RJ Reynolds Loses Challenge to LA County Flavored Tobacco Ban
KFI AM 640: A split panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the federal Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act allows the county's ban on certain tobacco products, striking down a challenge by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and other companies.
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Flavored vape ban back on the table in attempt to target youth nicotine use
Hartford Courant: For the second consecutive year, the Connecticut legislature is considering a bill that would ban flavored e-cigarette products in an attempt to tackle what has become a vexing issue for some parents and public health officials after decades of progress curbing youth nicotine consumption.
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Nicotine Use and Stress
Truth Initiative: Many tobacco users falsely believe tobacco products can relieve stress or anxiety. The idea that tobacco products curb the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal is often misinterpreted as a beneficial effect on mental health, according to research on the effects of quitting smoking on mental health.
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Schools vs. Juul: A Massive Anti-Vaping Lawsuit Builds Momentum
Treatment Magazine: Hundreds of school districts across the country are battling the vaping giant, charging that it deliberately markets its products toward children.
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Diabetes warning over e-cigarettes: Vaping devices could raise risk of high blood sugar, scientists say
Daily Mail: E-cigarettes could raise the risk of high blood sugar levels, putting users on the brink of diabetes, scientists warn.
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Vaping May Be Worse Than Smoking for Your Nose and Throat
Health Day: E-cigarette and hookah water pipe users may be at greater risk than tobacco cigarette smokers for cancers of the nose, sinuses and throat, according to a new study.
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Evidence links e-cigarette use with increased odds of prediabetes
Mirage: An analysis of data from a large, nationally representative survey of the US population shows that e-cigarette use is associated with increased odds of prediabetes.
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State reports rise in cross-border vape smuggling
The Daily News: Massachusetts banned the sale of flavored and menthol cigarettes and vaping products more than two years ago, but those products are still getting into the state through the underground market.
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Michigan appeals court sides with vape shop, against flavored vaping ban
Michigan Health Watch: A three-judge panel of the Michigan Court of Appeals upheld a Court of Claims preliminary injunction against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s September public emergency that banned flavored vaping products — products that Whitmer and the state’s health department argued lured young people into unhealthy, addictive habits.
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Proposed federal tobacco tax may cost more than it earns
The Daily Mining Gazette: The U.S. Congress on April 22, 2021 introduced a proposal to to establish the first federal e-cigarette tax in history, while at the same time, raising the tobacco tax.
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Menthol ban would save 650,000 lives in the next 40 years
University of Michigan News: Banning menthol flavors in cigarettes could reduce smoking by 15% by having smokers giving up tobacco products altogether or switching to e-cigarettes and other nicotine vaping products—avoiding 16,250 tobacco-related deaths per year by 2060, according to a new University of Michigan study.
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MSU students develop a product to help people quit vaping
The State News: Michigan State students who are struggling to quit vaping might be in luck.
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Michigan drops plans for permanent ban on flavored vaping, seeks new fix
The Detroit News: The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services this week abruptly pulled back rules that would have banned the sale of flavored nicotine products in Michigan.
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The Loophole That’s Fueling a Return to Teenage Vaping
New York Times: Sales are rising of flavored e-cigarettes using synthetic nicotine that evades regulatory oversight, a gap that lawmakers are now trying to close.
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Evidence grows for vaping's role in gum disease
ScienceDaily: Research confirms unique community of bacteria and immune responses among people who use e-cigarettes.
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More Evidence That Vaping E-Cigarettes Contributes to Gum Disease
SciTechDaily: Research confirms unique community of bacteria and immune responses among people who use e-cigarettes.
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Study finds vaping has long-term effect on the heart for adolescent males but not females
EurekAlert: New research published in Circulation gives insight into what happens to the cardiovascular system of adolescents when they vape
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Autopsy finds man most likely died as a result of vaping
ABC News: Queensland man Peter Hansen died of a severe lung injury which was probably caused by a decade of vaping.
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Research roundup: E-cigs aren't safe
VA Research Communications: As a physician with the VA San Diego Healthcare System, Dr. Laura E. Crotty Alexander has heard from more and more patients over recent years that they’re thinking of switching to vaping e-cigarettes as a safe alternative to traditional cigarettes. Not so fast, says the pulmonologist, who is also an associate professor at University of California San Diego. She calls it a “dangerous situation,” with so many people apparently unaware that e-cigarettes come with wide-ranging dangers of their own.
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Teenager addicted to vaping on life support ‘toxic’ e-cigarette chemical damages lungs
Independent: A US teenager addicted to vaping has vowed to never pick up the habit again after a “toxic chemical” in an e-cigarette left her hospitalised and needing life support.
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