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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.
With Partial Flavor Ban, Trump Splits the Difference on Vaping
The administration’s decision to largely spare vape shops from the flavor ban reflects an intense lobbying campaign by the vaping industry.
Read More New York Times | January 2nd
Release: Raising the Tobacco Age to 21 Won’t Stop the Youth E-Cigarette Epidemic and Is Not a Substitute for Eliminating the Flavored Products that Lure Kids
By raising the federal tobacco age to 21 without also prohibiting flavored e-cigarettes, the budget agreement announced today in Congress will not stop the youth e-cigarette epidemic. If it shifts attention from efforts to ban flavored e-cigarettes, it will play into the hands of tobacco companies Altria and Juul, which have supported raising the sale age to 21 as the solution to the problem.
Read More Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids | December 16th
FDA can regulate e-cigarettes just like conventional cigarettes, appeals court says
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 11th
The D.C. Lawmaker Going Toe to Toe With Big Vape Never Planned to Be in This Fight
Raja 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 10th
Fight against flavored e-cigarettes goes local
State 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 7th
Trump Is Giving In To The Vaping Industry On A Flavor Ban, Lawmakers Say
A 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 3rd
Mass. becomes first state to outlaw flavored tobacco and vaping products
The Act Modernizing Tobacco Control law is the first of its kind prohibiting these products permanently and on a statewide basis.
Read More Axios | November 27th
DC government sues e-cigarette maker Juul over teen use
The District of Columbia is joining several states in suing e-cigarette maker Juul Labs over its marketing practices.
Read More ABC News | November 26th
How Juul hooked a generation on nicotine
The 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 24th
Political opposites agree on teen vaping: Get rid of the flavors that lure kids
Nobody 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 23rd
