U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) recently sent a letter to FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn urging the Food and Drug Administration to enforce its own regulations regarding e-cigarettes and youth. In Jan...
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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Oct. 7 that she has joined a coalition of attorneys general who is asking the creative community to take action to eliminate tobacco imagery from stream...
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Legislation recently introduced in the U.S. Senate aims to address healthcare disparities in the United States. The legislation includes disparities caused by tobacco use, a move applauded by the C...
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According to a new survey, vaping marijuana and nicotine rose sharply over the past three years for college-aged adults, even while the use of other drugs decreased. Results from the 2019 Monitori...
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Chicago City Council voted Sept. 9 to ban the sale of flavored vaping products in the city. The ordinance applies to flavored liquid nicotine products that create the taste or aroma of food. These...
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Approximately 3.6 million young people in the United States used e-cigarettes in the past 30 days, according to a National Youth Tobacco Survey conducted in partnership with the U.S. Food and Drug Adm...
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Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson recently filed a consumer protection lawsuit against e-cigarette company JUUL, claiming the company violated the state’s Consumer Protection Act. “JUUL ...
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U.S. Reps. David Trone (D-MD) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) announced Tuesday they had introduced legislation aimed at gathering more accurate data about youth e-cigarette usage. The Accurate Rep...
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The California Assembly recently voted to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products. The Senate is expected to approve the latest version of the legislation, and Gov. Gavin Newsom has said he suppo...
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U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Patty Murray (D-WA) are calling on the Trump administration to continue its crackdown on the vaping industry after a recent Stanford University study found that yo...
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Legislation recently introduced in the U.S. Senate would expand tobacco cessation coverage to all Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program beneficiaries during the coronavirus pandemic. S...
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Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson recently filed a lawsuit against E-Juice Vapors, a company that marketed vapor products containing nicotine to young people. Ferguson accused the comp...
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A $100,000 study will examine vaping usage among Canadian teenagers. The study will take a “by-youth-for-youth” approach to learn teenagers' experiences with vaping and their motivations. By t...
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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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