Detroit Metro Times: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s motion to reinstate a ban on flavored vaping nicotine products has been denied by the Michigan Supreme Court. The 6-1 decision last week ruled against Whitmer’s request “because the Court is not persuaded that the question presented should be reviewed by this Court before consideration by the Court of Appeals.”
Read MoreBloomberg.com: When Charles Debnam started smoking at age 9, he recalls, you could buy a doughnut, a soda, and a pack of menthols for $1. He’d seen older friends—about 13 or 15—smoking them in his Black neighborhood in Washington, D.C., and he found the smooth flavor appealing. “It feels good,” he says. “It’s like you’re sucking on a peppermint.”
Read MoreUPI.com: If teens are vaping nicotine, it's likely they're also using cannabis-based e-cigarettes and vice versa, according to a new analysis published Tuesday by JAMA Network Open.
Read MoreHouse.gov: U.S. Representatives David Trone (D-MD) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) introduced the Accurate Reporting of Smoking Variants Act to help doctors and researchers better understand the impact of the alarming rate of e-cigarette use among America’s young people.
Read MoreKUSI 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.
Read MoreYahoo Finance: A new study of youth and young adult vaping behaviour and preferences reveals that young people across the country who vape do so most days of the week, many times a day.
Read MoreDaily 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.
Read MoreHouse.gov: Today, following the deadline for e-cigarette manufacturers to submit Premarket Tobacco Product Applications (PMTA) to the FDA in order to legally continue selling their devices in the United States, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi announced he will introduce legislation to add transparency and review to the e-cigarette approval process.
Read MoreCampaign for Tobacco Free Kids: California SB 793, which ends the sale of flavored tobacco products was signed into law by Governor Newsom on August 28. Three days later, on August 31, the tobacco/vaping industry filed a referendum to repeal the new law which is set to go into effect on Jan 1. If the industry gets all the signatures they need by November 26, SB 793 would be at best, delayed until a ballot vote could take place in the November 2022 Election.
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Read MoreThe Hill: Democrats on Thursday urged the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to issue new guidance to encourage colleges and universities to go tobacco-free in the fall during the coronavirus pandemic.
Read MoreWall Street Journal: E-cigarette pioneer aims to shrink 2,200-person staff down to about 1,000 as part of broader retreat.
Read MoreSeattle Times: Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a consumer protection lawsuit Wednesday against vaping giant Juul Labs, saying the nation’s largest e-cigarette company targets underage consumers.
Read MoreStanford Medicine: The e-cigarette industry has been exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic to encourage sales of vaping products, according to a new study from Stanford Medicine researchers.
Read MoreLos Angeles Times: California voters could be asked to overturn a new law banning the sale of flavored tobacco after opponents notified the state Monday of plans to seek a referendum on the measure.
Read MoreCal Matters: Cotton candy vape, tropical fusion cigarillos and menthol cigarettes will be extinct in California after a bill aimed at stopping kids from getting addicted to tobacco sailed through the Legislature today— and the governor almost immediately signed it.
Read MoreSenate.gov: U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), a member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), is calling on the Trump administration to take action following troubling reports on the potential increased risk that vaping poses for COVID-19 infection.
Read MoreScience 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.
Read MoreNewsweek: 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.
Read MoreCNN: In a letter to the US Food and Drug Administration, lawmakers are urging the agency to temporarily clear the market of all e-cigarettes for the duration of the coronavirus crisis.
Read MoreHouse.gov: In response to a new study on adolescent vaping, led by Dr. Bonnie Halpern-Felsher of Stanford University and published today in the Journal of Adolescent Health, finding that e-cigarette users are five times more likely to be diagnosed with COVID-19 than non-vapers, Chairman Raja Krishnamoorthi of the Oversight Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy wrote to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Stephen M. Hahn, calling on the FDA to clear the market of e-cigarettes for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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