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See how the youth e-cigarette epidemic is endangering kids, and what we’re doing to fight back before it’s too late.
Campaign to overturn California’s flavored tobacco sales ban accused of misleading voters
Supporters of a coming ban on the sale of flavored tobacco products in California asked the state attorney general on Tuesday to investigate complaints that people gathering signatures for a referendum to overturn the law have misrepresented the effort.
Read More Los Angeles Times | October 21st
Big Tobacco goes big in effort to quash law banning sales of flavored tobacco products
With the Nov. 30 deadline approaching for submitting signatures to qualify the measure for the 2022 ballot, the high-dollar effort has become an interesting blend of California politics and potentially huge business profits, with a dash of coronavirus shutdown tossed in for good measure.
Read More San Francisco Chronicle | October 14th
Lawsuit Aims to Ban Menthols, Big Tobacco’s Bait for Black Smokers
Activists and the American Medical Association are suing the FDA to bar the cigarette flavor, used by 86% of Black smokers.
Read More Bloomberg | October 13th
Parents are less aware when their kids vape than when they smoke, study says
Parents and guardians are less likely to know or suspect when their children vape or use other tobacco products than they are when they smoke cigarettes, the study, published in Pediatrics, said.
Read More CNN | October 7th
Drop in Youth E-Cigarette Use is Good News, But Rates Remain Unacceptably High, Driven by a Surge in Use of Menthol and Disposable E-Cigarettes Exempted from Federal Restrictions
It is good news that the results of 2020 National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) released today show a significant decline in youth e-cigarette use after two years of alarming increases.
Read More Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids | September 10th
Vaping among teens falls for the first time in three years
“The decline is good news, but it is really a historic opportunity missed,” said Matthew L. Myers, president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. “There was an opportunity to bring about fundamental change if they had banned all flavored products.”
Read More Washington Post | September 9th
Sept. 9 Deadline Arrives for Makers of E-Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products to Apply to Keep Products on Market – FDA Must Protect Kids and Public Health
With the September 9 deadline, the FDA has yet another opportunity to reverse the current epidemic of youth e-cigarette use and stop tobacco companies from addicting a new generation of kids with e-cigarettes, cigars and other tobacco products. The FDA must protect kids and public health, not the interests of the tobacco industry.
Read More Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids | September 9th
Vaping Links to Covid Risk Are Becoming Clear
Researchers are starting to home in on the ways in which the use of e-cigarettes raises the chances of catching the virus, and suffering its worst effects.
Read More New York Times | September 5th
California bans flavored tobacco sales in response to a surge in teen use
The new law, which takes effect Jan. 1, came in response to a surge in teen use of flavored tobacco, including electronic cigarettes and other products with flavors including menthol, apple, cotton candy and gummy bears.
Read More Los Angeles Times | August 28th
Proposed ban on flavored tobacco products clears California Assembly
Its supporters said the bill would protect young people from becoming addicted to tobacco products and improve public health.
Read More Sacramento Bee | August 25th
