E-cigarette executives set for grilling over youth vaping
The Hill: Executives from five of the largest e-cigarette companies are set to be grilled by House lawmakers on Wednesday about rising youth vaping rates, the first hearing since the Trump administration announced a limited ban on vaping flavors.
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Kaiser Permanente announces support for legislation banning flavored tobacco, Gov. Newsom's youth vaping prevention efforts
Biospace: Taking a strong stand to protect the health and safety of California's youth Kaiser Permanente Corporate Office Headquarters today announced it is the first major health care provider to support California Senate Bill 793 by state Senator Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, to ban the sale of all flavored tobacco products in the state.
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Federal flavor ban goes into effect Thursday, but many flavored vape products will still be available
NBC News: A nationwide ban on many flavored e-cigarette products goes into effect Thursday, but teenagers will still have access to nicotine vapes, experts say.
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California Lawmakers Have Refused to Restrict Flavored Vaping — Is That About to Change?
Lost Coast Outpost: California is behind some other states and the Trump administration when it comes to cracking down on flavored tobacco and e-cigarette use — nor has it moved to block the sale of flavored vape products containing cannabis.
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Flavored e-cigarette pod ban starts Thursday: What it means for vapers -- and parents
Washington Post: The partial vape ban will affect most e-cigarettes that use pre-filled pods. These cartridges are designed for one-time use and have been embraced by teens. Sales of fruit-, dessert- and mint-flavored pods will be outlawed; menthol and tobacco flavors will escape prohibition.
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Juul Sought Out High Schoolers And Native Americans, Congressional Investigators Said
Buzzfeed News: Congressional investigators found that leading e-cigarette maker Juul marketed its products to high schools and Native American tribes with claims that it could help smokers.
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Seminole County students see effects of vaping, drug use up close through new campaign
WFTV-9: Seventh graders at Millennium Middle School may already know what vaping is, but on Thursday, they got to see the negative impact it can have. The school district on Thursday rolled out a new campaign called “It Won’t Be Me" to teach students about the dangers of things like vaping.
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Mass. attorney general sues JUUL 'for creating youth vaping epidemic'
WCVB: Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey on Wednesday announced a lawsuit against the company she blames for starting the youth vaping epidemic.
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Juul Bought Ads Appearing on Cartoon Network and Other Youth Sites, Suit Claims
The New York Times: The case, brought by Massachusetts after a lengthy investigation, presents some of the strongest evidence the vaping company was marketing to teenagers.
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American Heart Association tackles youth vaping crisis with massive new initiative
AHA: The American Heart Association is fighting for the country’s young people and against the vaping epidemic by funding millions in new nicotine research, working to strengthen laws and policies nationwide, and exposing the e-cigarette industry’s lies.
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Tobacco company CEOs face lawmakers' questions on their role in youth vaping epidemic
ABC News: Executives from some of the largest e-cigarette companies defended their business practices on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, amid concerns about their role in the rising rates of nicotine addiction among young people.
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Listen: How Vaping Regulations Are Playing Out In The States
Kaiser Health News: KHN Midwest correspondent Lauren Weber joined Wisconsin Public Radio’s Rob Ferrett on “Central Time” to discuss what’s happening on vaping in the states amid concerns about a vaping lung illness.
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Social Media Helped Juul Dominate the Vaping Market. Now, Teens Are Using It to Help Each Other Quit
Time: In a stark about-face, many of the same people who might have once posted about their #JuulLife are now using social media to urge their friends to quit vaping.
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Congress needs to act against vaping epidemic - San Francisco Chronicle
Senator Dianne Feinstein: San Francisco has already moved to ban e-cigarettes, and the state is also contemplating a flavor ban. But to curb youth vaping nationwide, these issues must be addressed by Congress.
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The FDA got it partially right on e-cigs. Here’s what else needs to be done.
Washington Post: The need for additional measures is urgent. Data from the 2019 National Youth Tobacco Survey shows that about 5 million young people in grades six to 12 had tried e-cigarettes in the past 30 days — an increase from about 3.6 million in 2018. And more of these teens are becoming regular users, with nearly 1 million vaping daily. That’s how addiction crises take root. Casual use turns into constant use, and before you know it, a new generation of kids is hooked on nicotine.
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Newly Signed Legislation Raises Federal Minimum Age of Sale of Tobacco Products to 21
FDA: On Dec. 20, 2019, the President signed legislation amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and raising the federal minimum age of sale of tobacco products from 18 to 21 years. It is now illegal for a retailer to sell any tobacco product—including cigarettes, cigars and e-cigarettes—to anyone under 21.
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Senators Criticize Trump’s E-cig Policy
CBS19 News: More than two dozen members of the U.S. Senate, including Tim Kaine, are criticizing a new policy they say won't address certain flavored e-cigarettes or flavored e-liquids that are not in cartridges.
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Stroke: Smoking both traditional and e-cigarettes may raise risk
Medical News Today: A team at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, has uncovered another electronic cigarette health concern. This time, it relates to stroke risk.
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Invalidity of an Oft-Cited Estimate of the Relative Harms of Electronic Cigarettes
American Journal of Public Health: The “95% safer” estimate is a “factoid”: unreliable information repeated so often that it becomes accepted as fact. Public health practitioners, scientists, and physicians should expose the fragile status of the factoid emphatically by highlighting its unreliable provenance and its lack of validity today.
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E-cigarettes linked to lung problems, first long-term study on vaping finds
NBC News: The first study on the long-term health effects of electronic cigarettes finds that the devices are linked to an increased risk of chronic lung diseases, according to research published Monday in theAmerican Journal of Preventive Medicine.
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