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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“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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Guest Opinion: Youth and tobacco -- the 'hidden' epidemic
Danville San Ramon: While the COVID-19 pandemic has taken the stage all over the world, a "hidden" epidemic has taken over countless youth lives that deserves the same attention.
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Association Between Youth Smoking, Electronic Cigarette Use, and COVID-19
Science Direct: First study shows true link between vaping and Covid-19. The Stanford led study just published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, shows that vaping is linked to COVID-19 risk in teens and young adults. The research found that young people tested for the virus and who vaped, were five to seven times more likely to be infected than those who did not use e-cigarettes.
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Millions of School Children Are Vaping—and It Could Be Putting Them at Risk of COVID-19
Newsweek: Vaping and smoking could raise a young person's risk of developing COVID-19 according to researchers who found 13-24-year-olds who used such products were five to seven times more likely to have the condition caused by the coronavirus.
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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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Ban flavored e-cigarettes to protect youth
Missoulian: Habit and routine formulate a teenage version of "normal."Often those habits can be influenced by malevolent forces such as nicotine. In fact, 58% of high schoolers in Montana admit to having once used a vaping device.
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1 in 3 Young Adults May Face Severe COVID-19, UCSF Study Shows
UC San Francisco: As the number of young adults infected with the coronavirus surges throughout the nation, a new study by researchers at UC San Francisco Benioff Children’s Hospitals indicates that youth may not shield people from serious disease.
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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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Study shows need for new focus in anti-vaping efforts for older teens & young adults
University of Michigan: Social factors drive use of Juul and other e-cigarette products, text-based survey shows, despite widespread understanding by young people of the risks of vaping
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Pallone talks to students about the dangers of vaping
NJTV News: More than 6 million middle and high school students in America have admitted to vaping or smoking tobacco products in the last year. One million of them every day.
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5 Things I Wish Everyone Knew About Vaping
The Well by Northwell: At the time I started, I had no idea I was trying something habit-forming or dangerous. I’m nicotine-free now, but quitting was a lot harder than I ever would have anticipated. Here are 5 things I wish I knew before I started—things that I hope help all teens and parents avoid this danger.
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The Oral History of How Vaping Took Over One Kentucky High School
Prevention Magazine: Five students look back at how a party trick spread into bathroom stalls, bedroom hiding spots, and ultimately addiction.
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