CU School of Medicine: Nearly half a million middle school and high school students have reported using nicotine pouches this year. CU physician Gina Kruse explains why that’s concerning.
KRDO: The City of Golden has announced they voted to end the sale of all flavored tobacco products in retail stores, effective January 1, 2024–that is according to the American Lung Association in Colorado.
INSIDER - One tobacco giant — Reynolds American — is actively spreading millions of dollars to hundreds of state-level political candidates and political action committees, according to an internal corporate governance document reviewed by Insider.
DP: On the heels of a defeat to ban flavored smoking and vaping products in Denver, state lawmakers are considering a flavor ban that could be enacted across Colorado.
The Denver Post: An e-cigarette ad appeared on an app used for remote learning last week, prompting at least one Colorado lawmaker to weigh potential legislation to prevent it from happening again.
The Reporter Herald: The partnership with Colorado’s Department of Public Health and Environment was relaunched this month and is funded by revenue from the state’s Amendment 35 tobacco product tax.
Daily Camera: The Boulder Valley School District is suing electronic cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc., alleging the firm knowingly contributed to the rapid use of e-cigarettes by minors.
Convenience Store News: Tobacco legislation and regulation is constantly under review at the local, state and federal levels. In this monthly roundup, Convenience Store News highlights the latest proposals and approved changes happening across the United States.
Colorado Public Radio: The rise of coronavirus in Colorado and around the U.S. has at least some people who vape or smoke reconsidering that habit, while others report feeling the need to do it even more. Public health experts say it’s a good time to quit smoking and vaping.
Colorado Public Radio: Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced Tuesday that the state is suing e-cigarette company JUUL Labs, Inc., over what he says were efforts by the company to market to youth.
The Wall Street Journal: The minimum age to purchase cigarettes, e-cigarettes and other tobacco products will be raised to 21 nationwide under the spending bill passed by the Senate on Thursday in a provision aimed at curbing a surge in underage vaping.
Colorado Public Radio: If you want to know how easy it is to buy high-level nicotine products online you only need to ask 9-year-old Audrey Rosen of Broomfield.
Daily Camera: Twenty years ago, as a creative director, I helped launch the Truth campaign to reduce teen smoking. The first commercial was simply footage of tobacco executives testifying, “I believe nicotine is not addictive.” All we did was add a laugh track.
Colorado Politics: JUUL Labs Inc. violated the Colorado Consumer Protection Act through its marketing of electronic cigarettes to children, and was responsible for creating the teen smoking epidemic in the state, according to allegations in a lawsuit introduced on Tuesday.
ABC7 News: San Francisco-based Juul has been heavily criticized and sued in several states for its harmful, targeted advertising towards teens before, but a new report says the company may have even got a step further.
The Colorado Sun: Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser has been investigating Juul for about a year. His office worked with state health officials and a Denver-area school district on the probe.
