"I'm hopeful the FDA will take action to protect the public health and protect our kids and will not be subject to, you know, political or industry pressure." - Senator Romney



Full story by Thomas Burr here.



"I understand these deaths may be from adulterated products, but you can't decouple this from the fact that flavors are what's luring kids in. We have a health emergency on our hands, and the Administration must follow through on its commitment to ban flavors that entice our youth."
- Senator Romney



Full story by Erin Durkin here.



"We got almost six million kids addicted to nicotine and they are getting addicted to nicotine because of the flavors. They thought it was just a candy type product. You're talking about 100 kids addicted for one employee... I put the kids first. [Vaping shops] are not going to all go out of business because they can't sell flavors." - Senator Romney





"I hope the FDA will do the right thing and take these products off the market. If the FDA does not, if they bow to the industry or any other outside force, then we’ll have to look at legislation at the state level and at the federal level." - Senator Romney



Full story by Dennis Romboy here.



Romney clashed multiple times with vaping advocates. "Utah is a Mormon state, and half the kids in high school are vaping,' he said at one point. He claimed vaping companies sold a flavor called "unicorn poop" to appeal to children.



Full story by Doug Stanglin here.