“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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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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Tobacco industry could ask California voters to overturn ban on flavored tobacco sales
Los Angeles Times: California voters could be asked to overturn a new law banning the sale of flavored tobacco after opponents notified the state Monday of plans to seek a referendum on the measure.
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Goodbye ‘banana smash’ cigarillos: Governor quickly signs bill to ban flavored tobacco
Cal Matters: Cotton candy vape, tropical fusion cigarillos and menthol cigarettes will be extinct in California after a bill aimed at stopping kids from getting addicted to tobacco sailed through the Legislature today— and the governor almost immediately signed it.
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ENOUGH IS ENOUGH #SB793
Youtube: Powerful statement by @LoveLUVlife: "123 Lives a day ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. Inspired by leaders like @KarenBassTweets to speak out on big tobacco's menthol killing 123 Black Lives every day.
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Editorial: No more excuses. Ban flavored tobacco products
L.A. Times: Few bills that pass through Sacramento have as much potential to save lives as SB 793, which would ban flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes and vaping liquid, from being sold in stores in California.
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"Tobacco is Wacco"
Youtube: PSA video created by DMD 10th Graders Jonas Abrams, Maxfield Benbow, Clint Kessler, Shane Tilton, and Vincent Xie. This team created the original music, lyrics, and also filmed, edited, and acted in this video. Winner of First Prize in the 2020 San Francisco Unified School District "You Take My Breath Away” Competition.
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Juul wants to hook kids on nicotine.
The Sacramento Bee: SB 793 will now go to the Assembly Health Committee chaired by Jim Wood, an opponent of Big Tobacco. That’s great news for California’s kids.
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Davis, California Bans Flavored Tobacco Sales
Halfwheel.com: This week, the Davis City Council unanimously passed the second reading of an ordinance that will prohibit the sale of flavored tobacco near the end of the coming summer.
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Does smoking/vaping put you at a higher risk of coronavirus?
SFGate: On Monday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio addressed the cases popping up in his city, including one of an otherwise healthy 22-year-old man. "Why is a 22-year-old man stable but hospitalized at this point? The one factor we know of is he is a vaper," de Blasio said. “So, we don't know of any preexisting conditions, but we do think the fact that he is a vaper is affecting this situation.”
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Escondido to make new anti-smoking and vaping laws
San Diego Union Tribune: Members of the Escondido City Council have taken steps to significantly strengthen anti-smoking policies by prohibiting smoking of tobacco and electronic cigarettes in virtually all public spaces and at all public events, including on sidewalks and parking lots.
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School Board Member Phelps Would Support Vaping Lawsuit
Pasadena Now: A school board member told Pasadena Now, he would support joining a lawsuit against a popular vaping company. The Glendale and Los Angeles unified school districts have announced plans to sue JUUL Labs, one of the country’s biggest nicotine vaping manufacturers.
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Kaiser Permanente announces support for legislation banning flavored tobacco, Gov. Newsom's youth vaping prevention efforts
Biospace: Taking a strong stand to protect the health and safety of California's youth Kaiser Permanente Corporate Office Headquarters today announced it is the first major health care provider to support California Senate Bill 793 by state Senator Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, to ban the sale of all flavored tobacco products in the state.
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California Lawmakers Have Refused to Restrict Flavored Vaping — Is That About to Change?
Lost Coast Outpost: California is behind some other states and the Trump administration when it comes to cracking down on flavored tobacco and e-cigarette use — nor has it moved to block the sale of flavored vape products containing cannabis.
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