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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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