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[Music] [Dr. Einstein speaking] Hi, I'm thanks for joining us today. I'm doctor Emily Einstein with the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Office of Science Policy and communication with me today we have the director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Doctor Nora Volkov and tobacco expert Doctor Heather Kimmel. We're excited to share with you what NIH is doing in this space, but first let's turn to our panelists is how to start the discussion. Dr Volkov, how big a problem is vaping for the health of the country? [Dr. Nora Volkow speaking] Actually, good morning. Thanks for having me here. And, uh, vaping is of concern because it's actually first of all, a relatively new technology and yet we're seeing it being taken up very, very rapidly across all ages on, [inaudible]. So therefore we don't completely understand the, ultimately how it's going to be used. But what we know already is that first of all, there initially there was a lot of excitement by the fact that by vaping you may