Donna Shalala: “Many teens today have moved from using flavored e-cigarettes to other flavored nicotine-laced products. That includes…”

“Many teens today have moved from using flavored e-cigarettes to other flavored nicotine-laced products. That includes things like flavored pouches, drops, and pods. These products are still on the market today. The recent national ban, which my distinguished colleague referred to, didn't take them off the shelves. Something more is needed to make sure our children don't go from one bad addictive product to the next. The products might be different, but the impacts are the same. It is a distinction without a difference, Madam Speaker. That is why we have to pass this bill to keep life-threatening products out of the hands of our children. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro). Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, I rise to support the rule and this comprehensive legislation, which prohibits all flavored tobacco products. Madam Speaker, I commend Chairman Frank Pallone and Congresswoman Donna Shalala for their leadership. The youth vaping epidemic is a public health emergency that threatens our youngsters. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in four high schoolers are using e-cigarettes, and not just occasionally. More than a third of users in high school said that they were smoking e-cigarettes at least 20 days a month. My granddaughter, who is a high schooler, when I asked her about this, she said it is everywhere, that everyone is smoking e-cigarettes.…”