NBC Nightly News reported that vaping is “so addictive that some teens are now turning to rehab.” Dr. Sharon Levy of Boston Children’s Hospital was shown saying, “They’re getting very high nicotine levels in their bloodstream, and that’s causing them problems with things like paying attention and focusing. And that’s really new.” She added, “We’re seeing more mental health and psychiatric problems that are happening immediately.” NBC focuses on 15-year-old Luka Kinerd, whose $150-a-week vaping habit transformed him from “a straight-A student to an F student” and eventually caused a seizure. Reporter Catie Beck added, “Later this month the FDA will discuss therapies for teens with nicotine addiction.”

In another story on its website, NBC News reports that Luka Kinard, who “was hooked in a way that doctors never noticed before with regular cigarettes,” had become “what the Food and Drug Administration and the Surgeon General call an epidemic of e-cigarette use. And, as with most teens who are taking up the habit, it was the slender, easy-to-conceal Juul device that really got him hooked.”

From the news release of the American Association for Justice.