Arizona to Focus on Putting Out E-Cigarette Use Among Youths With the Food and Drug Administration recently calling e-cigarettes an epidemic among teenagers, Arizona is stepping up efforts to keep youths from vaping.

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The FDA won't tolerate a whole generation of young people becoming addicted to nicotine as a tradeoff for enabling adults to have unfettered access to these same products," Gottlieb said.

Some Arizona schools are also taking an active approach with their own initiatives. For the past several months, Tempe Union High School District has students spearheading its "Vanish the Vape" campaign. Kids caught vaping could receive a suspension. But for some, that isn't a deterrent.

"Today when I went into the bathroom I saw what I can only describe as a giant ball of vape," said Bach Drew, a 16-year-old junior at Marcos de Niza High School who is on the school's anti-vape committee. "Everyone is doing it."