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On the recordSeptember 23, 2019
So, Ms. Porter, you know, I'm grateful for every one adult smoker that e-cigarettes are actually helping to quit nicotine, but for every one adult smoker that is being helped, 81 kids will be introduced to nicotine through e-cigarettes and graduate to cigarette addiction as an adult. None of us want that.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Pressley highlights the negative impact of e-cigarettes on youth addiction.

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