Medical Xpress: A new study published in the journal Eating Behaviors found that vaping or e-cigarette use is associated with a heighted risk of developing an eating disorder among US college students.
Read MoreAP: Federal health officials on Thursday delayed a high-stakes decision on whether to permit bestselling vaping brand Juul to stay on the market, while banning the sale of thousands of other electronic cigarettes.
Read MoreWashington Post: “Reset? Give me a break,” said Meredith Berkman, co-founder of Parents Against Vaping E-cigarettes, a nonprofit. “They sell addiction. If you wanted to do the right thing, you would close up shop.”
Read MoreWashington Post: The moves could be the first in larger agency crackdown on vaping products
Read MoreReuters: A federal judge has allowed most claims to go forward in antitrust litigation by e-cigarette purchasers accusing Juul Labs Inc and Altria Group Inc of working together to suppress competition in the e-cigarette market.
Read MoreSpectrum News: According to the CDC, more than 500,000 middle schoolers across the country use e-cigarettes.
Read MoreNews-Medical: Aerosol generated from vaping devices likely impairs blood vessels' ability to function comparable to traditional cigarette smoke, according to preliminary research in rats presented at the American Heart Association's Basic Cardiovascular Sciences Scientific Sessions 2021.
Read MoreWall Street Journal: The FDA is nearing a Sept. 9 deadline to decide which vaping products can stay on the market; some could be put out of business entirely
Read MoreGwinnett Daily Post: As the pair, now seniors, were beginning their high school careers, they decided to start an organization to fight the use of e-cigarette, or vaping, products used by their peers.
Read MoreBloomberg Philanthropies’ Follow the Data Podcast: In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, two other public health epidemics have surged: gun violence and youth vaping.
Read MoreDirectionally Challenged Podcast: Our guest for the next two weeks is Meredith Berkman, co-founder of Parents Against Vaping E-Cigarettes, or PAVe, and co-host of “PAVe: Big Tobacco Messed with the Wrong Moms” podcast.
Read MoreGovernment Technology: Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School are working on an app for teens that would engage them with texts from peers who quit using e-cigarettes and reward them with points, similar to a game.
Read MoreStanton Glantz Blog: Annette Regan and colleagues recently expanded the range of adverse health effects associated with e-cigarette use to low birth weight babies for women who smoked during pregnancy.
Read MoreCourthouse News Service: E-cigarette company Juul’s founders, board members and biggest investor, Altria, can’t duck a bellwether lawsuit claiming they conspired to deceive consumers about the addictive nature of vaping products.
Read MoreDAILY BULLETIN: A stop-gap ban on flavored tobacco products was adopted by the La Verne City Council this week as California voters await a statewide referendum on the matter.
Read MoreSTAT: A new study published Tuesday finds that smoking menthol cigarettes versus unflavored cigarettes is associated with reduced success in quitting among people who smoke nearly every day.
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