Congressional Demand for FDA to Remove Puff Bar
Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi: Today, the Subcommittee is writing to request that FDA use its full legal authority to immediately remove from the market flavored e-cigarette products sold by a company known as Puff Bar, which appears to be taking advantage of the coronavirus crisis to explicitly—and illegally—sell its products to school children.
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Protect your kids’ lungs during COVID-19: Keep them off tobacco and vape
Missoulian: It should come as no surprise that the same processes that cause these tobacco- and nicotine-related health problems would weaken the body’s defenses against COVID-19.
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A few months of vaping puts healthy people on the brink of oral disease
Ohio State News: The collection of oral bacteria in daily e-cigarette users’ mouths is teeming with potent infection-causing organisms that put vapers at substantial risk for ailments ranging from gum disease to cancer, researchers found.
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Smoking, Vaping Worsens Effects of COVID-19
WDET: “We are appropriately focused on this COVID-19 pandemic but we can not forget about the risks to health that were in existence before COVID-19. There is growing consensus among health experts that smoking and vaping can worsen these effects”
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It’s never too early to talk to children about vaping
El Paso Times: While the world is currently focused on the global public health crisis being caused by the coronavirus, just over a year ago we were facing a different lung concern: e-cigarette and Vaping Related Lung Injury. This disease, though very different from COVID-19, did show the lungs vulnerability to vaping devices.
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COVID-19: Quit Smoking And Vaping To Protect Your Lungs
Tobacco Free Kids: As the world combats the coronavirus (COVID-19), it has never been more important to keep our lungs healthy. One of the best ways to do this is to quit smoking and vaping – and to prevent young people from ever starting in the first place.
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Are teens vaping during pandemic? Pediatric critical care physician says 4 patients in ICU
Click Orlando.com: It may not be as getting as much attention with a global pandemic happening but doctors warn vaping injuries could put patients at a greater risk for the novel coronavirus.
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Juul CEO Lays Out Plans for ‘Sustainable Path’ to Steady Firm
Bloomberg: Juul Labs Inc. will lay off a third of its workforce, exit several countries and relocate its headquarters in an effort to set the e-cigarette giant on “a sustainable path” after declining sales and a regulatory crackdown forced the company to rethink its strategy
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Suggestion that smoking protects from COVID-19 may be dangerous to public health
The Hill: A new pandemic generates anxiety and confusion and drives people to seek remedies that may have little scientific evidence of efficacy. Based upon a flawed interpretation of preliminary COVID-19 data, the hypothesis that cigarette smoking protects one from coronavirus has emerged.
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Vaping / Quit Smoking / Tobacco
American Heart Association: Smoking puts you at higher risk for heart disease and stroke. Learn the risks and quit today. We can help.
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Going Smoke-free or Vape-free: Reducing Your Risks for COVID-19
Stanford Medicine: Going smoke-free or vape-free is strongly encouraged during the COVID-19 pandemic. Please familiarize yourself with the information below which explains how smoking or vaping puts you at greater risk for COVID-19. There is a section on this page for quit resources in case you or someone you know is ready to go smoke-free or vape-free.
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Ten Signs Your Child Might Be Vaping
PAVe.org: Would you know if your child were vaping? More than 1 in 4 high schoolers and over 10% of middle schoolers vape--and not just kids prone to risk behavior.
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Can Vaping Put Teenagers at Greater Risk of Getting Seriously Ill With Coronavirus?
Education Week: The rapid rise of e-cigarette use among middle and high school students was already a major concern to schools before the pandemic, and now some medical experts—including the American Lung Association—are warning that smoking e-cigarettes could increase the likelihood of developing more serious complications from COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.
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The Risks of Vaping: A Look at Safety
NIH: You’ve probably heard a lot about vaping lately. You might also know about the recent outbreak of lung injuries and deaths linked to vaping in the U.S. But those aren’t the only risks that come with vaping. Here’s what you need to know.
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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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New device tracks e-cigarette habits to help curtail usage
Euekalert.org: A new device that attaches to e-cigarettes can unobtrusively monitor inhalations - yielding important information for research about when and where people vape, how deeply they inhale and how much nicotine they consume.
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Could vaping make coronavirus worse? Doctors aren’t sure but still urge quitting. ‘What better time than now?’
The Chicago Tribune: Doctors couldn’t figure out why a young man, recently hospitalized in an intensive care unit, was experiencing a severe course of COVID-19, given his age. It led Dr. Clara Schroedl, a pulmonologist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital to ask his family, does he vape?
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Vaping may damage the heart just as smoking does
Science News: Vaping doesn’t appear to stem the harm to blood vessels that occurs with smoking, according to a study of combustible cigarette and e-cigarette users.
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Juul Plans to Cut a Third of Its Workforce- WSJ
New York Times: Juul Labs Inc is planning to cut around a third of its staff as the e-cigarette maker faces a relentless series of regulatory headaches and falling market share, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
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How to Break Up with Vaping in 2020
Healthline: If quitting vaping is something you want to make a priority this year, here are a few strategies that might help make it easier.
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