Over 7,000 people in the state die every year from tobacco-related illnesses.
Department of Health Services Officer Jeanne Ayers believes people have become complacent about the hazards of tobacco, after the state had been making a lot of progress. She says e-cigarettes have changed that.
Ayers says just four or five years ago, seven percent of high school kids were using them. Now that number is over 20 percent. She says nine out of 10 high school kids who vape say they wouldn’t have started, if it wasn’t for the different flavors.
