The decision comes as government officials have moved to restrict or ban sales of e-cigarettes because of health concerns and the product’s popularity among teenagers.
Read More Washington Post | December 11thRaja Krishnamoorthi, a 46-year-old, second-term Illinois Democratic congressman from the Chicago suburb of Schaumburg, has won bipartisan support for his efforts to curb young people’s use of e-cigarettes, as their surging popularity perpetuates a health crisis among the nation’s youth.
Read More Time | December 10thState and local governments are moving to ban flavored e-cigarette products in response to the Trump administration’s lack of action on rising youth vaping rates.
Read More The Hill | December 7thA bipartisan letter to the White House is slamming President Trump for backing off a proposed ban on flavored e-cigarettes thought to be driving the teen vaping epidemic.
Read More BuzzFeed News | December 3rdThe Act Modernizing Tobacco Control law is the first of its kind prohibiting these products permanently and on a statewide basis.
Read More Axios | November 27thThe District of Columbia is joining several states in suing e-cigarette maker Juul Labs over its marketing practices.
Read More ABC News | November 26thThe company planted the seeds of a public health crisis by marketing to millennials, who had low smoking rates, and it ignored evidence that teenagers were using its products.
Read More New York Times | November 24thNobody wants to harm legitimate American businesses. But the interests of corporations, large and small, that gambled on these products cannot trump the health and safety of an entire generation. Kids don’t have well-funded lobbyists or political action committees behind their hashtag campaigns — they just have moms like us.
Read More The Hill | November 23rdThe House Energy and Commerce Committee today has taken bold and necessary action to protect the health of America’s kids by approving the Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act, comprehensive legislation to address the youth e-cigarette epidemic and continue driving down youth tobacco use.
Read More Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids | November 20thThe letter to the White House, which was also signed by Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, Truth Initiative and Patients Against Vaping E-Cigarettes, expressed concern about reports “that e-cigarette companies and other tobacco interests have launched an intense pressure campaign against your administration’s plan.”
Read More Washington Post | November 19th