have swapped their marlboros and newport's for joy pods and vapor pens and the know when glenn journal of medicine has estimated that a 5th of all 10th graders and a quarter of 12th graders use electronic cigarettes even middle school kids are vague thing unbeknownst to many parents and the national institute of drug abuse reports that nearly a 3rd of teens who start using east cigarettes begin smoking traditional tobacco products within 6 months they think is a story we've been covering ever since i came to our team america almost 4 years ago we've reported on lawsuits against manufacturers of electronic cigarettes that have exploded and more recently the u.s. house of representatives passed the reversing the youth tobacco epidemic act which seeks to ban sales of all flavored vapor and tobacco products in a statement the food and drug administration predicts that banning menthol the last allowable flavor in cigarettes and banning all flavors and cigars will help save lives particularly among those disproportionately affected by these deadly products who are those disproportionately affected and w