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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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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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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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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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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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E-cigarette use among young people declines

Sen. Durbin urges FDA to follow its own rules on e-cigarettes

By Melina Druga  |   October 23, 2020   |   E-Cigarettes

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 Gen. Nessel joins coalition to protect young people from tobacco imagery

Michigan Attorney Gen. Nessel joins coalition to protect young people from tobacco imagery

By Liz Carey  |   October 14, 2020   |   E-Cigarettes

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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Vaping, marijuana use in college-age adults up, other drug use down

Vaping, marijuana use in college-age adults up, other drug use down

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

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 bans flavored vaping products

Chicago bans flavored vaping products

By Melina Druga  |   September 14, 2020   |   E-Cigarettes

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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E-cigarette use among young people declines

E-cigarette use among young people declines

By Melina Druga  |   September 11, 2020   |   E-Cigarettes

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 state files lawsuit against JUUL

Washington state files lawsuit against JUUL

By Melina Druga  |   September 4, 2020   |   E-Cigarettes

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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Reps. Trone, Krishnamoorthi introduce youth vaping legislation

Reps. Trone, Krishnamoorthi introduce youth vaping legislation

By Liz Carey  |   September 3, 2020   |   E-Cigarettes

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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California bans sale of flavored tobacco products

By Melina Druga  |   August 26, 2020   |   E-Cigarettes

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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