North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein calls on FDA to ban menthol cigarettes
WTVD, Raleigh: "Menthol cigarettes are designed to be easier to smoke," said Attorney General Josh Stein. "That means they make it easier to get hooked.”
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Editorial: CT needs to toughen stance against teen vaping
Stamford Advocate: The rise in vaping in recent years has raised concerns within the medical community of teenagers and young adults developing unhealthy lifetime habits, an echo of tobacco trends during the 20th century.
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Capitol Report: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids explains dangers of flavored tobacco, e-cig products
News8: State lawmakers are ramping up efforts to end the sale of flavored tobacco and e-cigarettes, including menthol products.Kevin O’Flaherty with the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids joined Capitol Report to discuss this topic further.
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Durbin & Bipartisan Senators Urge FDA To Protect Kids
Senate.gov: U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), along with 11 other bipartisan Senators, today urged Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Dr. Stephen Hahn to comply with the agency’s requirements to reject e-cigarette applications that do not protect the public health, as part of the FDA’s long-overdue product review for e-cigarettes that began on September.
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FDA Warns Firms to Remove Unauthorized E-liquid Products from Market
FDA.gov: This is the first set of warning letters being issued to firms who have not submitted premarket applications to the FDA and are continuing to sell or distribute unauthorized ENDS after Sept. 9, 2020.
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Do vaping and e-cigarettes hurt your health?
Tri-City Herald: At the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, researchers are collaborating on a first-of-its-kind study to learn more about the potential health effects of e-cigarettes
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Studies find link between vaping and cognitive impairments
New Atlas: A pair of large observational studies are suggesting a possible link between e-cigarette use and cognitive complaints such as memory impairments and brain fog. The cross-sectional research does not present evidence for a causal link between vaping and cognitive problems but instead calls for further longitudinal investigation into the potential relationship.
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Tobacco Companies Tried to Profit Off Virus, Lawmaker Group Says
Bloomberg News: A group of U.S. lawmakers, including Senator Elizabeth Warren, has sent letters to two of the world’s largest tobacco companies alleging they attempted to “profit off the back of a global health crisis.”
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E-Cigarettes, as Consumer Products, Do Not Help People Quit Smoking, Study Finds
UCSF: In their paper, the authors write, “If e-cigarette consumer product use is not associated with more smoking cessation, there is no population-level health benefit for allowing them to be marketed to adults who smoke, regardless of the relative harm of e-cigarettes compared with conventional cigarettes..."
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The scary truth about vaping
WFLA: Dr. Anthony Sochet with Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital discusses the negative effects of vaping on heart and lungs with Bloom Heart Walk Edition co-host Stacie Schaible.
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Parents are often clueless about their children using tobacco products — especially e-cigarettes
Washington Post: Between 2013 and 2017, most youths between ages 12 and 17 reported using both cigarettes and other tobacco products such as e-cigarettes, hookahs or chewing tobacco. In 2018, vaping outpaced traditional cigarettes.
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E-cigarette maker critics fume over concert series aimed at young people
NY Post: Rolling Stone magazine and a fast-growing vaping brand are taking heat over a rooftop concert series that critics say is meant to make e-cigarettes look cool to kids.
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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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Altria Cuts Juul Valuation to Below $5 Billion
The Wall Street Jounal: Altria Group Inc. slashed the value of its investment in Juul Labs Inc., estimating the e-cigarette maker is worth less than $5 billion, or half as much as Juul says it is now worth.
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Michigan Senate approves bills to tax vaping products, allow flavored vaping
The Detroit News: The Michigan Senate approved a six-bill package Wednesday that would impose an 18% tax on the liquid nicotine solution used in electronic cigarettes and would specifically allow individuals to sell flavored vaping products.
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Michigan Supreme Court declines to restore ban on flavored nicotine vaping products
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.”
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Lawsuit Aims to Ban Menthols, Big Tobacco’s Bait for Black Smokers
Bloomberg.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.”
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Study: Teens who vape nicotine more likely to also use cannabis e-cigarettes
UPI.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.
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