E-cigarette use can cause poorer health results for COVID-19 for people living below the federal poverty level, AmeriHealth Caritas, a Medicaid managed care/health care solutions provider, recently wa...
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The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services recently filed a proposed rule with the Secretary of State to make permanent rules prohibiting the sale of all flavored e-cigarettes. The st...
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A team of six law firms has joined forces to file suit against JUUL on behalf of 34 school districts in California, alleging that youth nicotine addiction impedes the learning environment. Known a...
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According to Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, young people in her state are being rushed to the hospital with COVID-19 symptoms after using e-cigarette products. Moody said that while the te...
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Nicotine promotes the spread, or metastasis, of lung cancer cells into the brain, according to Wake Forest School of Medicine researchers. As many as 40 percent of lung cancer patients develop meta...
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Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody filed complaints Thursday against two Florida vaping companies. The complaints, filed against Monster Vape and Lizard Juice, LLC, allege that the companies are...
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A new law banning the sale of all flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes, went into effect in Massachusetts Monday, making it the first state in the nation to implement such a ban. ...
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The World Health Organization (WHO) recently launched a toolkit for children 13 to 17 to educated them on tobacco industry tactics used to attract them to its products. Tactics include product plac...
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Democratic members of the U.S. Senate asked the Food and Drug Administration to be more transparent about what e-cigarette and other tobacco products file marketing applications by September of this y...
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New York state’s ban on the sale of all flavored e-cigarettes went into effect Monday. A ban on the sale of all tobacco products at pharmacies also went into effect. In 2019, e-cigarette-use amo...
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The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids alleges in a new report that tobacco and e-cigarette companies of using the COVID-19 pandemic to circumvent restrictions placed on them to protect kids. Accordin...
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Nearly 40 percent of smokers have increased their use of tobacco and nicotine products since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a poll conducted by nonprofit organization Foundation for ...
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New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas has filed a lawsuit against JUUL Labs, Inc. over the increase in vaping in that state’s youth population. Balderas said JUUL intentionally and illegal...
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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National Prevention Week (NPW), an annual public education platform aimed at increasing public awareness of mental health and/or subst...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently issued warning letters to 10 e-cigarette manufacturers and retailers who target children. In February, the Trump Administration implemented a ban on a...
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A New Jersey law banning the sale of all flavored e-cigarettes went into effect Monday with the support of Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. The law “is the right move to reverse skyrocketing youth...
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Monster Vape Labs, a Florida vaping e-liquids company, will deliver more than 500,000, 2- ounce spray bottles monthly of hand sanitizer starting this week, its parent company Westman Products said. ...
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The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is protesting the claim from vape shops that they are “essential businesses” during the COVID-19 pandemic response. According to news reports, the American V...
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The World Health Organization has said tobacco smoking is a specific risk factor for COVID-19, and second-hand smoke increases the risk of acute respiratory infections. Cochrane, a tool designed ...
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Marijuana smoking among adolescents has decreased while vaping and edibles have increased, according to an analysis published in JAMA Pediatrics. Researchers analyzed data from the Monitoring the F...
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