Action News 5 : Local leaders and students were on the steps of City Hall Wednesday to share their concerns on the distribution of illegal marijuana at unlicensed smoke shops in the city.
Read MoreFox 17: FDA reports that 2.55 million middle and high school students are currently using e-cigarettes.
Read MoreFox 26: Meredith Berkman is happy to hear the latest news on the e-cigarette company that she says targeted her teenage son with marketing at his high school in 2018.
Read MoreInteract for Health: Meredith Berkman is a cofounder of Parents Against Vaping E-cigarettes, a national advocacy and education organization founded in 2018 as a grassroots response to the youth vaping epidemic.
Read MoreNPR: More than 2 million high school and middle students reported using e-cigarettes in 2021. A quarter of them say they vape daily. Now, the Food and Drug Administration is trying to do something about it.
Read MoreTreatment Magazine: Parents Against Vaping e-cigarettes—an anti-vaping advocacy organization led by moms—continues its fight to shield minors from nicotine addiction
Read MoreThe Columbus Dispatch: As a mom and a pharmacist, I am aware of the dangers of nicotine on young bodies and minds - nicotine that will become a scourge on them and our society over a lifetime.
Read MoreHSH: Parents Against Vaping e-cigarettes has become an influential advocacy and education nonprofit run and powered by passionate volunteers across the country, the national parent voice fighting the predatory behavior of Big Tobacco.
Read MoreThe Hill: The Food and Drug Administration made international headlines late last month when it stripped vaping giant Juul’s products from the e-cigarette market, drawing praise from anti-tobacco advocates and lawmakers.
Read MoreKCRG: Several organizations have voiced their reaction to the FDA’s order to remove Juul e-cigarettes from the US market.
Read MoreFox5: 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.
Read MoreCBS Bay Area: The Food and Drug Administration Thursday ordered all Juul electronic cigarettes removed from the U.S. market. Kiet Do reports.
Read MoreNPR: The Food and Drug Administration has issued a marketing denial order to Juul, telling the company to remove its e-cigarettes from the U.S. marketplace — a decision that promises to shake up the vaping market.
Read MoreKFI AM 640: A split panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the federal Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act allows the county's ban on certain tobacco products, striking down a challenge by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and other companies.
Read MoreHartford Courant: For the second consecutive year, the Connecticut legislature is considering a bill that would ban flavored e-cigarette products in an attempt to tackle what has become a vexing issue for some parents and public health officials after decades of progress curbing youth nicotine consumption.
Read MoreTreatment Magazine: Hundreds of school districts across the country are battling the vaping giant, charging that it deliberately markets its products toward children.
Read MoreThe Press Democrat: Halting the sale of such tobacco products in California tops the political agenda of the American Lung Association, which is concerned especially about teens’ use of the products and the potential longterm damage to their health.
Read MoreBusiness Insider: Juul is at risk of being banned by the FDA and faces multi-million-dollar lawsuits for its role in fueling the youth vaping epidemic.
Read Moreetr: With over 35% of high school students currently smoking or vaping,* too many young people may be at increased risk for respiratory illness, cancer, and other health concerns—but you have the opportunity to change that by creating conversations with teenagers about vaping.
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