1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stopping Appealing Flavors in E-Cigarettes for Kids Act or the SAFE Kids Act . 2. Findings Congress finds as follows: (1) Tobacco use almost always begins during adolescence and, because nicotine is addictive, most youth tobacco users continue to use tobacco as adults, even if they intended to quit. (2) According to the Surgeon General, the use of products containing nicotine in any form among youth, including e-cigarettes, is unsafe and nicotine exposure during adolescence can cause addiction and can harm the developing brain. (3) In 2018, youth e-cigarette use increased by 78 percent among high school students and by 48 percent among middle school students. More than 3,600,000 youth currently use e-cigarettes, an increase of 1,500,000 high school and middle school students in one year. (4) In 2018, 28 percent of high school e-cigarette users and 16 percent of middle school e-cigarette users reported frequent use of e-cigarettes, using e-cigarettes on at least 20 of the preceding 30 days. (5) Rising use of e-cigarettes among youth is hindering progress in reducing youth tobacco use. The use of any tobacco product increased by 38 percent among high school students and 29 percent among middle school students between 2017 and 2018. (6) Both the Surgeon General and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs have called the recent surge in youth e-cigarettes use an epidemic . (7) The Surgeon General issued an advisory in 2018 emphasizing the need to take immediate action to stem the youth e-cigarette epidemic and to protect youth from a lifetime of nicotine addiction and related health risks. (8) Youth use of cigars is a public health concern. High school boys smoke cigars at a higher rate than cigarettes (9 percent for cigars and 7.6 percent for cigarettes). (9) Flavors play a significant role in attracting youth to tobacco products and make such products easier to use by masking the harshness of tobacco products. (10) A 2017 study identified more than 15,000 unique e-cigarette