Fox 9 Minneapolis: The Plymouth City Council approved major changes to its city code on April 28, banning the sale of flavored tobacco within city limits. During the meeting, council members said they wanted to "put the health and well-being of youth first," noting that flavors are a main reason kids get hooked on nicotine.
Read MoreABC News 11: Students from across North Carolina are calling on lawmakers to strengthen nicotine laws, pushing for legislation that would raise the legal age to purchase vaping products.
Read MoreABC News 10: New York Governor Kathy Hochul has proposed a new tax on vaping products and a state registry to combat illegal sales in her Fiscal Year 2027 Budget.
Read MoreKitsap Daily News: Student vaping, using e-cigarettes, is a growing concern in Kitsap County, as it is around the country, says the Kitsap Public Health District.
Read MoreWMTW ABC 8: Taxes on streaming services, cannabis, and tobacco go into effect in the new year.
Read MoreSpectrum News 1: A new Kentucky law requires retailers to sell tobacco products using a license. It allows the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Authority to investigate and enforce the law, handing out fines to any retailers selling without a license.
Read MoreABC 10: California has unveiled its first Unflavored Tobacco List, banning the sale of noncompliant flavored products.
Read MoreAZFamily: A vape shop with several Valley locations must pay back thousands of dollars for illegally selling tobacco and nicotine to underage customers, according to Arizona’s attorney general.
Read MoreABC News Channel 9: Alabama's Senate Bill 9 aims to modernize the state's indoor air quality laws by treating electronic nicotine delivery systems, such as e-cigarettes and vape pens, the same as traditional tobacco smoking in indoor public spaces.
Read MoreYahoo News: Vaping rates among American teenagers have hit record lows. However, experts fear those numbers may begin to rise again after federal cuts have shut down key anti-vaping campaigns.
Read MoreInvestigateTV: More teens are obtaining vapes illegally, purchasing them online and through social media. PAVe Advocate, Donna Bartlett, shares her son’s struggle with vaping and how easy it is for teens to purchase vapes online.
Read MoreMLive: Young children are swallowing nicotine pouches at an increasing rate, prompting a warning from a Michigan health system.
Read MoreDenverite: More than 70 percent of early ballots supported Referendum 310, which would keep the city’s “flavor ban” in place.
Read MoreCBS News: Smokeless tobacco products, including nicotine pouches, are now prohibited in all professional sports stadiums in the City of Detroit.
Read MoreNorth Bay Business Journal: Tiburon is poised to ban the retail sale of all tobacco vaping products.
Read MoreEyewitness News 3: A new law in New Haven aims to keep vapes, e-cigs and other tobacco products away from children.
Read MoreAZPM: A new law takes effect Friday in Arizona to raise the age to buy or possess tobacco products from 18 to 21.
Read MoreLas Vegas Weekly: The fight to keep cigarette smoke and vape clouds off Nevada’s college campuses has been decades in the making, but Nevada State University’s recently enacted tobacco-free policy means 8,400 more students will see added pressure to curb or quit the habit this fall.
Read MoreNPR: PAVe advocate, Frances Daniels, and PAVe cofounder, Meredith Berkman, call out the new federal report on children’s health for ignoring nicotine entirely.
Read MoreNew York State: State Police Make Arrests as State Health Department Targets Online Sellers Illegally Shipping E-Cigarettes to Communities Across New York
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