Spectrum News: Schumer, Cuomo Call for Action on Flavored E-Cigarettes

Spectrum News interviewed Theresa Zubretsky, community engagement coordinator for Capital District Tobacco-Free Communities, concerning government efforts to ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes.

From the story:

“In New York State, 40 percent of high school seniors have used a vape product, 40 percent. That is an epidemic,” said Theresa Zubretsky, the community engagement coordinator for Capital District Tobacco-Free Communities.

Zubretsky calls the recent rash of vaping deaths and hospitalizations “unsurprising.”

“It was a totally unregulated market and more and more, the liquids begin to be available in all sorts of fruity, candy, funny-named to flavors, which is a huge attraction for young people,” Zubretsky said.