(KTVB 7) - After over an hour of heated debate, the Idaho House of Representatives narrowly passed a bill regulating e-cigarettes and vape products the same as traditional tobacco.
(IDAHO PRESS) - More than two years after the minimum age for smoking or vaping rose to 21 nationally, a divided Idaho House on Monday narrowly passed a bill to make state law match up; it currently still sets a minimum age of 18. The Senate-passed bill now goes to the governor’s desk.
(IDAHO NEWS 6) - The Office of Drug Policy (ODP) is using Be The Parents, the long-running underage drinking prevention campaign, to provide parents and caregivers with facts and prevention tips about teen vaping. The digital campaign launched February 1.
(GWINNETT DAILY POST) - The Borrego brothers took action by creating the Vaping-Attention to Prevention, or VA2P, club at Buford High School to raise awareness among their classmates about the dangers of e-cigarette use.
On June 29th, the Washington, DC Council voted in favor of a ban on the sale of all flavoured tobacco products, including safer alternatives such as e-cigarettes. As predicted, Mayor Muriel Bowser has now signed the ban into law.
(WDVM) — School systems and parents have taken precautions to protect students from the COVID-19 pandemic, but with in-person learning ramping back up, there’s another epidemic that parents should be aware of: the e-cigarette epidemic.
WAMU: JUUL’s move of its headquarters from San Francisco to D.C. puts it closer to lawmakers and regulators whose work will shape the company’s profits and future potential.
Fox5: Federal health officials on Thursday ordered Juul to pull its electronic cigarettes from the U.S. market. It's the latest blow to the company widely blamed for sparking a national surge in teen vaping.
NYT: The proposal would put the United States at the forefront of global antismoking efforts by taking an aggressive stance at significantly lowering nicotine levels. Only one other nation, New Zealand, has advanced such a plan. The headwinds, though, are fierce.
New York Times: The agency ruled against the company’s application to stay on the market, a decisive blow to a once-popular vaping brand that appealed to teenagers.
FDA.gov: Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued marketing denial orders (MDOs) to JUUL Labs Inc. for all of their products currently marketed in the United States. As a result, the company must stop selling and distributing these products.
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.
