,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hacg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #bh1         
#bjbj,mr4 ,trone 7for himself and ,mr4  
,krishnamoorthi7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,public ,health
 ,service ,act to ensure accurate and   
timely reporting of smoking variants    
through updating the ,federal ,health   
,,it ,strategic ,plan4  #a4 ,short title
 ,this ,act may be cited as the         
,accurate ,reporting of ,smoking        
,variants ,act of #bjbj4  #b4 ,findings 
,congress makes the following findings3 
7#a7 ,the ,centers for ,disease ,control
 and ,prevention has reported #b1hjg    
lung injuries and #fh confirmed deaths  
from vaping-related injuries4  7#b7     
,according to the #bjai ,national ,youth
 ,tobacco ,survey1 over #e million kids 
were reported to be currently using     
electronic nicotine delivery systems    
7,,ends71 or e-cigarettes4  7#c7        

,repeated prolonged exposure to aerosols
 founds in e-cigarettes and vaping      
devices pose considerable potential     
risk1 the long-term health consequences 
of which also remain to be determined4  
#c4 ,ensuring accurate and timely       
reporting of smoking variants  7a7      
,updating the ,federal ,health ,,it     
,strategic ,plan ,section               
#cjja7;c77#c77;,a7 of the ,public       
,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#cjj;jj-#aa7;c77#c77;,a77 is amended by 
adding at the end the following new     
clause3  7ix7 ,strategies to enable1    
through the use of electronic health    
records1 the accurate and timely        
collection and use of information on the
 use of electronic nicotine delivery    
systems1 vaping1 water pipes1 and other 
variations of smoking in the same manner
 as1 through such records1 information  
on smoking is collected and used4  4    
7b7 ,regulations ,not later than #ahj   
days after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act1 the ,secretary of ,health and

 ,human ,services shall issue such      
regulations as are necessary to carry   
out the amendment made by subsection    
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