Is Vaping Really Safe?… U.S. Surgeon General Doesn’t Think So

An alternative to cigarettes once considered safer than smoking, is now causing concern with the Surgeon General.

FOX’s Jon Decker has details from the White House:

Because it contains fewer of the harmful compounds of regular cigarettes, vaping was first pushed as safer for smokers. But the U.S. Surgeon General is calling e-cigarettes an emerging public health threat to the nation’s youth.

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy acknowledges a need for more research, but says e-cigarettes are not harmless and too many teens are using them.

Federal figures show that last year, 16 percent of high school students reported at least some use of e-cigarettes.

At the White House, Jon Decker, FOX News.