Chuck Schumer goes after marketing of e-cigarettes to kids

BY SOPHIA ROSENBAUM / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Fearful big tobacco could hook a new crop of smokers, Sen. Chuck Schumer says he’s backing legislation to stub out the marketing of e-cigarettes to children.
Schumer said tobacco companies are upping the appeal of vaping devices by making kid-friendly flavors like cotton candy and gummy bears.
“They are making a campaign to go after kids and that must stop,” Schumer said Sunday.
He vowed to push the so-called Protecting Children From Electronic Cigarette Advertising Act through the Senate. The legislation would close loopholes in advertising laws that tobacco companies have exploited to hook kids.
Schumer cited a study published last week in JAMA Pediatrics, which found that adolescents who smoke e-cigarettes are seven times more likely to smoke traditional cigarettes.
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