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APA publishes new resource for pharmacists to engage in tobacco cessation programs

States to spend only 2.4 percent of tobacco funds on prevention in 2021

By Melina Druga  |   January 20, 2021   |   Federal

In fiscal year 2021, states will spend $656 million on tobacco prevention and cessation programs out of the $26.9 billion they will receive from tobacco taxes and the 1998 tobacco settlement. This...

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Companies violating Washington’s age verification law to pay $132,000

FDA warns firms to remove e-liquid products from the market

By Liz Carey  |   January 20, 2021   |   E-Cigarettes

On Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued warning letters to 10 companies who manufacture electronic nicotine delivery systems, operate websites selling them and e-liquids, and did not s...

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DC Council reintroduces legislation banning flavored electronic smoking devices

DC Council reintroduces legislation banning flavored electronic smoking devices

By Liz Carey  |   January 14, 2021   |   E-Cigarettes

Washington, D. C. Councilmember Mary Cheh reintroduced the “Flavored Electronic Smoking Device Prohibition Amendment Act” to the DC Council Tuesday, hoping to end the sale of all flavored e-cigare...

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Using tobacco products before adulthood increases risk of chronic smoking

Using tobacco products before adulthood increases risk of chronic smoking

By Melina Druga  |   January 13, 2021   |   E-Cigarettes

Using tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, before the age of 18 is a major contributor to becoming daily cigarette smokers, according to a University of California San Diego Herbert Wertheim Scho...

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Report: Smoking associated with increased risk of COVID-19 symptoms

Report: Smoking associated with increased risk of COVID-19 symptoms

By Liz Carey  |   January 8, 2021   |   Featured

A new report published in the medical journal Thorax indicates smokers face an increased risk of hospitalization because of smoking and that smoking causes an increased risk of showing COVID-19 sympto...

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Combination of cigarettes, e-cigarettes as harmful as cigarettes alone, study finds

Combination of cigarettes, e-cigarettes as harmful as cigarettes alone, study finds

By Melina Druga  |   January 6, 2021   |   E-Cigarettes

According to a recent study published in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation, the use of both traditional cigarettes and e-cigarettes is as harmful as smoking cigarettes alone. Res...

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Legislation to reduce online sale of e-cigarettes to minors

Legislation to reduce online sale of e-cigarettes to minors

By Melina Druga  |   January 4, 2021   |   E-Cigarettes

Congress recently passed a bill that will prevent the online sale of electronic cigarettes to minors. The Preventing Online Sales of E-Cigarettes to Children Act requires retailers to label shippin...

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Senators question tobacco companies on e-cigarette ads during pandemic

Senators question tobacco companies on e-cigarette ads during pandemic

By Liz Carey  |   December 29, 2020   |   E-Cigarettes

U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and U.S. Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Dianna DeGette (D-CO) are questioning tobacco companies on their use of...

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COVID relief bill includes $4.25M for substance abuse, mental health

COVID relief bill includes $4.25M for substance abuse, mental health

By Liz Carey  |   December 23, 2020   |   Federal

On Monday, Congress passed a sweeping $900 billion stimulus package that would not provide direct help to Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic but would also fund necessary mental health and substan...

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Drug Control Director Carroll calls for vigilance in the fight against youth substance misuse

Drug Control Director Carroll calls for vigilance in the fight against youth substance misuse

By Liz Carey  |   December 22, 2020   |   Federal

On Friday, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director Jim Carroll said that while information on trends in youth substance misuse show drug use has not increased in the past y...

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CDC Report: Tobacco use down in young people in 2020

CDC Report: Tobacco use down in young people in 2020

By Liz Carey  |   December 21, 2020   |   E-Cigarettes

A report out Thursday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found that tobacco use in middle and high school students declined between 2019 and 2020. In collaboration with ...

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Companies violating Washington’s age verification law to pay $132,000

Companies violating Washington’s age verification law to pay $132,000

By Melina Druga  |   December 17, 2020   |   E-Cigarettes

Five companies in violation of Washington state’s age verification law will pay Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s office $132,000 and have entered legal agreements to change their advertising and on...

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NIH study finds teen vaping has leveled off, still remains high

NIH study finds teen vaping has leveled off, still remains high

By Liz Carey  |   December 17, 2020   |   E-Cigarettes

A study released Tuesday from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has found vaping nicotine and marijuana in American teens did not increase between 2019 and early 2020, but the levels of that beh...

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World Health Organization launches year-long smoking cessation campaign

World Health Organization launches year-long smoking cessation campaign

By Liz Carey  |   December 11, 2020   |   Featured

On Tuesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced it would be launching a year-long campaign urging millions worldwide to quit smoking. The campaign will lead up to World No Tobacco Day 20...

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One in five adults use tobacco

One in five adults use tobacco

By Melina Druga  |   November 24, 2020   |   E-Cigarettes

Approximately one in five adults in the United States, 50.6 million people, used tobacco products in 2019, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report. The CDC analyzed d...

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Partnership aims to help smokers quit

Partnership aims to help smokers quit

By Melina Druga  |   November 19, 2020   |   E-Cigarettes

Blue Shield of California (BSC) recently partnered with the Truth Initiative’s EX Program to help BSC’s more than 4 million members quit smoking. The EX Program is a digital tobacco cessation p...

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Model shows how COVID-19 affects smokers

Model shows how COVID-19 affects smokers

By Melina Druga  |   November 19, 2020   |   News

A model of airway tissue created from human stem cells potentially shows why COVID-19 infections are more severe in smokers. University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) researchers used an air-liqu...

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APA publishes new resource for pharmacists to engage in tobacco cessation programs

APA publishes new resource for pharmacists to engage in tobacco cessation programs

By Liz Carey  |   November 18, 2020   |   Featured

A new resource, developed by the American Pharmacists Association, identifies how pharmacists can engage their patients in tobacco cessation interventions. The report, “Promising Practices for P...

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Pennsylvania hosts virtual event on vaping epidemic, prevention

Pennsylvania hosts virtual event on vaping epidemic, prevention

By Melina Druga  |   November 9, 2020   |   E-Cigarettes

Pennsylvania’s departments of Health and Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) recently held a two-day virtual summit on vaping. The American Lung Association, the Pennsylvania Alliance to Control T...

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Oregon, Oklahoma voters weigh in on tobacco control measures on the ballot

Oregon, Oklahoma voters weigh in on tobacco control measures on the ballot

By Liz Carey  |   November 6, 2020   |   Featured

Voters in Oregon and Oklahoma have voted in favor of public health, Lisa Lacasse, president of the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network, said Wednesday. In Tuesday’s general electio...

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