CNN: The US Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday the seizure of about 1.4 million units of unauthorized e-cigarette products, including commonly used brands such as Elf Bar and Funky Republic, which has received warnings from the agency over the sale and distribution of unauthorized products that appeal to minors.
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Politico: Meredith Berkman, co-founder of Parents Against Vaping, comments on the urgent need for the White House to review the FDA’s rules that would ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars.
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NY 1: Parents Against Vaping E-Cigarettes co-founders Meredith Berkman and Dorian Fuhrman joined "In Focus" to discuss how they got their sons to stop vaping.
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WSJM: Benton Harbor City Commissioners have approved a resolution calling on the Michigan Legislature to ban flavored tobacco products.
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Gothamist: Mayor Eric Adams is trying to cut New York City’s supply of flavored vapes off at the source by blocking major distributors from shipping to retailers in the five boroughs. Anti-vaping activists said they are encouraged by the mayor’s announcement on Monday. But some New York City vapers said they are skeptical about the mayor’s ability to eradicate an ever-changing array of products from local stores.
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NEWSWEEK: In honor of PAVe’s 5th anniversary, read about how PAVe was started by a couple of moms around a kitchen table in this editorial by cofounders Meredith Berkman and Dorian Fuhrman.
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PIXII: NYC is trying to tackle the growing proliferation of unlicensed smoke shots that have been popping up all over the city. PAVe cofounder, Meredith Berkman, testified at the New York City Council Committee on Consumer & Worker Protection Hearing on September 6, 2023.
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WORLD: Stephanie Siete is a member of Parents Against Vaping E-cigarettes and the public information officer at Community Bridges Inc., an addiction treatment center in Mesa, Ariz. Siete said parents, youth, and even law enforcement officers tend to be under-informed about the health risks of vaping.
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UNIVISION: Interview with PAVe Advocate Veronica Tomor on Univision Dallas - Forth Worth
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CHEST: Parents Against Vaping e-cigarettes (PAVe) has become an influential advocacy and education nonprofit run and powered by passionate volunteers across the country. Listen to an interview with parent advocate, Meredith Berkman, who shares her story. This podcast is part of the summer 2023 issue of CHEST Advocates.
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MLIVE: Ann Arbor is calling on the Michigan Legislature to end the sale of flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes, or at least give the city the power the ban them locally.
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Healthline: The American Heart Association surveyed more than 2,500 teens and young adults and found that vaping nicotine and THC – the psychoactive component in cannabis – was associated with an increase in symptoms of depression and anxiety.
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Medscape: Rashelle Bernal vaped and ended up in an induced coma for a week. She was one of almost 3000 people who were hospitalized during 2019 and early 2020 with severe lung damage from vaping and became part of what is now known as the epidemic of e-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury (EVALI).
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