Alderman O'Shea proposes citywide flavored tobacco ban
Watch Video: Alderman Matt O'Shea (19th) discusses his proposal to eliminate flavored tobacco sales in Chicago.
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Missoula City Council mulling citywide ban on all flavored tobacco
Missoula Current: Saying they’ve lost decades of tobacco prevention efforts to a resurgence of vaping products laced with “kid friendly” flavors, health officials from across Missoula on Wednesday urged members of the City Council to ban the sale of flavored tobacco.
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Because Black lives matter, ban flavored tobacco sales in Chicago
Chicago Sun Times: Big Tobacco has targeted African Americans with flavored tobacco for five decades. Newport, for instance, has put advertisements, free samples and coupons for menthol-flavored products in Black neighborhoods. Menthol cigarettes — now the main product used by Black smokers — are especially addictive and hard to quit.
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Juul wants to hook kids on nicotine.
The Sacramento Bee: SB 793 will now go to the Assembly Health Committee chaired by Jim Wood, an opponent of Big Tobacco. That’s great news for California’s kids.
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State health department proposes ban on selling flavored e-cigs in Montana
Missoula Current: The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services on Tuesday issued a proposed rule that would end the sale of flavored e-cigarettes to youth.
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Flavored vaping product ban proposed by Montana officials
AP News: Montana’s health department is proposing a permanent ban on the sale of flavored vaping products in response to increasing youth e-cigarette use, the agency said Tuesday.
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Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich announces lawsuits against major vaping companies
AZcentral.com: Citing an epidemic of vaping among Arizona youths, Attorney General Mark Brnovich on Tuesday said the state is suing two major vaping companies — JUUL Labs Inc. and Eonsmoke — for consumer fraud.
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Vaping leaves teens more vulnerable to COVID-19 complications, AG Moody warns
WFLA: Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has a warning for parents: Teenagers who vape may be exacerbating the COVID-19 crisis and could be more vulnerable to increased risk of complications.
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Juul Sued by Former Manager Over Nondisclosure Agreements
Bloomberg Law: Plaintiff Marcie Hamilton alleges the confidentiality requirements harm the company’s current and former employees, the public, and the state of California by preventing employees from cooperating with investigations and suits against Juul.
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Juul seeks to dismiss or pause hundreds of vaping epidemic lawsuits
Reuters: Juul Labs Inc has asked a federal judge to dismiss or pause hundreds of lawsuits alleging the e-cigarette manufacturer fueled a youth vaping epidemic, saying the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s decisions on how it markets its products deserve deference.
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Juul-Type E-Cigarettes May Be Especially Addictive for Teens: Study
U.S. News & World Report: Talk to a teacher if you want an idea of how addicted teenagers can become using Juul and other pod-based e-cigarettes…
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Our Letter to FDA About Puff Bar
Parents Against Vaping E-Cigarettes: While we know that disposable e-cigarettes are exempt from the latest guidance, we are concerned that Puff Bar’s promotional materials and outreach efforts as cited below are illegal and also immoral; in light of the current pandemic, this behavior is particularly dangerous and potentially lethal.o be taking advantage of the coronavirus crisis to explicitly—and illegally—sell its products to school children.
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Congressional Demand for FDA to Remove Puff Bar
Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi: Today, the Subcommittee is writing to request that FDA use its full legal authority to immediately remove from the market flavored e-cigarette products sold by a company known as Puff Bar, which appears to be taking advantage of the coronavirus crisis to explicitly—and illegally—sell its products to school children.
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Protect your kids’ lungs during COVID-19: Keep them off tobacco and vape
Missoulian: It should come as no surprise that the same processes that cause these tobacco- and nicotine-related health problems would weaken the body’s defenses against COVID-19.
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A few months of vaping puts healthy people on the brink of oral disease
Ohio State News: The collection of oral bacteria in daily e-cigarette users’ mouths is teeming with potent infection-causing organisms that put vapers at substantial risk for ailments ranging from gum disease to cancer, researchers found.
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Smoking, Vaping Worsens Effects of COVID-19
WDET: “We are appropriately focused on this COVID-19 pandemic but we can not forget about the risks to health that were in existence before COVID-19. There is growing consensus among health experts that smoking and vaping can worsen these effects”
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It’s never too early to talk to children about vaping
El Paso Times: While the world is currently focused on the global public health crisis being caused by the coronavirus, just over a year ago we were facing a different lung concern: e-cigarette and Vaping Related Lung Injury. This disease, though very different from COVID-19, did show the lungs vulnerability to vaping devices.
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COVID-19: Quit Smoking And Vaping To Protect Your Lungs
Tobacco Free Kids: As the world combats the coronavirus (COVID-19), it has never been more important to keep our lungs healthy. One of the best ways to do this is to quit smoking and vaping – and to prevent young people from ever starting in the first place.
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Are teens vaping during pandemic? Pediatric critical care physician says 4 patients in ICU
Click Orlando.com: It may not be as getting as much attention with a global pandemic happening but doctors warn vaping injuries could put patients at a greater risk for the novel coronavirus.
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Juul CEO Lays Out Plans for ‘Sustainable Path’ to Steady Firm
Bloomberg: Juul Labs Inc. will lay off a third of its workforce, exit several countries and relocate its headquarters in an effort to set the e-cigarette giant on “a sustainable path” after declining sales and a regulatory crackdown forced the company to rethink its strategy
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