Following the lead of several other jurisdictions in the wake of increasing reports of vaping health risks, Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh on Tuesday introduced a bill to ban the sale or distribution of flavored e-cigarettes in the District of Columbia.

The bill was co-introduced by eight other members of the D.C. Council, which means it’s likely to move forward and eventually pass.

Also on Tuesday, Ward 7 Councilmember Vincent Gray introduced a bill that would ban the use of any vaping products without a prescription. “Until more is known about the long-term adverse health impact of vaping, any use of electronic smoking devices and vaping products should be carefully monitored by a physician though a prescription,” Gray said in a press release about his legislation.

The bills come after a number of people nationwide have contracted potentially fatal lung illness associated with the use of vaping products—about 380 people have fallen ill in 36 states and one U.S. territory, and seven people from six different states have now died. Many of the people who have fallen ill were using cannabis-derived vaping products. Health officials in New York state are looking into the possibility that Vitamin E acetate in the cannabis vaping products is the culprit behind the illnesses.

Also of concern: the sharp rise in youth tobacco use associated with the emergence of e-cigarette products onto the market, particularly flavored e-cigarettes, which are appealing to children. Last week, the Trump administration moved to ban flavored e-cigarettes, motivated by the increased in youth tobacco consumption. Data from 2018 showed that 21 percent of high school seniors reported vaping nicotine in the past month, a sharp spike from previous years. (Last year, Juul, a popular e-cigarette brand, stopped selling fruit-flavored pods for this very reason. As soon as they did, sales of their mint-flavored pods shot up.)

“Over the past few years, e-cigarette use has exploded among young people and continues to rise at an exponential pace. The e-cigarette industry has built this youth market by targeting children through advertising and widely available flavored products,” Cheh says in the press release announcing her bill. “Further, as the popularity of these addictive products continues to grow, we’ve seen the proliferation of e-cigarette stores appear across the District without regard to the proximity to our schools or spaces intended specifically for children. The federal government has recently indicated its intent to also ban flavored e-liquids, but we cannot wait for the federal government to act while flavors such as cotton candy and gummy bear e-cigarettes remain on District shelves.”

Earlier this month, Montgomery County moved to ban e-cigarette shops within a half-mile of schools, while New York and Michigan have both banned flavored vaping products.