NEWS ABOUT VAPING
News from around the country about the dangers of e-cigarettes, the youth vaping epidemic and nicotine addiction, and the fight to keep JUUL and its copycats away away from kids.
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NEWS ABOUT VAPING
News from around the country about the dangers of e-cigarettes, the youth vaping epidemic and nicotine addiction, and the fight to keep JUUL and its copycats away away from kids.
CBS News: Smokeless tobacco products, including nicotine pouches, are now prohibited in all professional sports stadiums in the City of Detroit.
North Bay Business Journal: Tiburon is poised to ban the retail sale of all tobacco vaping products.
Eyewitness News 3: A new law in New Haven aims to keep vapes, e-cigs and other tobacco products away from children.
AZPM: A new law takes effect Friday in Arizona to raise the age to buy or possess tobacco products from 18 to 21.
Las Vegas Weekly: The fight to keep cigarette smoke and vape clouds off Nevada’s college campuses has been decades in the making, but Nevada State University’s recently enacted tobacco-free policy means 8,400 more students will see added pressure to curb or quit the habit this fall.
NPR: PAVe advocate, Frances Daniels, and PAVe cofounder, Meredith Berkman, call out the new federal report on children’s health for ignoring nicotine entirely.
New York State: State Police Make Arrests as State Health Department Targets Online Sellers Illegally Shipping E-Cigarettes to Communities Across New York
WSFA 12 News: New regulations on vape products in Alabama are now in effect. House Bill 8 requires vaping products sold in Alabama to be manufactured in the United States, and convenience stores can only sell the 34 tobacco and menthol-flavored e-cigarette products authorized by the FDA.
News 4: Sen. Gerald Allen (R-Tuscaloosa) is looking to add a phrase to the Alabama Clean Indoor Air Act that would ban the use of an electronic nicotine delivery system in public places like restaurants, malls and sports facilities. The legislation is called Senate Bill 9.
Las Vegas Sun: Youth tobacco use in Southern Nevada is surging, fueled by the rising popularity of electronic cigarettes — a trend that has compelled the Southern Nevada Health District to declare youth vaping a “serious public health concern.”
CPR News: In a move meant to limit youth consumption of nicotine, the town council in Eagle passed a ban on flavored tobacco Tuesday.
The Press: The Brentwood City Council voted 5-0 during their Aug. 26 meeting to adopt an ordinance that would require businesses selling tobacco products to obtain a license in order to do so while also banning the sale of tobacco products within 500 feet of a school.