Adolescents who use e-cigarettes have double the risk of smoking traditional cigarettes, according to a recent European study. Between 2013 and 2018, e-cigarette use in young people spiked from 5 p...
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A new bill introduced by U.S. Reps. Filemon Vela (D-TX) and Alex Mooney (R-WV), the Saving America’s Future by Educating Kids (SAFE) Kids Act, proposes to allow the development and use of an evidenc...
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The Trump Administration’s Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) said Monday its latest report shows the program is continuing to reduce youth substance use. In the 2020 Drug-Free Commu...
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New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office has issued an immediate cease and desist order to three vape companies for selling their products online. James’ office alleges that Cloud X Vap...
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Vape shops in Idaho are now required to obtain a permit to legally sell nicotine, tobacco, or electronic-smoking-device products. The change went into effect July 1 after the Idaho Legislature upda...
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After a nearly yearlong investigation, Colorado is suing JUUL labs, Inc. over its e-cigarettes, claiming the company marketed the devices to minors and misled the public over their health risks, Attor...
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Five anti-smoking groups are criticizing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for authorizing Philip Morris’ marketing of a new “heated cigarette” as a “modified risk tobacco product”...
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A lawsuit was filed last week by Action on Smoking and Health and the African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council to ban the sale of menthol cigarettes. Congress passed the Family Smoking P...
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E-cigarette use can cause poorer health results for COVID-19 for people living below the federal poverty level, AmeriHealth Caritas, a Medicaid managed care/health care solutions provider, recently wa...
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The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services recently filed a proposed rule with the Secretary of State to make permanent rules prohibiting the sale of all flavored e-cigarettes. The st...
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A team of six law firms has joined forces to file suit against JUUL on behalf of 34 school districts in California, alleging that youth nicotine addiction impedes the learning environment. Known a...
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According to Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, young people in her state are being rushed to the hospital with COVID-19 symptoms after using e-cigarette products. Moody said that while the te...
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Nicotine promotes the spread, or metastasis, of lung cancer cells into the brain, according to Wake Forest School of Medicine researchers. As many as 40 percent of lung cancer patients develop meta...
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Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody filed complaints Thursday against two Florida vaping companies. The complaints, filed against Monster Vape and Lizard Juice, LLC, allege that the companies are...
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A new law banning the sale of all flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes, went into effect in Massachusetts Monday, making it the first state in the nation to implement such a ban. ...
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The World Health Organization (WHO) recently launched a toolkit for children 13 to 17 to educated them on tobacco industry tactics used to attract them to its products. Tactics include product plac...
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Democratic members of the U.S. Senate asked the Food and Drug Administration to be more transparent about what e-cigarette and other tobacco products file marketing applications by September of this y...
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New York state’s ban on the sale of all flavored e-cigarettes went into effect Monday. A ban on the sale of all tobacco products at pharmacies also went into effect. In 2019, e-cigarette-use amo...
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The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids alleges in a new report that tobacco and e-cigarette companies of using the COVID-19 pandemic to circumvent restrictions placed on them to protect kids. Accordin...
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Nearly 40 percent of smokers have increased their use of tobacco and nicotine products since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a poll conducted by nonprofit organization Foundation for ...
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