LA City Attorney: The Court’s Order enjoins Kandypens from engaging in youth-targeted marketing, and mandates compliance with California’s tobacco laws.
Read MoreThe Wall Street Journal: Policy could be paired with proposal to ban menthols; FDA must decide whether to pursue menthol ban by April 29.
Read MoreWVDM: School systems and parents have taken precautions to protect students from the COVID-19 pandemic, but with in-person learning ramping back up, there’s another epidemic that parents should be aware of: the e-cigarette epidemic.
Read MoreInforum: New Minnesota law removed penalty for underage possession of tobacco products.
Read MoreForbes: Practices like vaping, however, can throw off the oral microbiome's delicate balance, leading to health concerns for the mouth and the rest of the body.
Read MoreThe Wall Street Journal: E-cigarette brand resumes online sales of its disposable vaporizers, saying they now contain ‘tobacco-free nicotine’
Read MoreNYC Health: There are risks associated with smoking, vaping (also known as e-cigarette use) and COVID-19, but resources are available to help you quit or cut back.
Read MoreCCX Media: Youth vaping remains at epidemic levels according to a new state survey. The 2020 Minnesota Youth Tobacco Survey says about 1 in 5 high school students use e-cigarettes and 70% of high school and middle school students report signs of nicotine dependence.
Read MoreHouse Committee on Oversight and Reform: “On March 6, 2020, the Subcommittee initially presented evidence to FDA that all U.S. sales of Puff Bar products were illegal and subject to immediate FDA enforcement action.”
Read MoreCNBC: The FTC is issuing orders to five e-cigarette companies including Juul and R.J. Reynolds for information on 2019-2020 sales, advertising and promotional data.
Read MoreCumberlink: By promoting vaping to a young, impressionable audience from a position of fame, these women added one more appeal to the already dangerously popular e-cigarette usage in American teens.
Read MoreMissoulian: The bill will also overturn local protections approved by the Missoula City Council that protect children from being targeted with candy-flavored tobacco products.
Read MoreThe Providence Journal: Tobacco is killing people all around the country, and as other states enact bold, evidence-based policies to protect their residents, Rhode Island legislators must do more to protect our friends and family.
Read MoreNevada Appeal: While COVID-19 has grabbed the headlines, it has overshadowed another health crisis in the Silver State – youth vaping, which is addicting teens to nicotine and damaging their brains and bodies.
Read MoreBozeman Daily Chronicle: This bill, and one like it, House Bill 106, threaten to roll back protections against indoor use of e-cigarettes, including safeguards we currently enjoy.
Read MoreThe Denver Post: An e-cigarette ad appeared on an app used for remote learning last week, prompting at least one Colorado lawmaker to weigh potential legislation to prevent it from happening again.
Read MoreThe Montana Standard: It’s an insult to blow smoke in someone’s face. That’s what Big Tobacco and its enablers in the Legislature are doing to Montanans right now, and we should all be offended.
Read MoreWhite Mountain Independent: For their Samsung Solve for Tomorrow project, the team designed and then constructed a prototype to test low-cost do-it-yourself vaping detectors. The vaping detectors are designed specifically to be installed in common spaces throughout schools.
Read MoreNews Center Maine: New campaign has launched to end the sale of flavored tobacco products in Maine. Youth activists join public health and medical experts to educate/raise awareness.
Read MoreHartford Courant: As concerns about the health risks of vaping among young people continue to grow, Connecticut lawmakers want to eliminate all flavored e-cigarette and tobacco products — including menthol cigarettes, which tobacco companies have disproportionately marketed to communities of color.
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