NPR: PAVe Advocate, Nancy Heredia-Villanueva, and Dorian Fuhrman, co-founder of Parents Against Vaping e-cigarettes, speak to NPR about the illegal e-cigarette black market and the importance of enforcement to curb the youth vaping epidemic.
Read MoreROI NJ: Cristine Delnevo, director of the Rutgers Center for Tobacco Studies and a professor of Health Behavior, Society and Policy at the Rutgers School of Public Health, was appointed chairperson of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (TPSAC). Her appointment as chair will run through Jan. 31, 2025.
Read MoreINSIDER - 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.
Read MoreNorthJersey.com: City education officials are joining the growing list of school districts around the country filing federal lawsuits over what they are calling the vaping epidemic among students.
Read MoreJersey Shore Online: The Freehold Regional High School District is now one of nearly 130 districts across the country to join a class-action lawsuit against e-cigarette manufacturer Juul.
Read MoreNJTV News: More than 6 million middle and high school students in America have admitted to vaping or smoking tobacco products in the last year. One million of them every day.
Read MoreThe New York Times: Faced with growing fear about the risks of vaping, New Jersey last month became the second state to adopt legislation outlawing all nicotine vaping liquids other than those flavored to taste like tobacco.
Read MoreNJ.com: New Jersey became the first state to permanently ban the sale and distribution of flavored vaping products amid a national health crisis that has killed 60 people.
Read MoreUS News & World Report: Lawmakers say the flavors are meant to hook young people, who are using the products in increasing numbers.
Read MoreCBS News: New Jersey lawmakers on Monday approved a bill that would ban the sale of flavored vaping products. The bill passed in both the Senate and State Assembly, and now heads to Governor Phil Murphy, who has until January 21 to either sign or veto the bill.
Read MoreCongressman Frank Pallone: The Protecting American Lungs and Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act would prohibit all flavored tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, ban most non-face-to-face sales for tobacco products, and protect kids from the predatory marketing of tobacco products.
Read MoreNJ.com: New Jersey could soon outlaw flavored e-cigarettes, as state lawmakers Monday gave final approval to a bill banning certain vaping products in the midst of a national health crisis.
Read MoreNorthJersey.com: Flavored vaping products could soon be outlawed in New Jersey after lawmakers voted Monday to prohibit their sales and cap the amount of nicotine in vaping liquids.
Read MoreInsider NJ: Time is running out. NJ Lawmakers Must Act NOW to end the sale of ALL flavored tobacco products in New Jersey including flavored e-cigarettes, cigars & menthol cigarettes!
Read MoreNorth Jersey.com: Committees in the Senate and Assembly approved a group of bills that ban the sale of flavored e-cigarette products and menthol cigarettes, increase taxes on vaping products and set a framework for oversight of vaping retailers. The bills prompted hours of discussion as lawmakers expressed an urgent need to address a public health issue, while also hearing concerns that a ban could hurt businesses that sell to adults or could create a black market.
Read MoreUS News & World Report: Candy, cocoa and chocolate, as well as any other flavor of e-cigarette, are among the flavors New Jersey lawmakers sought to prohibit on Thursday, along with a separate ban on menthol-flavored traditional cigarettes.
Read MoreNJ.com: New Jersey should ban the sale of all flavored vaping products — including menthol — and prohibit the online sale of e-cigarettes, according to a task force Gov. Phil Murphy appointed to address a wave of severe lung diseases that have killed 18 people in the nation, including a woman in the state.
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