Los Angeles will clamp down on selling flavored tobacco products
L.A. Times: Los Angeles will ban many businesses from selling tobacco products that come in sweet, spicy and minty flavors under new restrictions backed Wednesday by the City Council.
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Use Patterns, Flavors, Brands, and Ingredients of Nonnicotine e-Cigarettes Among Adolescents, Young Adults, and Adults in the United States
JN: Several health and safety concerns that apply to nicotine e-cigarettes may translate to nonnicotine e-cigarettes.
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Study Claims Vapes Have Higher Health Costs Than Cigarettes
Tobacco Reporter: The use of electronic cigarettes costs the United States $15 billion annually in healthcare expenditures—more than $2,000 per person a year
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Potentially dangerous synthetic cooling agents are used at high levels in E-cigarettes and refillable vaping liquids
AAAS: High levels of potentially dangerous coolants like menthol in vaping products.
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Study reveals most effective anti-vaping messages for teens
UNC Lineberger: Effective anti-vaping advertisements geared to teens have the greatest impact when they emphasize the adverse consequences and harms of vaping e-cigarettes, use negative imagery, and avoid memes, hashtags and other “teen-centric” communication styles, according to a first-of-its-kind study by researchers at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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FDA proposes ban on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars
CNN Health: The US Food and Drug Administration proposed on Thursday a rule to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars.
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How Big Tobacco used George Floyd and Eric Garner to stoke fear among Black smokers
LA Times: Using the specter of Floyd’s tragic death and the social justice protests it inspired, Harris suggested that prohibiting menthol cigarettes would increase policing in Black communities and create a new layer of racism in America.
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‘A cry for help’: CDC warns of a steep decline in teen mental health
Washington Post: More than 4 in 10 told the health agency they felt ‘persistently sad or hopeless.’
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L.A. County prevails over R.J. Reynolds with its ban on flavored tobacco – 9th Circ
Reuters: Los Angeles County can ban all sales of flavored tobacco products, including vape juice and menthol cigarettes, a divided federal appeals court held Friday in a loss for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco and two sister companies.
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Highlighting the dangers of unregulated non-nicotine flavored e-cigarettes
StanfordTPT: New methods of teen e-cigarette use.
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Why vaping can mean more — not less — stress
Mashable: If you're looking for an effective stress reliever, vaping nicotine ain't it.
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Dispose of e-cigarettes and vapes at hazardous waste facility, says hazmat officials
NBC 11 News: Hazmat officials say the batteries in vape pens and e-cigarettes are hazardous to the environment, and batteries can cause fires.
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RJ Reynolds Loses Challenge to LA County Flavored Tobacco Ban
KFI AM 640: A split panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the federal Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act allows the county's ban on certain tobacco products, striking down a challenge by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and other companies.
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Flavored vape ban back on the table in attempt to target youth nicotine use
Hartford Courant: For the second consecutive year, the Connecticut legislature is considering a bill that would ban flavored e-cigarette products in an attempt to tackle what has become a vexing issue for some parents and public health officials after decades of progress curbing youth nicotine consumption.
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Nicotine Use and Stress
Truth Initiative: Many tobacco users falsely believe tobacco products can relieve stress or anxiety. The idea that tobacco products curb the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal is often misinterpreted as a beneficial effect on mental health, according to research on the effects of quitting smoking on mental health.
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Schools vs. Juul: A Massive Anti-Vaping Lawsuit Builds Momentum
Treatment Magazine: Hundreds of school districts across the country are battling the vaping giant, charging that it deliberately markets its products toward children.
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Diabetes warning over e-cigarettes: Vaping devices could raise risk of high blood sugar, scientists say
Daily Mail: E-cigarettes could raise the risk of high blood sugar levels, putting users on the brink of diabetes, scientists warn.
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