The Hill: A new pandemic generates anxiety and confusion and drives people to seek remedies that may have little scientific evidence of efficacy. Based upon a flawed interpretation of preliminary COVID-19 data, the hypothesis that cigarette smoking protects one from coronavirus has emerged.
Read MoreAmerican Heart Association: Smoking puts you at higher risk for heart disease and stroke. Learn the risks and quit today. We can help.
Read MoreStanford Medicine: Going smoke-free or vape-free is strongly encouraged during the COVID-19 pandemic. Please familiarize yourself with the information below which explains how smoking or vaping puts you at greater risk for COVID-19. There is a section on this page for quit resources in case you or someone you know is ready to go smoke-free or vape-free.
Read MorePAVe.org: Would you know if your child were vaping? More than 1 in 4 high schoolers and over 10% of middle schoolers vape--and not just kids prone to risk behavior.
Read MoreEducation Week: The rapid rise of e-cigarette use among middle and high school students was already a major concern to schools before the pandemic, and now some medical experts—including the American Lung Association—are warning that smoking e-cigarettes could increase the likelihood of developing more serious complications from COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.
Read MoreNIH: You’ve probably heard a lot about vaping lately. You might also know about the recent outbreak of lung injuries and deaths linked to vaping in the U.S. But those aren’t the only risks that come with vaping. Here’s what you need to know.
Read MoreUniversity 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
Read MoreEuekalert.org: A new device that attaches to e-cigarettes can unobtrusively monitor inhalations - yielding important information for research about when and where people vape, how deeply they inhale and how much nicotine they consume.
Read MoreThe Chicago Tribune: Doctors couldn’t figure out why a young man, recently hospitalized in an intensive care unit, was experiencing a severe course of COVID-19, given his age. It led Dr. Clara Schroedl, a pulmonologist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital to ask his family, does he vape?
Read MoreScience News: Vaping doesn’t appear to stem the harm to blood vessels that occurs with smoking, according to a study of combustible cigarette and e-cigarette users.
Read MoreNew York Times: Juul Labs Inc is planning to cut around a third of its staff as the e-cigarette maker faces a relentless series of regulatory headaches and falling market share, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
Read MoreHealthline: If quitting vaping is something you want to make a priority this year, here are a few strategies that might help make it easier.
Read Moresmokefree.gov: Quitting vaping can be easier when you prepare in advance and have a plan. Find out what steps you can take to get ready to quit vaping.
Read MoreMashable.com: After years of declining nicotine use amongst teens, rates have once again surged amongst young people thanks to e-cigarettes. One in four high school students now vapes.
Read MoreUS Pharmarcist: Smoking-cessation initiatives in adolescents are very important for decreasing the rate of lifelong smokers; however, never taking that first cigarette puff is the best and most cost-effective method of smoking cessation.
Read MoreBloomberg: Makers of e-cigarette products that look like toys and candy and help minors hide their vaping from parents are taking heat from the Food and Drug Administration.
Read MoreYahoo Finance: With over 1,000 cases and 18 deaths attributed to a mysterious vaping-related pulmonary illness (VAPI) in the United States, a growing number of teens have been going to the family doctor with concerns about their e-cigarette vaping habits.
Read MoreShape.com: The possible health risks and consequences of vaping are well-known—but how might it affect your risk of COVID-19?
Read MoreYale School of Engineering and Applied Science: The chemical make-up and nicotine levels of the e-liquids used in Juul vaping products differ greatly for consumers in Europe and those in the U.S. and Canada, and a new study shows that each version brings a separate set of potential health risks.
Read More929 Podcast: Meredith Berkman is the co-founder of Parents Against Vaping E-cigarettes. She sat down with Rabbi Adam Mintz to talk about how a pandemic may give teenagers more space for picking up vaping habits as well as her personal experience as a COVID-19 survivor.
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