Parents, Advocates Protest Teen Vaping Outside JUUL Offices In Manhattan
CBS: Dozens of parents and anti-vaping advocates held a protest Tuesday outside the JUUL offices in Manhattan.
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NYC Is Coming For Your Flavored Juul Pods
Gothamist: Grant Fuhrman, a rising freshman at a private New York City high school, is worried about his classmates. He estimates that about a quarter of them are hooked on the Juul.
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Trying to Curb a Teen Epidemic
US News & World Report: Millions of young people have turned to vaping, a risky alternative to cigarettes.
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CDC, states investigating severe pulmonary disease among people who use e-cigarettes
CDC: The U.S. Center for Disease Control is providing consultation to the departments of health in Wisconsin, Illinois, California, Indiana, and Minnesota about a cluster of pulmonary illnesses linked to e-cigarette product use, or “vaping,” primarily among adolescents and young adults.
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Mystery lung illness linked to vaping. Health officials investigating nearly 100 possible cases.
Washington Post: State and federal health officials are investigating almost 100 cases of mysterious lung illnesses linked to vaping and e-cigarette use in 14 states, many of them involving teens and young adults.
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‘Juul-alikes’ Are Filling Shelves With Sweet, Teen-Friendly Nicotine Flavors
NY Times: After Juul Labs, under pressure from the Food and Drug Administration, stopped selling most of its hugely popular flavored nicotine pods in stores last fall, upstart competitors swooped in to grab the shelf space.
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Some E-cigarette Users Are Having Seizures, Most Reports Involving Youth and Young Adults
FDA: The FDA has become aware that some people who use e-cigarettes have experienced seizures, with most reports involving youth or young adult users.
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Teen Urges People to Stop Vaping By Circulating Photos of His Collapsed Lung
Complex: Chance Ammirata shared images on Twitter that he says are pictures of his own collapsed lung and encouraged other people who regularly use the small vaporizers to consider quitting.
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Juul CEO Questioned By House Committee Over Role In Teen Vaping
WBUR 90.9: Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson talks to Meredith Berkman, co-founder of Parents Against Vaping E-cigarettes, and Matthew Myers, president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.
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Capitol Hill's attention on e-cigs encourages Albany advocates
Politico - New York: Meredith Berkman, a New York City resident who was among those to address a U.S. House Oversight and Reform subcommittee last week, also said she plans to force the issue in Albany next session.
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In the ‘Juul room’: E-cigarettes spawn a form of teen addiction that worries doctors, parents and schools
Washington Post: PAVe moms Kristin Beauparlant and son Cade (MA) , Kelly Kinard and son Luka (NC) speak for millions of families harmed by teen targeting of JUUL.
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Vaporized Excerpt - PART I
Youtube: PAVe featured on CNBC's 'Vaporized - America’s E Cigarette Addiction'. Part One of Two.
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Vaporized Excerpt - PART II
Youtube: PAVe featured on CNBC's 'Vaporized - America’s E Cigarette Addiction'. Part Two of Two.
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Teens Testify Juul Told Ninth- Graders Its E-Cigarette Was "Totally Safe"
New Day Weekend - CNN: PAVe co-founder Meredith Berkman and student Caleb Mintz appear on CNN's New Day Weekend with Victor Blackwell and Christi Paul.
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'Juul came into our school' Teen testifies before Congress on dangers of e-cigarettes.
WUSA-9: There was a 78-percent increase in the amount of teens trying vaping during the 2017-2018 school year.
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Juul comes under fire for allegedly hijacking teen anti-smoking curriculum
NBC News: One of the most popular e-cigarette companies, Juul, stole material from Stanford University's renowned tobacco prevention toolkit, and used it to get its marketing messages to kids, one of the toolkit's authors claims.
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Editorial: Start school year with talk about vaping, tobacco
Herald Net: There’s increasing concern about vaping because of the surge in use among teens and young adults and new reports of health concerns that have accompanied the trend in use.
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Juul Targeted Schools and Youth Camps, House Panel on Vaping Claims
New York Times: The curriculum was created by Juul — maker of the very vaping devices that were causing the most alarm among parents, health experts and public officials.
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8 Wisconsin teens hospitalized with severe lung damage due to vaping, doctors suspect
CNN: Eight teens were hospitalized in July with seriously damaged lungs in Wisconsin, the state Department of Health Services reported Thursday. "We suspect that these injuries were caused by vaping," said Dr. Michael Gutzeit, chief medical officer at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin where the teens were admitted, at a press conference.
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World Health Organization says e-cigarettes, 'smoke-free' products do not help reduce cancer
Reuters: Electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco products are not helping fight cancer, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, urging smokers and governments not to trust claims from cigarette firms about their latest products.
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