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 7thIt 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“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 9thWith 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 9thResearchers 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 5thThe 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 28thIts supporters said the bill would protect young people from becoming addicted to tobacco products and improve public health.
Read More Sacramento Bee | August 25thThe study was conducted by researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Washington University in St. Louis.
Read More Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids | August 12thSurely there’s no better time than 2020 to protect another generation from getting hooked on tobacco products that destroy their lungs and make them susceptible to COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses.
Read More Los Angeles Times | August 4thWhile today’s action is a positive step, it is not a substitute for a ban on all flavored e-cigarettes given the clear evidence that flavors have fueled skyrocketing youth use.
Read More Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids | July 21st