More common than coffee: We need to rethink vaping normalcy in Oxford
The Miami Student: Did you know there are 17 vape and smoke shops in Oxford? Because I sure did not. When I first heard this number, I thought it was a joke. Unfortunately, it’s true that Oxford houses more vape shops than it does cafes.
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NYC Is Coming For Your Flavored Juul Pods
gothamist: Grant Fuhrman, a rising freshman at a private New York City high school, is worried about his classmates. He estimates that about a quarter of them are hooked on the Juul.
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Teenager’s Near-Death Vaping Experience Leads to Advocacy to Help Other Teens Quit E-Cigarettes
UAPB News: A vaping-related illness led to 29 days on life support before receiving a double lung transplant, the first in the world due to a vaping illness.
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Bright minds at Blue Ridge win Honorable Mention for vape detectors
White 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.
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E-cigarettes can be 'gateway' to cigarettes for teens with no prior intention to smoke
EuerkAlert!: A new study, published Nov. 9 in the journal Pediatrics, finds that e-cigarette use is associated with a higher risk of cigarette smoking among adolescents who had no prior intention of taking up conventional smoking.
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The Pitt Prescription
How safe is vaping and why are young adults so drawn to it?
ThePittNews: It’s likely that e-cigarettes expose consumers to a much smaller number of harmful chemicals than traditional cigarettes, but there are still several problems associated with vaping in general.
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COVID-19 risk linked to vaping, but addicted kids find it hard to stop
Science News for Students: A large and growing share of adolescents and young adults vape. A new study now offers a potent reason not to: It links vaping with a heightened risk of becoming infected with the new coronavirus.
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Teens Testify to Congress About Juul
Now This News: Youth vaping increased by a whopping 78% between 2017 and 2018 — and Juul has apparently played a huge role in what the FDA calls an 'epidemic.'
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Study: Teens who vape nicotine more likely to also use cannabis e-cigarettes
UPI.com: If teens are vaping nicotine, it's likely they're also using cannabis-based e-cigarettes and vice versa, according to a new analysis published Tuesday by JAMA Network Open.
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My View: Why we should ban sale of flavored tobacco in Phoenix
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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How Big of a Problem is Vaping in Arizona Teens?
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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Trone, Krishnamoorthi Introduce Legislation to Curb Youth Vaping
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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“Get Your Head Out of the Cloud”
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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Youth are vaping early and vaping often
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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BVSD sues Juul over underage e-cig use
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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Congressman Krishnamoorthi Introduces New Legislation
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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Flavored Tobacco Ban ends up in referendum fight!
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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Democrats urge CDC to update guidance
The Hill: Democrats on Thursday urged the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to issue new guidance to encourage colleges and universities to go tobacco-free in the fall during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Juul to Cut More Than Half of Its Workforce
Wall Street Journal: E-cigarette pioneer aims to shrink 2,200-person staff down to about 1,000 as part of broader retreat.
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Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson sues vape company Juul
Seattle Times: Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a consumer protection lawsuit Wednesday against vaping giant Juul Labs, saying the nation’s largest e-cigarette company targets underage consumers.
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