Pelosi: Some Teens Sleep with a Vape Pen Under Their Pillow

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PELOSI: “Youth tobacco use is a serious public health crisis that is endangering young people like Abby. Today, I also met with pediatrician, Dr. Felucci, representing 67,000 pediatricians, members of the American Academy of Pediatrics. This is what Dr. Feluccii said. Quote, 'The teenage brain is still developing. Its symptoms of dependence can appear within days of first use. These products quickly deliver high levels of nicotine, so addiction can happen so fast. Adolescents often have no idea how much nicotine they are getting from each hit. In the short term, we’ve seen compromised lung function and asthma access exacerbations as well as seizures and respiratory distress. But we still don’t know the long-term health effects of e-cigarette use. That should alarm us all.' She went on to say, Dr. Felucci went on to say, 'Pediatricians have seen this addiction in our own patients. We received frantic calls from parents whose children don’t know how to stop using.' We’ve heard of teens who sleep with e-cigarettes under their pillow at night because they want to use them, as soon as they wake up, to vape.”