Teens bypassing age restrictions on buying e-cigarettes
Atlanta News First
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Investigator Rachel Depa reveals'}, {'start': '24.160', 'end': '27.480', 'text': 'these loopholes.'}, {'start': '31.760', 'end': '35.760', 'text': 'How did this happen when he knew the'}, {'start': '33.280', 'end': '38.480', 'text': 'dangers? Donna Bartlett has read this'}, {'start': '35.760', 'end': '41.680', 'text': 'letter countless times to lawmakers'}, {'start': '38.480', 'end': '43.760', 'text': 'across this country, hoping for change.'}, {'start': '41.680', 'end': '46.559', 'text': "It's about her son who became addicted"}, {'start': '43.760', 'end': '48.879', 'text': 'to vaping as a junior in high school. He'}, {'start': '46.559', 'end': '51.840', 'text': 'went from a straight A student and star'}, {'start': '48.879', 'end': '53.920', 'text': 'athlete to struggling with school and'}, {'start': '51.840', 'end': '57.399', 'text': "having respiratory issues. I don't want"}, {'start': '53.920', 'end': '61.280', 'text': 'to ever have to see another parent go'}, {'start': '57.399', 'end': '63.440', 'text': 'through seeing their son or daughter'}, {'start': '61.280', 'end': '65.519', 'text': 'gasping for breath on a field that they'}, {'start': '63.440', 'end': '68.720', 'text': "used to dominate. It's been illegal"}, {'start': '65.519', 'end': '72.320', 'text': 'since 2019 for any retailer to sell any'}, {'start': '68.720', 'end': '75.280', 'text': 'tobacco product to anyone under 21. That'}, {'start': '72.320', 'end': '77.040', 'text': 'law includes ecigarettes, also known as'}, {'start': '75.280', 'end': '78.400', 'text': 'vapes. A lot of the kids are getting'}, {'start': '77.040', 'end': '81.280', 'text': 'them illegally. I mean, you can go'}, {'start': '78.400', 'end': '83.520', 'text': 'online and buy stuff. Bartlett is right.'}, {'start': '81.280', 'end': '86.240', 'text': 'We were able to get through easy age'}, {'start': '83.520', 'end': '89.040', 'text': 'verification questions on multiple'}, {'start': '86.240', 'end': '91.360', 'text': 'websites that sell vapes. Now, some'}, {'start': '89.040', 'end': '93.840', 'text': 'sites did stop us because they use'}, {'start': '91.360', 'end': '96.159', 'text': 'website age checkers that verify your'}, {'start': '93.840', 'end': '98.880', 'text': 'information against public records. But'}, {'start': '96.159', 'end': '101.759', 'text': 'not every site does this. Some online'}, {'start': '98.880', 'end': '104.320', 'text': 'vape sellers never even asked our age.'}, {'start': '101.759', 'end': '106.640', 'text': 'Within seconds, we had our carts loaded'}, {'start': '104.320', 'end': '110.479', 'text': 'and ready to pay. But what we found on'}, {'start': '106.640', 'end': '113.360', 'text': 'social media was even more alarming.'}, {'start': '110.479', 'end': '115.360', 'text': 'We found vapes for sale on Tik Tok even'}, {'start': '113.360', 'end': '117.759', 'text': 'though the company says the products are'}, {'start': '115.360', 'end': '119.600', 'text': "banned. Here's what's happening. Instead"}, {'start': '117.759', 'end': '122.240', 'text': 'of using the word vape, which is'}, {'start': '119.600', 'end': '124.560', 'text': 'flagged, buyers and sellers are using'}, {'start': '122.240', 'end': '128.239', 'text': 'different language, calling them things'}, {'start': '124.560', 'end': '130.560', 'text': 'like sensory packs or fidget toys. This'}, {'start': '128.239', 'end': '133.599', 'text': 'Tik Tok seller writing discrete'}, {'start': '130.560', 'end': '136.000', 'text': 'packaging, no ID. So, we started'}, {'start': '133.599', 'end': '138.560', 'text': 'ordering. One third-party seller'}, {'start': '136.000', 'end': '141.440', 'text': 'messaged us privately and said, "I\'m so'}, {'start': '138.560', 'end': '144.080', 'text': 'sorry that the shop was been shut down.'}, {'start': '141.440', 'end': '146.720', 'text': 'Tik Tok cancelled your order." Then they'}, {'start': '144.080', 'end': '148.800', 'text': 'directed us to their website off Tik Tok'}, {'start': '146.720', 'end': '151.680', 'text': 'and said our order will not get'}, {'start': '148.800', 'end': '153.560', 'text': 'cancelled for sure. Discreet packaging,'}, {'start': '151.680', 'end': '156.640', 'text': 'no'}, {'start': '153.560', 'end': '159.680', 'text': 'ID. So, we ordered there, too. And that'}, {'start': '156.640', 'end': '162.800', 'text': 'cancelled Tik Tok Shop order ended up'}, {'start': '159.680', 'end': '165.840', 'text': 'not being cancelled. We got that vape,'}, {'start': '162.800', 'end': '168.560', 'text': 'too. Tik Tok shop is only available if'}, {'start': '165.840', 'end': '171.200', 'text': "your account settings show you're 18 and"}, {'start': '168.560', 'end': '173.599', 'text': 'older. After we showed Tik Tok what we'}, {'start': '171.200', 'end': '176.080', 'text': 'bought, a company spokesperson told us,'}, {'start': '173.599', 'end': '178.800', 'text': '"We strictly prohibit these products for'}, {'start': '176.080', 'end': '181.040', 'text': 'sale on Tik Tok shop and have banned the'}, {'start': '178.800', 'end': '183.519', 'text': 'sellers offering the identified'}, {'start': '181.040', 'end': '186.560', 'text': 'products. The shops we bought from are'}, {'start': '183.519', 'end': '189.120', 'text': 'gone." As for Donna, I mean, our goal is'}, {'start': '186.560', 'end': '191.519', 'text': 'to educate and get these vapes off the'}, {'start': '189.120', 'end': '194.159', 'text': 'market for these kids. Even as her son'}, {'start': '191.519', 'end': '197.680', 'text': "still struggles with vaping, she won't"}, {'start': '194.159', 'end': '199.840', 'text': 'stop telling his story.'}, {'start': '197.680', 'end': '202.080', 'text': 'That was Rachel Dempa, but we found this'}, {'start': '199.840', 'end': '203.920', 'text': 'is also happening right here in metro'}, {'start': '202.080', 'end': '206.879', 'text': 'Atlanta. Tonight at 7:00, hear from a'}, {'start': '203.920', 'end': '208.640', 'text': 'woman who says her grandson bought a THC'}, {'start': '206.879', 'end': '210.879', 'text': 'vape online. And our invest in'}, {'start': '208.640', 'end': '213.840', 'text': 'investigation reveals that the license'}, {'start': '210.879', 'end': '218.159', 'text': 'for this website is revoked in states'}, {'start': '213.840', 'end': '218.159', 'text': "all over the country. I'm Anastasia."}]