Phoenix Business Journal: The tobacco industry moved into new territory and created flavored tobacco and served it up in the form of e-cigarettes, or vaping products. Mango, crème brulee, bubble gum – there are more than 15,000 different flavors of e-cigarettes on the market attracting and hooking kids on nicotine.
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Mylocalnews.us: Vaping is not a safe alternative to smoking cigarettes nor marijuana. As much research still needs to be done, it would be premature to discuss the why, but the facts are, that as of March, more than 2,800 lung illnesses related to vaping have occurred in the U.S., with 68 reported deaths.
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House.gov: U.S. Representatives David Trone (D-MD) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) introduced the Accurate Reporting of Smoking Variants Act to help doctors and researchers better understand the impact of the alarming rate of e-cigarette use among America’s young people.
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KUSI News: PAVe Ambassador Phillip Fuhrman joined Good Morning San Diego to discuss the “Get Your Head Out of the Cloud” youth vaping awareness campaign from the American Lung Association and the Ad Council.
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Yahoo Finance: A new study of youth and young adult vaping behaviour and preferences reveals that young people across the country who vape do so most days of the week, many times a day.
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Daily Camera: The Boulder Valley School District is suing electronic cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc., alleging the firm knowingly contributed to the rapid use of e-cigarettes by minors.
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House.gov: Today, following the deadline for e-cigarette manufacturers to submit Premarket Tobacco Product Applications (PMTA) to the FDA in order to legally continue selling their devices in the United States, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi announced he will introduce legislation to add transparency and review to the e-cigarette approval process.
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Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids: California SB 793, which ends the sale of flavored tobacco products was signed into law by Governor Newsom on August 28. Three days later, on August 31, the tobacco/vaping industry filed a referendum to repeal the new law which is set to go into effect on Jan 1. If the industry gets all the signatures they need by November 26, SB 793 would be at best, delayed until a ballot vote could take place in the November 2022 Election.
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Senate.gov: U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), a member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), is calling on the Trump administration to take action following troubling reports on the potential increased risk that vaping poses for COVID-19 infection.
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Science Direct: First study shows true link between vaping and Covid-19. The Stanford led study just published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, shows that vaping is linked to COVID-19 risk in teens and young adults. The research found that young people tested for the virus and who vaped, were five to seven times more likely to be infected than those who did not use e-cigarettes.
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