1 in 3 Young Adults May Face Severe COVID-19, UCSF Study Shows
UC San Francisco: As the number of young adults infected with the coronavirus surges throughout the nation, a new study by researchers at UC San Francisco Benioff Children’s Hospitals indicates that youth may not shield people from serious disease.
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"Tobacco is Wacco"
Youtube: PSA video created by DMD 10th Graders Jonas Abrams, Maxfield Benbow, Clint Kessler, Shane Tilton, and Vincent Xie. This team created the original music, lyrics, and also filmed, edited, and acted in this video. Winner of First Prize in the 2020 San Francisco Unified School District "You Take My Breath Away” Competition.
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Study shows need for new focus in anti-vaping efforts for older teens & young adults
University of Michigan: Social factors drive use of Juul and other e-cigarette products, text-based survey shows, despite widespread understanding by young people of the risks of vaping
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Teens Testify to Congress About Juul
Now This News: Youth vaping increased by a whopping 78% between 2017 and 2018 — and Juul has apparently played a huge role in what the FDA calls an 'epidemic.'
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Pallone talks to students about the dangers of vaping
NJTV News: More than 6 million middle and high school students in America have admitted to vaping or smoking tobacco products in the last year. One million of them every day.
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5 Things I Wish Everyone Knew About Vaping
The Well by Northwell: At the time I started, I had no idea I was trying something habit-forming or dangerous. I’m nicotine-free now, but quitting was a lot harder than I ever would have anticipated. Here are 5 things I wish I knew before I started—things that I hope help all teens and parents avoid this danger.
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The Oral History of How Vaping Took Over One Kentucky High School
Prevention Magazine: Five students look back at how a party trick spread into bathroom stalls, bedroom hiding spots, and ultimately addiction.
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Social Media Helped Juul Dominate the Vaping Market. Now, Teens Are Using It to Help Each Other Quit
Time: In a stark about-face, many of the same people who might have once posted about their #JuulLife are now using social media to urge their friends to quit vaping.
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Quitting Juul may be harder than quitting cigarettes
VOX: There’s a robust literature on what works — and what doesn’t — to help youth get off cigarettes. Krishnan-Sarin says for now, she and other tobacco and addiction experts are extrapolating from that research to help patients who want to quit vaping. But there’s a twist: The experience of quitting nicotine vaping may actually turn out to be quite different from stopping smoking. Quitting vaping may actually be harder.
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High school student: Get rid of the minty e-cigarettes that hooked me
CNN Opinion: When I started using Juul -- the leading e-cigarette maker -- three years ago, I was hooked by the familiar flavor of mint and the sleek, high-tech device that first gave me a quick buzz — and then an addiction I couldn't shake. I was 14 years old.
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What Juul’s Hiding
Scholastic Choices: The e-cigarette company says its products are for adults, but behind the smokescreen is the truth: It’s been after YOU—and your money—all along.
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Something has changed': People have been vaping for years but now they're dying. Could it be the devices?
USA Today: Vapers, who often see the devices as safer and healthier than cigarettes, are potentially inhaling a toxic stew of atomized oils, an aircraft de-icing chemical and toxic heavy metals leaching from the heating elements used to create the "smoke."
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North Carolina Teen Spends Nearly 40 Days in Rehab Because of Vaping: 'His Life Was Dependent on It'
Inside Edition: A medical scare and 39 days spent in an inpatient rehabilitation facility more than 2,000 miles away from his home in High Point, North Carolina, would help bring Luka back to desperately worried family, but others in similar circumstances have not been as lucky.
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How Juul Hooked Kids and Ignited a Public Health Crisis
Time Magazine: To a remarkable degree, a single company is front and center in one of the biggest public-health crises facing the country: the sharp rise in vaping among teenagers and young adults.
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Juul has pulled its most popular flavor in a last-ditch effort to stop teens from vaping
Business Insider: On the heels of new research released this week suggesting that mint and mango are the most popular flavors among high school students who use Juuls, the e-cigarette giant has announced it will stop selling its mint-flavored refillable cartridges.
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Vaporized: America's E-Cigarette Addiction
CNBC: Carl Quintanilla investigates the rapidly growing and controversial e-cigarette industry, a market expected to hit $9 billion by the end of 2019.
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