E-cigarette users warn Trump that the real culprit is THC vaping

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Many e-cigarette users are outraged at President Trump for proposing to ban flavored vaping liquids, saying he failed to address the real culprit for the rise in vaping-related illnesses: a rise in black-market products that combine THC, the psychoactive chemical in marijuana, with poisonous oils.

Rebecca Deighan, a Trump supporter and co-owner of the Salt Lake City tobacco shop The Smoke House, told the Washington Examiner that the government is unfairly targeting a product that has helped countless people, including her husband, quit smoking cigarettes. She said she has seen it firsthand in her store.

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