Eugene police prepare for a safe election day

Eugene police are preparing to make sure election day is safe and secure.

By two dollars& and create a 65 percent tax on those vaping productse it the vaping liquid or the device used to vaporize and inhale it."

Dr serena black is a pediatric hospitalist at peacehealth riverbend hospital& and supports the measure.

"certainly it resonates with me with my patients, but also my personal life."

She says you can see evidence of the vaping epidemic touching oregon's youth from the doctor's office to our local schools.

"when i drive down my street, which is on the back side of one of the high schools, i see a lot of young teenagers out there vaping, and i'm scared for my own daughters."

She was part of the governor's task force tasked with recommending interventions to curb nicotine use in the state's youth.

"this was one of the interventions we felt was key for young people, because the youth market is very price sensitive, so the addition of a tax with the increased cost is a huge deterrent."*supporters say fruity flavors and trendy devices are appealing to youth& and the evidence shows that between 2017-2019, there was an 80 percent increase in youth vaping usage& commercial nat dr. black says stopping a life of nicotene addiction now won't only keep people healhty& but will also decrease impacts on the state's healthcare costs further down the line.

"the degree of use is frightening.

If we can have this be a meaningful measure and impact people's health in the long term, it will be huge."

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