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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.
He went from hiking enthusiast to ‘on death’s door’ within days. Doctors blamed vaping.
E-cigarettes were introduced as a way to help smokers quit by satisfying their nicotine cravings without lighting up, but their use is now at epidemic levels among teenagers and young adults.
Read More Washington Post | August 24th
Illinois patient’s death may be first in US tied to vaping
CHICAGO (AP) — Health officials said Friday that an Illinois patient who contracted a serious lung disease after vaping has died and that they consider it the first death in the United States...
Read More Associated Press | August 23rd
A ban on sales of flavored tobacco for e-cigarettes could be coming to L.A. County
[LA] could soon become the nation’s largest jurisdiction to ban the sales of flavored tobacco — a move aimed at fighting what public health officials increasingly call an epidemic of e-cigarette use.
Read More LA Times | August 23rd
Vaping Sicknesses Rising: 153 Cases Reported in 16 States
“Adverse respiratory effects associated with e-cigarette use could be the result of a variety of factors, including intended and unintended constituents of these products.”
Read More New York Times | August 21st
Juul dominates SF ballot measure spending, shelling out $4.3 million to defend vaping
Juul’s ballot measure is an attempt to do an end run around city officials who passed legislation in June suspending the sale of e-cigarettes until they are reviewed by the [FDA].
Read More San Francisco Chronicle | August 19th
Op-Ed: Let’s call this youth vaping crisis what it is: A Juuling epidemic
Vaping proponents would have you believe that e-cigarette use among youth is responsible for fewer of them smoking traditional cigarettes. This is simply not the case.
Read More LA Times | August 15th
8 Wisconsin teens hospitalized with severe lung damage due to vaping, doctors suspect
Their symptoms, including cough, shortness of breath, and fatigue, worsened over days or weeks before the patients arrived at Children's Hospital.
Read More CNN | July 26th
In the ‘Juul room’: E-cigarettes spawn a form of teen addiction that worries doctors, parents and schools
“These kids have behaviors that we often see in patients who have opioid or marijuana addiction, but we didn’t typically see with kids who developed addiction to traditional tobacco cigarettes.”
Read More Washington Post | July 26th
Juul Targeted Children at Schools and Online, U.S. House Panel Says
The findings were presented Thursday as part of an investigation into youth e-cigarette use by a panel of the House Oversight and Reform committee.
Read More Bloomberg | July 25th
In Washington, Juul Vows to Curb Youth Vaping. Its Lobbying in States Runs Counter to That Pledge.
The company’s 80-plus lobbyists in 50 states are fighting proposals to ban flavored e-cigarette pods, which are big draws for teenagers...
Read More New York Times | April 28th
