Melania TrumpMelania TrumpOvernight Health Care — Presented by Coalition Against Surprise Medical Billing — Buttigieg unveils aggressive plan to lower drug prices | Supreme Court abortion case poses major test for Trump picks | Trump takes heat from right over vaping crackdown Kroger to stop sales of e-cigarettes at stores First lady calls for end of marketing e-cigarettes to youth MORE wants e-cigarette companies to stop marketing to underage youth.
In a speech Monday at the Drug Enforcement Agency, the first lady said teenagers and young adults who suffer from addiction, including to e-cigarettes, need to be encouraged to admit they have a problem and get help.
“It is important to me that we all work to educate children and families about the dangers associated with this habit,” she said. “Marketing this addictive product to children must stop.”
Melania Trump was one of the driving forces behind President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump campaign slams Minneapolis mayor, Target Center for ‘attempting to extort’ them with rally security fees Susan Rice calls Trump decision to pull troops from Syria ‘batshit crazy’ Ex-Trump officials met with Zelensky campaign aides at Trump hotel earlier this year: report MORE‘s crackdown on flavored vaping products.
Last month, she tweeted her concerns about a “growing epidemic” of youth vaping and sat beside her husband in the Oval Office when the president announced that all non-tobacco e-cigarette flavors will be removed from the market until they go through regulatory reviews.
President Trump mentioned his 13-year-old son Barron and the first lady’s worry that he could also become addicted to vaping.
“We can’t have our youth be so affected,” Trump said at the time. “And I’m hearing it — that’s how the first lady got involved.”
Youth vaping has skyrocketed in the past year, driven largely by teenagers becoming drawn to sweet and fruit-flavored e-cigarette pods easily accessible in stores.
E-cigarette companies have been adamant they never deliberately targeted underage youth in their advertising campaigns.
Juul Labs, the nation’s largest vaping company, has said it supports efforts to raise the legal tobacco purchasing age to 21. The company also recently said it will stop advertising its products in the U.S.
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