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That same day, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that he wants to ban flavored e-cigarettes amid growing national health concerns about vaping.
The New York Department of Health is also launching an investigation into companies producing vaping substances and will require shops that sell e-cigarettes to post a warning to \"let people know this is a risky endeavor,\" he said.
\"This is a frightening public health phenomenon,\" Cuomo said at a news conference.
As part of the investigation, Cuomo said subpoenas will be issued to learn more about the chemical makeup of vaping products.
He added that \"common sense\" would suggest that \"if you don’t know what you are smoking, don’t smoke it, and right now we don’t know.\"
Sept. 11: 2019: President Trump calls for ban on flavored e-cigarettes
President Donald Trump, with the first lady at his side, announced that his administration is moving to ban flavored e-cigarette products after a sixth person recently died from a vaping-related lung illness.
\"We are looking at vaping strongly, it's very dangerous, children have died and people have died,\" Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. \"We're going to have some very strong rules and regulations.\"
The president said kids are coming home from school and saying, \"Mom, I want to vape.\"
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Sept. 19, 2019: Warning not to buy products from the street
The FDA, working with their criminal investigation unit, says it has collected 150 samples from several states to analyze and is testing for \"chemicals, nicotine, THC, opioids, cutting agents, additives, poisons, toxins, pesticides.\"
The investigators say they did not plan to pursue prosecutions immediately, just that they’re trying to trace the supply chain for the problem vaping products.
It’s crucial, they say, that vapers who use those products aren’t afraid of prosecution, or they won’t report information that could help the search.
Those who use vaping products were warned not to add anything to the vape cartridge and not to buy products from the street.
ABC News’ Stephanie Ebbs, Anne Flaherty, Quinn Owen, Karma Allen, Allie Yang and Meridith McGraw contributed to this report.
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