From left: White Home counselor Kellyanne Conway speaks to Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) and President Donald Trump, throughout a listening session on
From left: White Home counselor Kellyanne Conway speaks to Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) and President Donald Trump, throughout a listening session on youth vaping and the digital cigarette epidemic contained in the Cupboard Room on the White Home in Washington,, November 22, 2019.
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The White Home, grappling with the outbreak of a lethal lung illness related to vaping, has been holding each day conferences on the problem for over two weeks, based on a senior administration official.
President Donald Trump is predicted to take part within the ultimate assembly of the yr on the general public well being emergency someday earlier than Christmas, the administration official mentioned.
The each day assembly usually happens within the Roosevelt Room within the White Home West Wing, and is open to Well being and Human Companies officers, senior administration officers and junior aides who might have an curiosity within the problem.
First Woman Melania Trump can be taking part in a job in shaping the administration’s response. “She has mentioned she needs to be concerned,” the official mentioned.
Trump in September referred to as for a ban on flavored e-cigarettes but backed off over concern about job losses at the thousands of vape shops nationwide and potential voter backlash. The White Home has been underneath strain from each vaping advocates and well being teams to take motion.
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