JAMA Network: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 29 studies showed that participants who were exposed to tobacco content on social media, compared with those who were not exposed, had greater odds of reporting lifetime tobacco use, past 30-day tobacco use, and susceptibility to use tobacco among never users.
Read MoreThe Seattle Times: The Tulalip Tribes of Washington are the latest plaintiffs to sue e-cigarette behemoth Juul Labs for targeting adolescents — including tribal youth — with misleading ads that downplayed the product’s addictive properties.
Read MoreThe Hill: The Food and Drug Administration made international headlines late last month when it stripped vaping giant Juul’s products from the e-cigarette market, drawing praise from anti-tobacco advocates and lawmakers.
Read MoreNPR: The Food and Drug Administration issued an administrative stay Tuesday on the order it issued last month for vaping company Juul to pull its electronic cigarettes from the market.
Read More(KTNV) — UNLV is becoming a tobacco-free institution starting Aug. 15, 2022 the university announced in a press release on Friday.
Read More(KSNV) — A new study out of UNLV has found a link between smoking and cases of bone fractures among men.
Read MoreTruth Initiative: Many young adults aren’t aware of the dangers of nicotine, according to new Truth Initiative research published in BMJ Open.
Read MoreBMJ Open: Public understanding of the harms of nicotine are inextricably linked to harm perceptions of combustable cigarettes posing challenges to health communicators and practitioners.
Read MoreNPR: JUUL Labs is no longer allowed to sell or distribute its e-cigarette or vaping products in the U.S. The FDA said its review found Juul products potentially harmful. The company plans to fight back.
Read More(KTVB 7) - After over an hour of heated debate, the Idaho House of Representatives narrowly passed a bill regulating e-cigarettes and vape products the same as traditional tobacco.
Read More(IDAHO PRESS) - More than two years after the minimum age for smoking or vaping rose to 21 nationally, a divided Idaho House on Monday narrowly passed a bill to make state law match up; it currently still sets a minimum age of 18. The Senate-passed bill now goes to the governor’s desk.
Read More(IDAHO NEWS 6) - The Office of Drug Policy (ODP) is using Be The Parents, the long-running underage drinking prevention campaign, to provide parents and caregivers with facts and prevention tips about teen vaping. The digital campaign launched February 1.
Read More(WJCL 22) - Flicking your cigarette butts is a thing of the past as city council decides to ban smoking across the beach.
Read More(11ALIVE) - The Rome-Floyd County Fire Department educators are going around to schools and sharing the dangers of vaping.
Read MoreGWINNETT COUNTY, GA — Tuesday, May 24th, the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners passed a countywide smoke free ordinance.
Read More(GWINNETT DAILY POST) - The Borrego brothers took action by creating the Vaping-Attention to Prevention, or VA2P, club at Buford High School to raise awareness among their classmates about the dangers of e-cigarette use.
Read MoreOn June 29th, the Washington, DC Council voted in favor of a ban on the sale of all flavoured tobacco products, including safer alternatives such as e-cigarettes. As predicted, Mayor Muriel Bowser has now signed the ban into law.
Read More(WDVM) — 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 MoreWAMU: JUUL’s move of its headquarters from San Francisco to D.C. puts it closer to lawmakers and regulators whose work will shape the company’s profits and future potential.
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