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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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, 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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