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This includes reporting gas stations, convenient stores and smoke shops etc. who sell these products to minors, including counterfeit JUUL pods, sales of open packages (loose pods), free giveaways and sales in non-authorized venues.
Spectrum News 1: Parents Against Vaping co-founder Meredith Berkman voices strong concerns about the FDA’s authorization of additional flavored e-cigarette products. Berkman emphasizes the risks these products pose to youth and calls on regulators to prioritize public health and youth protection over industry interests.
MSN: Parents Against Vaping co-founder Meredith Berkman called the recent FDA decision “devastating,” warning that “it threatens to undo all of the hard work that we and so many others have done.”
CBS New York: Parents Against Vaping co-founder Meredith Berkman was featured expressing our outrage over the FDA’s decision to authorize Glas e-cigarettes in mango and blueberry flavors. The decision marks a troubling reversal of the FDA’s own longstanding position and contradicts the well-established scientific evidence showing the critical role flavored products play in attracting, hooking, and addicting youth.
Yahoo News: Vaping rates among American teenagers have hit record lows. However, experts fear those numbers may begin to rise again after federal cuts have shut down key anti-vaping campaigns.
InvestigateTV: More teens are obtaining vapes illegally, purchasing them online and through social media. PAVe Advocate, Donna Bartlett, shares her son’s struggle with vaping and how easy it is for teens to purchase vapes online.
NPR: PAVe advocate, Frances Daniels, and PAVe cofounder, Meredith Berkman, call out the new federal report on children’s health for ignoring nicotine entirely.
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This snapshot of U.S. e-cigarette regulations was prepared by the Public Health Law Center.