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Lori Lightfoot celebrates at her election night rally at the Hilton Chicago after defeating Toni Preckwinkle in the Chicago mayoral election, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

On Wednesday, April 3, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it has not established a direct connection between vaping and seizures but is seeking more information. Regulators noted that seizures and convulsions are a known side effect of nicotine poisoning. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

In this Sunday, Nov. 11 file photo, Yasin Aktay, an advisor to Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, speaks during an event organized to mark the 40th day of the death of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi, background, in Istanbul, Turkey. Saud Al-Mojeb, Saudi Arabia’s top prosecutor, is recommending the death penalty for five suspects charged with ordering and carrying out the killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi. Al-Mojeb told a press conference in Riyadh Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, that Khashoggi’s killers had been planning the operation since September 29, three days before he was killed inside the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul. (AP Photo/Neyran Elden, File)

FILE - This May 17 file photo shows packs of menthol cigarettes and other tobacco products at a store in San Francisco. On Thursday, May 15, 2018, FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb pledged to ban menthol from cigarettes, in what could be a major step to further push down U.S. smoking rates. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

SALT LAKE CITY — The use of e-cigarettes, particularly among Utah youths, has dramatically increased in the past few years and the battle between state legislators, high school students, and local proponents of the so-called “vaping” industry continued during the 2016 legislative session.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah's House speaker told representatives to focus on political courage and cooperation as they and their Senate colleagues opened the 45-day legislative session on Utah's Capitol with pomp and speech making.

At least two bills are poised to change how the state controls e-cigarettes while health department regulators said they will continue to work with representatives of the so-called 'vaping industry' to create fair rules that they say are designed to protect children.

(Infographic by Makenzie Jamias)