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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Korir",
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    "content": "Thank you, very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Allow me to thank Sen. Mumma for this Motion. I rise to support. The E-cigarettes are hooking a new generation on nicotine, putting millions of children at risk and threatening the decades of progress in reducing youth tobacco use. It is a nationwide crisis of youth addiction fuelled by thousands of child-friendly flavours and massive doses of nicotine. The presents of flavoured nicotine make it easy for children to use without being noticed. Currently, there is no law addressing the use of E-cigarettes in indoors, public places, work places and public transport. Therefore, the use of E-cigarettes seems allowed. Nowadays, minors can easily access social media platforms. Sen. Cherarkey had put it well and elaborated widely. These social media platforms promote the various types of E-cigarettes. Some of the platforms are Instagram and Tiktok, among others platforms used nowadays. Most of the teenagers feel as if the use of vape is a safer alternative to cigarettes. There was a ban in the use of nicotine popularly known as Lyft and shisha, which was affecting the youth and was widely used in a number of social places. This ban had people seeking alternative ways to get the same effect, hence the increase of use of E-cigarettes. I know there was a lot of efforts by the Government to move round and check the social media platforms where this shisha and Lyft were being used. The youths opted for E-cigarettes, which is seriously affecting their lives. The presence of delivery services has also made the E-cigarettes easily available to the minors. A vendor cannot verify if the buyer is an adult or a minor. Nicotine can harm the developing adolescent brain. The brain keeps developing until about the age of 25. The E-cigarettes can also bring mental issues among the youth, especially with the counterfeit products that are being brought in by the sellers. Therefore, this is a serious issue. It causes a lot of harm to our youth. I thank the Government for the effort they have put across in terms of trying to make sure the administration is moved closely to ensure this drug abuse affecting the youth is put to an end. I support."
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