On the same day President Donald Trump’s administration announced plans to ban flavored e-cigarettes across the country, Democratic Senate President Steve Sweeney rolled out his own plans to make New Jersey the first state in the country to ban the sale of all vaping products.

Using a phased rollout, Sweeney plans to eventually eliminate all vaping products throughout the state, citing recent reports of severe respiratory illnesses in young men and women tied to vaping.

“The health and safety and even the lives of young people are at risk,” Sweeney, D-Gloucester, said in a statement. “The flavored products are targeted at teenagers and young adults with the intent of luring them into addiction."

Sweeney said he would build on work by senators who have already introduced bills targeting electronic cigarettes and flavored products. Those measures, as well as companion legislation in the Assembly, have yet to be scheduled for committee hearings.

“It’s clear that flavored and non-flavored vaping products, including e-cigarettes, pose a severe and immediate health risk for communities and young people across the nation. I am glad the Senate president has committed to pursuing this issue with the urgency and focus that it requires," one of the bills' sponsors, Sen. Joseph Vitale, D-Middlesex, said in a statement.

The timeline for legislative action on any statewide ban was not immediately clear. Any measure would need to pass the Senate and Assembly and then win approval from Gov. Phil Murphy.

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Both Trump's and Sweeney’s pushes come amid growing concern over illnesses and deaths that may be connected to vaping. Late last month, there were 153 cases of severe respiratory illness potentially tied to vaping in 16 states, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

On Tuesday, the day before both plans were announced, Kansas health officials announced a death potentially connected to vaping. It was the sixth death possibly connected to vaping in the country.

As of last month, nine such cases had been reported in New Jersey, according to a state public health alert.

Just last week, Michigan became the first state to ban flavored vaping products. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced that the state would be filing emergency rules, bypassing the standard public notice and comment.

On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration sent a warning letter to Juul, one of the largest e-cigarette manufacturers in the country, accusing the company of illegally marketing its products as less harmful than tobacco products.

According to a presentation cited by the FDA in its letter, a JUUL representative called the products “totally safe” and even recommended to a student that he should mention “JUUL to his [nicotine-addicted] friend” as a “safer alternative,” according to the letter.