Tempe looks to ban flavored vape products
ABC15: A new ordinance, if approved, would ban businesses from selling flavored vape products in Tempe city limits.
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Are more teens switching from vapes to cigarettes? Health official weighs in
J&C: While studies have shown that utilizing e-cigarettes or vapes can help those who smoke tobacco cigarettes quit smoking, recent data has shown that vaping has skyrocketed nicotine addiction in teens and young adults, according to Tippecanoe County Health Officer, Dr. Gregory Loomis.
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Health experts concerned e-cigarette use will go up as students return to school
KATU: With students headed back to the classroom in a week or two, health experts fear more kids and teenagers will smoke e-cigarettes.
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Q&A with Meredith Berkman, co-founder of Parents Against Vaping E-cigarettes
Interact for Health: Meredith Berkman is a cofounder of Parents Against Vaping E-cigarettes, a national advocacy and education organization founded in 2018 as a grassroots response to the youth vaping epidemic.
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How The FDA Is Addressing Vaping And E-Cigarettes
NPR: More than 2 million high school and middle students reported using e-cigarettes in 2021. A quarter of them say they vape daily. Now, the Food and Drug Administration is trying to do something about it.
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The Power of Motherhood
Treatment Magazine: Parents Against Vaping e-cigarettes—an anti-vaping advocacy organization led by moms—continues its fight to shield minors from nicotine addiction
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It is time to end the sale of all flavored tobacco
The Columbus Dispatch: As a mom and a pharmacist, I am aware of the dangers of nicotine on young bodies and minds - nicotine that will become a scourge on them and our society over a lifetime.
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Director of Rutgers Center for Tobacco appointed Chair of FDA Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee
ROI NJ: Cristine Delnevo, director of the Rutgers Center for Tobacco Studies and a professor of Health Behavior, Society and Policy at the Rutgers School of Public Health, was appointed chairperson of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (TPSAC). Her appointment as chair will run through Jan. 31, 2025.
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Michigan raises minimum age of tobacco sales to 21
ABC 13: The minimum age to buy tobacco products in Michigan has been raised from 18 to 21.
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The Truth About Youth Vaping-A Community Conversation
Grand Rapids: Research shows that 1 in 5 of our youth is vaping. Some of those kids are as young as 2nd or 3rd grade, who are already addicted to vaping.
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New 'candy' e-cigs catch fire after U.S. regulators stamp out Juul's flavors
Reuters: Since 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has sought to crack down on fruity, sweet-flavored e-cigarettes that hook teenagers on nicotine.
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Meredith Berkman and Dorian Furhman, Founders of PAVe, on the Youth Vaping Epidemic
HSH: Parents Against Vaping e-cigarettes has become an influential advocacy and education nonprofit run and powered by passionate volunteers across the country, the national parent voice fighting the predatory behavior of Big Tobacco.
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Turning Away From Vaping, Nicotine-Addicted Teens Choose Candy, Gums
USN: Teens increasingly are turning to nicotine-loaded gum, lozenges and gummies for a quick rush, a groundbreaking study warns.
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Menthol in e-cigs could hurt lungs, UH research finds
UH News: Menthol in e-cigarettes may be harmful to respiratory health, according to new research by a team of University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa experts. The findings come as e-cigarette use is on the rise among Hawaiʻi’s youth.
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Coolants in Puff electronic cigarettes present health hazard
UC Riverside: Researchers at the University of California, Riverside and Portland State University have now examined 16 disposable Puff devices to determine their flavor chemicals, synthetic coolants, and nicotine concentrations.
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Global Impact student places second in anti-vaping video contest
Yahoo! News: A Clark County student won second place in an anti-vaping video contest and received a $5,000 scholarship.
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Vape, e-cigarettes mixed with drugs a growing concern for central Ohio schools
10 WBNS: Central Ohio school leaders and students involved in drug prevention programs say teens are using drugs that are more difficult to detect.
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TFK Take Down Tobacco Day
DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF): Interview with PAVe advocate, Bruce Barcelo.
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E-cigarette use among youth remains high; flu vaccine is not good match for flu strains: Health roundup for March 15
Cleveland.com: The use of e-cigarettes remains high among middle and high school students, and this year’s flu vaccine is not a good match against this season’s strains.
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PAVe Advocates in Action
Columbus: PAVe advocates attend the Coalition to End Tobacco Targeting’s press conference on August 4, 2022. Pictured: Bruce Barcelo, PAVe Advocate & Meghan Kissell, Tobacco Free Kids
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