New York insurance companies now required to cover costs of quitting vaping
NY Post: New York will require all private and public health insurance companies to fully cover costs related to quitting vaping, the state Department of Financial Services said Thursday.
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The Next Vaping: Big Tobacco claims to have created a safer cigarette. Is unleashing it a big mistake?
The Atlantic: Branded “IQOS,” which is widely believed to be an acronym for “I Quit Original Smoking,” the device is the first in what’s expected to be a new class known as “heated tobacco” or “heat not burn” products. They’re not vaping or smoking, but another way of inhaling the addictive stimulant nicotine.
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Trump Is Giving In To The Vaping Industry On A Flavor Ban, Lawmakers Say
Buzzfeed News: A bipartisan letter to the White House is slamming President Trump for backing off a proposed ban on flavored e-cigarettes thought to be driving the teen vaping epidemic.
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Durbin Sends Bipartisan & Bicameral Letter To President Trump Urging For Final E-Cigarette Flavor Ban
Press Release: “I'm hoping President Trump cares more about children than he does about lobbying pressure from Big Tobacco and Big Vape companies,” Durbin said. “At stake is the health of more than five million kids who are now vaping in America. This epidemic demands action now, and the President must stick with his September promise to remove kid-friendly flavors—including mint and menthol—from the market immediately.”
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More than a dozen US school districts sue Juul and other vape companies
The Guardian: School districts in states including Missouri, Kansas, Arizona, New York and California have filed lawsuits against Juul and other vape companies, seeking to recoup financial losses incurred while attempting to manage the exploding number of students using e-cigarettes.
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Mom Whose Son Was Nearly Killed by Vaping Shames the FDA: 'Where the Hell Were You?'
People Magazine: Walker McKnight’s brief vaping habit may not have killed him, but the five months he spent in an Orlando, Fla. hospital, connected to a respirator as doctors fought to keep him alive, destroyed his left lung and both his kidneys.
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New York Becomes First Large City To Ban Sale Of Flavored E-Cigarettes
CBS New York: The NYC Council approved a ban on most flavored e-cigarettes amid growing concerns over the deadly vaping crisis. The vote came just days after the second vaping-related death in the city.
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Political opposites agree on teen vaping: Get rid of the flavors that lure kids
The Hill: We're sick of business models built around addicting kids - to traditional cigarettes in the past, for example, and now to nicotine-packed e-cigarettes. We are outraged that highly addictive e-cigarette products have been cynically or illegally targeted at teens, hiding the health risks behind flavors like fruit, mint and menthol.
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Vape juice can kill kids. A vaping law’s slow rollout left them at risk of nicotine poisoning.
USA Today: Federal regulators this year stepped up efforts to protect young children from a deadly vaping threat: accidents involving liquid nicotine in bottles with enticing candy colors and flavors.
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The youth vaping epidemic: Addressing the rise of e-cigarettes in schools
The Brookings Institution: Teen vaping has gained a significant amount of media attention since President Trump expressed concern about vaping’s public health effects in a September meeting with the FDA. While Trump had suggested a ban on flavored e-cigarettes, it seems that he has backed away from that idea due to political fallout among voters.
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Trump FDA pick stops short of committing to flavor ban
Politico: President Donald Trump's nominee for FDA commissioner declined at his confirmation hearing Wednesday to promise to move forward with an e-cigarette flavor ban that the administration has put on hold.
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Doctors believe vaping is the cause of death for a 28-year-old Orlando man, family says
Fox 35 Orlando: Last week, Kyle Boyd’s family said he went to sleep and never woke up. His mother and stepfather found the 28-year-old unresponsive and unable to breathe in his room.
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Something has changed': People have been vaping for years but now they're dying. Could it be the devices?
USA Today: Vapers, who often see the devices as safer and healthier than cigarettes, are potentially inhaling a toxic stew of atomized oils, an aircraft de-icing chemical and toxic heavy metals leaching from the heating elements used to create the "smoke."
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Trump Planned To Ban Flavored E-Cigarettes: Whatever Happened To That?
Forbes: Dealing with a public health crisis requires strong decisive statements followed very quickly with strong corresponding action. Issuing strong statements followed by a retreat can lead to confusion and a loss of confidence in our country’s ability to respond to a crisis.
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Juul has pulled its most popular flavor in a last-ditch effort to stop teens from vaping
Business Insider: On the heels of new research released this week suggesting that mint and mango are the most popular flavors among high school students who use Juuls, the e-cigarette giant has announced it will stop selling its mint-flavored refillable cartridges.
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Vaping Could Be 'potentially Even More' Harmful To Hearts Than Smoking, Scientists Warn
Newsweek: Vaping could harm heart health, according to scientists who fear e-cigarettes could be as damaging as tobacco smoke. Two separate studies on e-cigarettes come as health officials try to get to grips with a U.S.-wide outbreak of vaping-related lung illnesses, which have affected over 2,000 people.
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Juul disregarded early evidence it was hooking teens
Reuters: Juul executives knew young people were flocking to its breakthrough e-cigarette shortly after it went on sale in 2015, a former manager tells Reuters. Its nicotine blend was so potent, engineers devised a kill switch to limit the dosage – but the idea was shelved.
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States and Tribes Stepping in to Protect Communities from the Dangers of E-cigarettes: Actions and Options (2019)
Public Health Law Center: Given that this crisis coincides with an unprecedented increase in youth e-cigarette use in the United States and a recent declaration by the Surgeon General that youth use of e-cigarettes has become an “epidemic,” states and Tribes are stepping in to protect the health of youth and the broader community against e-cigarettes.
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Apple removes all vaping and e-cigarette apps, citing health concerns
CBS News: Apple said Friday that it is removing all apps related to electronic cigarettes and vaping from the company's app store, citing concerns about the rash of deaths and lung injuries linked to the products.
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Repeal of SF e-cigarette ban, once backed by Juul, is overwhelmingly rejected by voters
San Francisco Chronicle: San Francisco’s upcoming ban on the sale of e-cigarettes will remain in place, as voters soundly rejected a ballot measure Tuesday that would have overturned the prohibition approved by the Board of Supervisors in June.
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