【英文原声】Vaping ban urged on US teenagers

Vaping ban urged on US teenagers

00:09①More than 2 million teenagers in the United States say they regularly use electronic cigarettes despite widespread warnings that they are unsafe, a survey has found, prompting calls by anti-tobacco organizations for federal help to ban or regulate the sale of the addictive products to young adults.

00:28②The figures from the 2021 National Youth Tobacco Survey, a poll carried out annually by the US Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found that around 85 percent of middle school and high school students said they enjoyed smoking fruit-flavored e-cigarettes.

00:49③Most reported that studying remotely amid the coronavirus pandemic caused no problems in purchasing the products, according to CNN.

00:59④Lisa Lacasse, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network said in a statement: "This study shows yet again the urgent need for federal action to address the nation's youth e-cigarette epidemic.

01:14⑤"Flavored tobacco products of all kinds, including those flavored with menthol, enable the tobacco industry to entice and hook another generation of users on their deadly products－no less, a generation who was on track to be the first tobacco-free generation. We have known for years about this danger and still the FDA continues to delay taking definitive action－despite a court ordered deadline－on some of the biggest brands and manufacturers of these products."