Puff Bar Defies FDA Crackdown on Fruity E-Cigarettes by Ditching the Tobacco
The Wall Street Journal: E-cigarette brand resumes online sales of its disposable vaporizers, saying they now contain ‘tobacco-free nicotine’
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Smoking, Vaping and COVID-19
NYC Health: There are risks associated with smoking, vaping (also known as e-cigarette use) and COVID-19, but resources are available to help you quit or cut back.
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State Survey: Youth Vaping Remains At Epidemic Levels
CCX Media: Youth vaping remains at epidemic levels according to a new state survey. The 2020 Minnesota Youth Tobacco Survey says about 1 in 5 high school students use e-cigarettes and 70% of high school and middle school students report signs of nicotine dependence.
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Letter to Dr. Janet Woodcock, Acting Commissioner of the FDA
House Committee on Oversight and Reform: “On March 6, 2020, the Subcommittee initially presented evidence to FDA that all U.S. sales of Puff Bar products were illegal and subject to immediate FDA enforcement action.”
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FTC asks five e-cigarette firms, including Juul, to turn over more sales and advertising data
CNBC: The FTC is issuing orders to five e-cigarette companies including Juul and R.J. Reynolds for information on 2019-2020 sales, advertising and promotional data.
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What's the Buzz? Careless celebrities and the negative impacts of vaping endorsements
Cumberlink: By promoting vaping to a young, impressionable audience from a position of fame, these women added one more appeal to the already dangerously popular e-cigarette usage in American teens.
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Bill puts tobacco industry profits over health
Missoulian: The bill will also overturn local protections approved by the Missoula City Council that protect children from being targeted with candy-flavored tobacco products.
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Opinion/ Fitzgerald: A disappointing report card for Rhode Island
The Providence Journal: Tobacco is killing people all around the country, and as other states enact bold, evidence-based policies to protect their residents, Rhode Island legislators must do more to protect our friends and family.
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The vaping epidemic in Nevada hits home
Nevada Appeal: While COVID-19 has grabbed the headlines, it has overshadowed another health crisis in the Silver State – youth vaping, which is addicting teens to nicotine and damaging their brains and bodies.
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Letter to the editor: Lawmakers should act in the interest of public health
Bozeman Daily Chronicle: This bill, and one like it, House Bill 106, threaten to roll back protections against indoor use of e-cigarettes, including safeguards we currently enjoy.
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Vaping ad on remote learning app prompts Colorado lawmaker to consider stricter marketing laws
The Denver Post: An e-cigarette ad appeared on an app used for remote learning last week, prompting at least one Colorado lawmaker to weigh potential legislation to prevent it from happening again.
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Guest view: HB137 is an insult to Montana communities and a threat to local decision-making
The Montana Standard: It’s an insult to blow smoke in someone’s face. That’s what Big Tobacco and its enablers in the Legislature are doing to Montanans right now, and we should all be offended.
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Bright minds at Blue Ridge win Honorable Mention for vape detectors
White Mountain Independent: For their Samsung Solve for Tomorrow project, the team designed and then constructed a prototype to test low-cost do-it-yourself vaping detectors. The vaping detectors are designed specifically to be installed in common spaces throughout schools.
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'Flavors Hook Kids' campaign launches in Maine to end sale of flavored tobacco products
News Center Maine: New campaign has launched to end the sale of flavored tobacco products in Maine. Youth activists join public health and medical experts to educate/raise awareness.
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Connecticut lawmakers seek wholesale ban on menthol cigarettes and other flavored tobacco products
Hartford Courant: As concerns about the health risks of vaping among young people continue to grow, Connecticut lawmakers want to eliminate all flavored e-cigarette and tobacco products — including menthol cigarettes, which tobacco companies have disproportionately marketed to communities of color.
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Colorado teens can access free coaching for help quitting vaping or smoking
The Reporter Herald: The partnership with Colorado’s Department of Public Health and Environment was relaunched this month and is funded by revenue from the state’s Amendment 35 tobacco product tax.
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Connecticut’s largest city looks to ban sale of flavored tobacco products
Hartford Courant: If the ordinance passes, Bridgeport will be one of 100 cities nationally to ban the products, according to officials.
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Harnessing the power of social media to help young people quit vaping
Mashable: Quit Together taps TikTok influencers and current e-cigarette users Victoria Annunziato (aka King Victober), Tosha, and Jerry Purpdrank to broadcast their own experiences as they quit vaping, in real-time, to their huge followings (a combined 11.3 million subscribers on TikTok alone) across social media platforms.
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North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein calls on FDA to ban menthol cigarettes
WTVD, Raleigh: "Menthol cigarettes are designed to be easier to smoke," said Attorney General Josh Stein. "That means they make it easier to get hooked.”
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Editorial: CT needs to toughen stance against teen vaping
Stamford Advocate: The rise in vaping in recent years has raised concerns within the medical community of teenagers and young adults developing unhealthy lifetime habits, an echo of tobacco trends during the 20th century.
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