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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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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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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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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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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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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