>> WELCOME BACK AS A NUMBER OF
ILLNESSES
AND DEATHS IT'S LINKED TO
VAPING AN E CIGARETTE USE
CONTINUES TO RISE YOUTH SMOKING
PREVENTION CAMPAIGN TRUTH
KICKED OFF A NATIONAL DAY OF
ACTION TODAY.
>> THAT'S RIGHT GATHERING
OUTSIDE A POST OFFICE IN
WASHINGTON DC PROTESTERS
ENCOURAGE TEENS
TO DATE THEIR VAPING HABIT AND
CALLED ON THE FDA TO REGULATE
ITS PRIME.
JOHN WHO COVER RECCHIA IS ONE
OF THE FIRST COLLEGE LEADERS
WHO PARTICIPATED IN TODAY'S
RALLY AND HE IS WITH US NOW TO
SHARE HIS STORY
JAMMU GOT WELCOME TO THE SHOW
AND THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME
YOU ARE STILL THERE CAN YOU
SHARE WITH US
YOUR HISTORY WITH THE
CIGARETTES HOW YOU BECAME PART.
>> THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING ME
SO I I'VE BEEN WITH YOU FOR A
COUPLE OF MONTHS NOW AND THE
REASON WHY I WAS I GOT INVOLVED
WITH TRUTH IS BECAUSE WHEN I
WAS
16 YEARS OLD. I ACTUALLY
STARTED USE A TOOL AS MY
FIRST-EVER INTRODUCTION TO A
NICOTINE PRODUCTS. AND THEN.
THROUGH BY ITS ACTION I ENDED
UP SMOKING APPROXIMATELY TO
JUUL PODS A DAY WHICH IS
EQUIVALENT TO 40 CIGARETTES AND
ON TOP OF THAT WE'LL TALK WITH
TRADITIONAL THING RIGHT SO IT
WAS A PRETTY SERIOUS ADDICTION
FOR ME AND THEN I IT REALLY.
IN PLACE IN MY HEAD THAT THIS
IS AN ADDICTION WHEN I ENDED UP
HAVING A HEALTH SCARE. 2 YEARS
AFTER I STARTED WHICH LANDED
BAM THE HOSPITAL WITH A VERY
BAD ONE IN 5 ACTION AND LET ME
JUST TELL YOU
IT IS VERY SCARY WHEN YOUR
DOCTOR LOOKS AT YOU
IN THERE EYES AND SAYS YOU NEED
TO TELL ME WHAT YOU SAW BECAUSE
YOU
MIGHT DIE. AND I IN MY HEAD, I
WAS LIKE WELL I DIDN'T TAKE ANY
AND BY THAT TIME IN MY EX AND I
I JUST DIDN'T REALIZE THAT I
REALIZE IT AND
>> EVEN IF IT'S JUST ONE
THE EYE. WHAT DOES LOVE TO HELP
>> LOOK AT THAT IS SO SCARY,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING
YOUR STORY BUT HOW DOES IT MAKE
YOU FEEL WE'VE READ
ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE COMING
DOWN WITH THE ILLNESS IS
CRACKING CIGARETTE USE.
>> SO IT REALLY THAT EVERY TIME
I TURN ON THE NEWS AND I HEAR
ANOTHER PERSON HAS BEEN THERE.
DIED OR BEEN HOSPITALIZED FROM
A VAPING-RELATED ILLNESSES IT
REALLY DOES FIRE THE UP AND
MAKE ME SO MUCH MORE PASSIONATE
ABOUT TRUTH INITIATIVE AND WHAT
WE'RE ABOUT BECAUSE I REALLY
I'M JUST ASKING FOR CONGRESS TO
PUT PRESSURE ON
THE FDA. 2 ONE TO REGULATE THE
CIGARETTES BECAUSE RIGHT OUT
THEY ARE OUT
OF CONTROL OR HAVE TOO MUCH
POWER AND TOO TO REMOVE
FLAVORED CIGARETTES AND EVEN
FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS ANY
FLAVOR TOBACCO PRODUCTS.
AND YOU CLUE DING MENTHOL AND
MINT FLAVOR AS WHICH THEY SEEM
TO NOT THINK IS A FLAVOR BUT
REALLY THAT IT IS
A PLAY BURKE AND APART
AND YET DATA SHOWED THAT 97% OF
YOUTH AT BAY.
ARE USING FLAVORED PRODUCTS SO
IT'S A PRETTY SERIOUS. JOHN
>> WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE FOR
SOMEONE WHO'S LOOKING TO KICK
THEIR THE CIGARETTE HABIT OR
THEY'RE DOING HAPPENED.
>> CERTAIN NUMBER ONE RIGHT OFF
THE BAT. I WOULD SAY YOU JUST
NEED TO GET YOURSELF A SUPPORT
SYSTEM AND JUST KNOW YOU'RE NOT
ALONE. YOU CAN IF YOU JUST DO
SOME RESEARCH AND TEAR COME
UNITY EVEN THROUGH YOUR LOCAL
SCHOOLS ARE. REC CENTERS.
THEY CAN GIVE
YOU THE RESOURCES, YOU'RE
LOOKING FOR IF YOU ARE TRULY
LOOKING TO QUIT AND ALSO YOU
CAN LOOK ON THE TRUTH
INITIATIVE WEBSITE AND WE HAVE
A TEXT THE NUMBER THAT WE HAVE
THAT YOU CAN TEXT INTO IF YOU
ARE TRYING
TO QUIT AND WE DO HAVE FACTS
THAT CAN HELP REACH YOU IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION.
>> ALL RIGHT JOHN WE'LL COVER
RIGHT THERE WITH THE TRUTH
INITIATIVE, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR SPEAKING WITH US TODAY AND