A survey finds nearly a quarter of Iowa’s high schoolers vape and critics say new federal regulations on e-cigarettes are having virtually no impact toward heading off the epidemic. A survey finds nearly a quarter of Iowa’s high schoolers vape and critics say new federal regulations on e-cigarettes are having virtually no impact toward heading off the epidemic. Matt Myers, president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, says Studies find more than 80-percent of kids who use tobacco started with flavored products, while 97-percent of youth e-cigarette users puffed on a flavored e-cigarette in the past month.  He says the packaging and the flavors clearly target youth, including cotton candy, strawberry and mango.

He encourages Iowans to call their members of Congress and urge them to vote for the pending legislation to ban all flavored vaping products.