I Got Addicted to Vaping at 14. Your Kid May Be Too.
US News: The tobacco industry is targeting kids to make us addicts. The government needs to fight back with tougher regulations and penalties.
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More common than coffee: We need to rethink vaping normalcy in Oxford
The Miami Student: Did you know there are 17 vape and smoke shops in Oxford? Because I sure did not. When I first heard this number, I thought it was a joke. Unfortunately, it’s true that Oxford houses more vape shops than it does cafes.
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Teen informs peers about e-cigarette use following JUUL lawsuit in N.C.
Spectrum News: According to the CDC, more than 500,000 middle schoolers across the country use e-cigarettes.
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Buford High School twins on a mission to raise awareness among teens, parents of the dangers of vaping
Gwinnett Daily Post: As the pair, now seniors, were beginning their high school careers, they decided to start an organization to fight the use of e-cigarette, or vaping, products used by their peers.
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Chico students get their art displayed on billboards in anti-vaping contest
Enterprise Record: Three students within the Chico Unified School District won a contest to have their drawings displayed on billboards across the city conveying messages about the dangers of vaping.
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Teens host “Airing out Big Tobacco’s Dirty Laundry” exhibit at Madison County libraries
News19: A group of motivated teens dedicated to raising awareness about the dangers of smoking and vaping are showcasing a project they’ve been working on for months.
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What's the Buzz? Careless celebrities and the negative impacts of vaping endorsements
Cumberlink: By promoting vaping to a young, impressionable audience from a position of fame, these women added one more appeal to the already dangerously popular e-cigarette usage in American teens.
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Bright minds at Blue Ridge win Honorable Mention for vape detectors
White Mountain Independent: For their Samsung Solve for Tomorrow project, the team designed and then constructed a prototype to test low-cost do-it-yourself vaping detectors. The vaping detectors are designed specifically to be installed in common spaces throughout schools.
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Harnessing the power of social media to help young people quit vaping
Mashable: Quit Together taps TikTok influencers and current e-cigarette users Victoria Annunziato (aka King Victober), Tosha, and Jerry Purpdrank to broadcast their own experiences as they quit vaping, in real-time, to their huge followings (a combined 11.3 million subscribers on TikTok alone) across social media platforms.
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Avondale High School senior wins statewide anti-vaping contest
The Oakland Press: Justin Kakuda, a senior at Avondale High School in Auburn Hills, submitted the winning design. More than 100 shirts with his design will be distributed to local youth by the Alliance’s affiliates to raise awareness.
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“Vaping’s Not My Thing” Poster Contest
Scholastic.com: In the “Vaping’s Not My Thing” contest, students create a one-page poster, infographic, or annotated illustration to convince other kids of the serious health risks of vaping.
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E-cigarettes can be 'gateway' to cigarettes for teens with no prior intention to smoke
EuerkAlert!: A new study, published Nov. 9 in the journal Pediatrics, finds that e-cigarette use is associated with a higher risk of cigarette smoking among adolescents who had no prior intention of taking up conventional smoking.
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The Pitt Prescription
ThePittNews: It’s likely that e-cigarettes expose consumers to a much smaller number of harmful chemicals than traditional cigarettes, but there are still several problems associated with vaping in general.
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COVID-19 risk linked to vaping, but addicted kids find it hard to stop
Science News for Students: A large and growing share of adolescents and young adults vape. A new study now offers a potent reason not to: It links vaping with a heightened risk of becoming infected with the new coronavirus.
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“Get Your Head Out of the Cloud”
KUSI News: PAVe Ambassador Phillip Fuhrman joined Good Morning San Diego to discuss the “Get Your Head Out of the Cloud” youth vaping awareness campaign from the American Lung Association and the Ad Council.
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Guest Opinion: Youth and tobacco -- the 'hidden' epidemic
Danville San Ramon: While the COVID-19 pandemic has taken the stage all over the world, a "hidden" epidemic has taken over countless youth lives that deserves the same attention.
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Association Between Youth Smoking, Electronic Cigarette Use, and COVID-19
Science Direct: First study shows true link between vaping and Covid-19. The Stanford led study just published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, shows that vaping is linked to COVID-19 risk in teens and young adults. The research found that young people tested for the virus and who vaped, were five to seven times more likely to be infected than those who did not use e-cigarettes.
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Millions of School Children Are Vaping—and It Could Be Putting Them at Risk of COVID-19
Newsweek: Vaping and smoking could raise a young person's risk of developing COVID-19 according to researchers who found 13-24-year-olds who used such products were five to seven times more likely to have the condition caused by the coronavirus.
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ENOUGH IS ENOUGH #SB793
Youtube: Powerful statement by @LoveLUVlife: "123 Lives a day ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. Inspired by leaders like @KarenBassTweets to speak out on big tobacco's menthol killing 123 Black Lives every day.
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Ban flavored e-cigarettes to protect youth
Missoulian: Habit and routine formulate a teenage version of "normal."Often those habits can be influenced by malevolent forces such as nicotine. In fact, 58% of high schoolers in Montana admit to having once used a vaping device.
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