New Jersey Lawmakers Advance E-Cigarette Flavor Ban
US News & World Report: Candy, cocoa and chocolate, as well as any other flavor of e-cigarette, are among the flavors New Jersey lawmakers sought to prohibit on Thursday, along with a separate ban on menthol-flavored traditional cigarettes.
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It’s time to ban flavored vapes in N.J., task force demands. Murphy agrees.
NJ.com: New Jersey should ban the sale of all flavored vaping products — including menthol — and prohibit the online sale of e-cigarettes, according to a task force Gov. Phil Murphy appointed to address a wave of severe lung diseases that have killed 18 people in the nation, including a woman in the state.
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E-cigarettes linked to lung problems, first long-term study on vaping finds
NBC News: The first study on the long-term health effects of electronic cigarettes finds that the devices are linked to an increased risk of chronic lung diseases, according to research published Monday in theAmerican Journal of Preventive Medicine.
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New York insurance companies now required to cover costs of quitting vaping
NY Post: New York will require all private and public health insurance companies to fully cover costs related to quitting vaping, the state Department of Financial Services said Thursday.
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The Next Vaping: Big Tobacco claims to have created a safer cigarette. Is unleashing it a big mistake?
The Atlantic: Branded “IQOS,” which is widely believed to be an acronym for “I Quit Original Smoking,” the device is the first in what’s expected to be a new class known as “heated tobacco” or “heat not burn” products. They’re not vaping or smoking, but another way of inhaling the addictive stimulant nicotine.
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The "Health Influencer 50" of 2019 - #46, Meredith Berkman
PR Week: Meredith Berkman cofounded PAVE in 2018, along with Diana Alessi and Dorian Fuhrman, after she discovered her son was part of that whole new generation getting hooked on nicotine. Berkman and Fuhrman have been building on their grassroots campaign since an unauthorized JUUL representative came into their sons’ ninth-grade classroom and promoted the product as “totally safe.”
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Trump Is Giving In To The Vaping Industry On A Flavor Ban, Lawmakers Say
Buzzfeed News: A bipartisan letter to the White House is slamming President Trump for backing off a proposed ban on flavored e-cigarettes thought to be driving the teen vaping epidemic.
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Durbin Sends Bipartisan & Bicameral Letter To President Trump Urging For Final E-Cigarette Flavor Ban
Press Release: “I'm hoping President Trump cares more about children than he does about lobbying pressure from Big Tobacco and Big Vape companies,” Durbin said. “At stake is the health of more than five million kids who are now vaping in America. This epidemic demands action now, and the President must stick with his September promise to remove kid-friendly flavors—including mint and menthol—from the market immediately.”
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More than a dozen US school districts sue Juul and other vape companies
The Guardian: School districts in states including Missouri, Kansas, Arizona, New York and California have filed lawsuits against Juul and other vape companies, seeking to recoup financial losses incurred while attempting to manage the exploding number of students using e-cigarettes.
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Mom Whose Son Was Nearly Killed by Vaping Shames the FDA: 'Where the Hell Were You?'
People Magazine: Walker McKnight’s brief vaping habit may not have killed him, but the five months he spent in an Orlando, Fla. hospital, connected to a respirator as doctors fought to keep him alive, destroyed his left lung and both his kidneys.
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New York Becomes First Large City To Ban Sale Of Flavored E-Cigarettes
CBS New York: The NYC Council approved a ban on most flavored e-cigarettes amid growing concerns over the deadly vaping crisis. The vote came just days after the second vaping-related death in the city.
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Political opposites agree on teen vaping: Get rid of the flavors that lure kids
The Hill: We're sick of business models built around addicting kids - to traditional cigarettes in the past, for example, and now to nicotine-packed e-cigarettes. We are outraged that highly addictive e-cigarette products have been cynically or illegally targeted at teens, hiding the health risks behind flavors like fruit, mint and menthol.
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Vape juice can kill kids. A vaping law’s slow rollout left them at risk of nicotine poisoning.
USA Today: Federal regulators this year stepped up efforts to protect young children from a deadly vaping threat: accidents involving liquid nicotine in bottles with enticing candy colors and flavors.
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The youth vaping epidemic: Addressing the rise of e-cigarettes in schools
The Brookings Institution: Teen vaping has gained a significant amount of media attention since President Trump expressed concern about vaping’s public health effects in a September meeting with the FDA. While Trump had suggested a ban on flavored e-cigarettes, it seems that he has backed away from that idea due to political fallout among voters.
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Trying to Curb a Teen Epidemic
U.S. News and World Report: Meredith Berkman, A New York City mother of four, began to suspect something was amiss when more than once her teenage son Caleb Mintz had friends over and she heard the "ping" of his bedroom window alarm, signaling it was being opened.
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Trump questions the downside of banning flavored e-cigarettes in heated meeting
CNBC: President Donald Trump raised his concern about possible negative consequences of banning flavored e-cigarettes during a sometimes hostile meeting on Friday with vaping industry executives and public health advocates.
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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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