- President Trump is meeting later today at the White House with both vaping industry executives and public health advocates to hear both sides of the issue.
- Industry watchers think the administration has concerns over the health risk of vaping and impact on teenagers, but is likely to back off a full ban on flavored e-cigarettes due to political considerations like the impact on small business employment and young voters.
- The latest report from the CDC indicates 2,290 cases in the U.S. of lung injuries linked to vaping and 47 confirmed deaths.
- Some kind of statement from the White House on vaping could be made in the afternoon following the summit.
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