Beware of Vaping Products with Unproven Health Claims
FDA: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration wants consumers to know certain “wellness” vaping products containing vitamins and/or essential oils are being illegally sold with unproven claims and could be harmful if used.
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How companies like Puff Bar have avoided FDA regulation: "The industry can innovate around it"
CBS: Some vaping products have managed to avoid regulation by the FDA even as they grow increasingly popular among kids.
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Biden's FDA pick faces questions about his tobacco response
WP: President Biden’s pick to lead the Food and Drug Administration would step into the role at one of the most critical junctures for tobacco regulation.
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Senators Question Califf, the F.D.A. Nominee, on Opioid Crisis and Pandemic Response
NYT: A Senate panel hearing on Tuesday signaled that Dr. Robert Califf, who briefly led the agency during the Obama administration, had some bipartisan support.
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Now-defunct e-cigarette company agrees to pay $50 million for marketing to minors
ABC: A now-defunct e-cigarette retailer has agreed to pay $50 million to resolve allegations it marketed and sold vaping products to minors by appealing to their social media preferences, taste for fruit flavors and penchant to listen to influencers.
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Young people vaping this sleep aid could damage their lungs. It’s a new trend that has doctors concerned
WBTV: Some people are taking an unusual route to get a certain sleep aid in their body - by vaping it, and doctors warn that’s not a good idea.
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How One Massachusetts Town Could Shape the Future of Tobacco
Time: Brookline, Ma., recently became the first town in the U.S. to ban tobacco sales based not on current age, but on birth date: anyone born after Jan. 1, 2000 will never be able to buy tobacco there, no matter how old they are.
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Scientists Find Possible Connection Between Vaping and Mental Health
NBC CT: Providers and researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found links between vaping and mental health symptoms in children.
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The Great Vape Debate! Is the Tobacco Industry Targeting Teens? Are Your Kids Vape Sick?
NBC CT: Providers and researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found links between vaping and mental health symptoms in children.
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Mayo Clinic Q and A: Vaping and teens
Mayo Clinic: Unfortunately, today's teens, and even tweens, often know more about vaping than their parents.
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Oregon county bans sale of flavored tobacco products
AP: Oregon’s second most populous county has passed the state’s first ban on flavored tobacco products.
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NC Attorney General sues Juul co-founders, will investigate 20 e-cigarette companies
The Charlotte Observer: North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein said Tuesday he is filing a lawsuit against Juul Labs’s co-founders months after reaching a $40 million settlement against the e-cigarette giant over the company’s marketing practices.
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Minnesota uses TikTok to stop teens vaping amid reports of e-cig dependency
Newsweek: The Minnesota Department of Health is turning to social media app TikTok in an attempt to encourage teens to quit vaping.
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“Tobacco-Free Nicotine” Claims Could Lead Non-Smokers to Try E-Cigarettes
News Wise: “Tobacco-free nicotine” claims may reduce young adults’ perception of the health risks of e-cigarettes, according to a Rutgers study.
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Vaping marijuana by teens doubles in last seven years, with potentially harmful consequences, study says
CNN: Marijuana vaping by school-aged youth doubled between 2013 and 2020, a new study found, with reported use within the last 30 days rising seven-fold during the same time period.
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E-cigarette use associated with risk for wheezing, shortness of breath in young users
Healio: E-cigarette use was associated with increased risk for wheezing and shortness of breath in adolescents and young adults, according to new data presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.
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Confusion clouds FDA’s approach to e-cigarettes
Politico: The Food and Drug Administration’s decision this week to authorize the sale of an electronic cigarette was a landmark for the vaping industry — but it may only deepen confusion about the sector’s future.
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Using e-cigarettes to prevent smoking relapse doesn't work well, study finds
CNN: Using e-cigarettes and other tobacco products to keep from relapsing to cigarettes doesn't appear to be effective, according to a new longitudinal study of nearly 13,000 smokers in the United States.
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Thousands of chemicals in ecig liquid and aerosol
Professor Glantz: Mina Tehrani and colleagues from Johns Hopkins have published a much broader non-targeted analysis of e-liquids and aerosols produced by four widely available tobacco flavor e-cigarettes (Blu, Juul, Mi-Salt Smok, Vuse) and the polypropylene glycol/vegetable glycerine (PG/VG) base without any nicotine or flavorings.
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FDA authorizes first e-cigarette but only allows tobacco flavors
The Verge: After rejecting over one million e-cigarette related products, the Food and Drug Administration announce today that it authorized its first e-cigarette: the Vuse Solo, made by R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company. The agency is allowing the company’s tobacco-flavored e-liquid pods on the market but rejected its flavored pods.
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