMES A MUCH
MORE RELEVANT SET OF FACTS WE
CAN INCORPORATE INTO THE WAY WE
THINK ABOUT RULES AND
REGULATIONS.
ANTHONY: AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS
BANNED THE SALE OF FLAVORED
PODS, BUT IT ALLOWS THE SALE OF
FLAVORED LIQUIDS FOR DEVICES
THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
THIS -- REFILLABLE.
MORE AND -- THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
SUED JUUL LABS.
JUUL HAS STOPPED SELLING
FLAVORED PRODUCTS BUT SHE SAID
JUUL CREATED THE EPIDEMIC BY
INTENTIONALLY MARKETING TO YOUNG
PEOPLE.
MEANWHILE A MAJOR AREA OF
CONCERN FOR MASSACHUSETTS VAPE
SHOPS IS A 75% EXCISE TAX THAT
WILL BE IMPOSED ON PRODUCTS
BEGINNING IN JUNE.
>> WITH THE TAX COMING IN JUNE,
WE ARE FAIRLY CERTAIN WE WILL
NOT SURVIVE.
>> WE HAVE GOT UNTIL JUNE TO
EITHER EVOLVE OR AFFECT
DECISIONS IN BOSTON.
WE DON’T HAVE A CHANCE
OTHERWISE.
ANTHONY: JEFF ROSSEN, WHO SAID
HE NEARLY DIED FROM VAPING,
FIRST SPOKE UP IN AN OP-ED.
HE HOPES SHARING HIS STORY, HE
WILL OFFER A CAUTIONARY TALE.
>> I WANT TO KEEP PEOPLE
THINKING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE
VAPING, ESPECIALLY THC, THIS IS
A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE FOR
DECADES TO COME.
ANTHONY: AND IN A STATEMENT
RESPONDING TO THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL’S LAWSUIT, JUUL SAID IN
PART, "WE REMAIN FOCUSED ON
RESETTING THE VAPOR CATEGORY IN
THE U.S.
WE STOPPED THE SALE OF FLAVORED
PODS OTHER THAN TOBACCO AND
MENTHOL, HALTED OUR TELEVISION,
PRINT AND DIGITAL PRODUCT
ADVERTISING.
OUR CUSTOMER BASE IS THE WORLD’S
ONE BILLION ADULT SMOKERS, AND
WE DO NOT INTEND TO ATTRACT
UNDERAGE USERS."
SHAYNA: AND GOVERNOR BAKER SAYS
THE STATE WILL CONTINUE TO
COLLECT DATA ON VAPING AND
ADJUSTMENTS WILL BE MADE IF
NECESSARY.
THAT’S “CHRONICLE” FOR TONIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
I AM SHAYNA SEYMOUR.
ANTHONY: I AM ANTHONY EVERETT.
WE HOPE TO SEE YOU TOMORROW
NIGHT
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