36 years ago, I introduced a little amendment. It banned smoking on airplanes. That amendment triggered a reaction I didn't even anticipate. It was a tipping point. At the time we passed that amendment to ban smoking on airplanes, 27% of high school students were smoking tobacco products. 27%. Today it's 2%. But our kids aren't safe from another product of Big Tobacco. It's called vaping. Are you all familiar with vaping? Sure you are, as medical doctors. Dr. Volkow, is vaping dangerous to children? (01:29–01:40)
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Asserts that high school smoking rates dropped from 27% to 2% since the airplane smoking ban.
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