Addiction

September 4, 2020

www.getvapefree.com Announces Free Limited-Time Vaping Treatment Program for Nicotine Addicted Teens, Students, Military, Veterans and First Responders

www.getvapefree.com, an innovator in digital health educational content, announced today that it is offering its treatment program for free to nicotine-addicted e-cigarette users for a limited time to do their part in the fight against COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic has made a bad situation far worse. A recent study from Stanford Medical School found that...

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September 2, 2020

Studies: E-cigarettes won’t help smokers quit, but they may become addicted to vaping

E-cigarettes are now the most popular product used for smoking cessation in the United States, ahead of all U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved cessation aids combined, from nicotine patches and gum to prescription medications. However, two recently published analyses of a large nationally representative longitudinal study report that e-cigarettes are not effective...

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August 23, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks

Vaping rises to alarming rates among Hawaii youth

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that 48.3% of Hawaii's high school students and 30.6% of middle school students have tried e-cigarettes. The report was released as part of its Youth Risk Behavioral Surveillance System (YRBSS) which monitors six categories of health-related behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death...

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August 17, 2020

Nearly Half of U.S. Teens Who Vape Want to Quit

Addictive e-cigarettes have made inroads among American teens, and government campaigns to prevent vaping among the young are everywhere. But a new survey suggests another focus: Helping teens already hooked on vaping to quit. The survey of nearly 500 12- to 17-year-olds who vape found that almost half (44.5%) said they were "seriously thinking about...

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August 13, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks, Marketing

WA attorney general suing California e-juice company for potentially selling to minors

Washington State is now suing California-based e-juice company called “E-Juice Vapor” accusing it of selling vaping products to minors. The state’s controversial 120-day flavors ban expired in February of 2020, but other regulations are still in place. One law is that sellers must verify a customer’s age before selling to them. “Bottom line, they’re violating...

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August 7, 2020

Addiction, Flavors, Health Risks

Green Apple Vape Flavor Makes Nicotine More Rewarding

A new study conducted in mice suggests that farnesene, a molecule responsible for the green apple flavoring used in some vape devices, is not only rewarding in itself, but may also increase the rewards felt when consuming nicotine. The study is one of just a handful to look at the effects that vape...

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July 27, 2020

Addiction, Flavors, Health Risks, Marketing

Native American Reservations a Haven for New York Vape Shops

Around Thanksgiving 2019, two months after Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order that banned sales of flavored vaping products in New York, Taobi Silva thought he’d give the vape business another shot. Rob Ermolovich, the owner of a shop called Fluid Vapor and a local e-liquid manufacturing business, had given Silva a call,...

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July 21, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks

New Study Suggests Correlation Between E-cigarettes and Marijuana Use Among Teens

A new study from researchers at the University of California indicates that the use of e-cigarettes and marijuana may go together, especially for underage smokers. There has been a significant increase in the use of both products. More Underage Users The study used data from 2017 to 2018, analyzing it for pot and e-cigarette use...

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July 20, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks, Marketing

Cartoons Still Common in Online E-Cig Marketing

Cartoon imaging remains common in social media promotions of vaping liquids, even as use of the products has exploded among teens and young adults, new research finds. An investigation of 1,936 Instagram posts promoting e-liquid vaping products found that 1,608 (83.1%) were promotional, 142 (7.3%) included one or more cartoon images, and 44 (2.3%)...

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July 20, 2020

Addiction, Flavors, Health Risks, Marketing

FDA Orders 10 Companies to Stop Selling Their E-Cigarette Products

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent warning lettersTrusted Source to 10 companies about selling flavored, disposable e-cigarettes that especially appeal to young people without having proper approval. “Despite suspending in-person activities — such as retail compliance checks and vape shop inspections — due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our enforcement against unauthorized e-cigarettes...

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July 16, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks, Marketing

Attorney General Maura Healey suing online vape company ‘Puff Bar’ alleging it sold flavored tobacco products in Massachusetts

Attorney General Maura Healey is suing an online e-cigarette company called “Puff Bar” for selling disposable flavored tobacco products in Massachusetts in violation of state law, her office on Thursday. The complaint, filed in Suffolk Superior Court on Wednesday, alleges that Puff Bar and Cool Clouds Distribution, Inc. continued advertising and selling disposable flavored...

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July 13, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks, Marketing

Controversial E-Cigarette Company Puff Bar Says It’s Suspending U.S. Sales

A shadowy e-cigarette company that has reaped millions of dollars by exploiting a loophole to sell kid-friendly, flavored nicotine products says it is suspending sales in the U.S following revelations about its owners. Puff Bar, a California-based marketer of disposable e-cigarettes, announced the sales suspension Monday on its website. In a phone call with...

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July 10, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks

Study finds more young vapers want to quit amid coronavirus concerns

According to a study by Truth Initiative, nearly two-thirds – 62% – of young vapers say they are more interested in quitting vaping now compared to before the coronavirus pandemic. The study says 57% worry that their vaping puts them at risk of serious illness from COVID-19. The study shows that 52% of young...

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July 9, 2020

Addiction, Flavors, Health Risks, Marketing

Lifting the Veil on a Controversial E-Cigarette Company—Sort of

In recent months, mystery has surrounded the ownership of a controversial e-cigarette company that has reaped millions of dollars in sales of flavored, kid-friendly nicotine products by exploiting a loophole in federal regulations. The company, Puff Bar, has even reveled in the mystery, saying on its website, “But who makes Puff Bar? Everyone wants...

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July 6, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks, JUUL

Juul recruited U of M researcher as vaping controversy intensified

A popular e-cigarettee manufacturer, already being sued by the state of Minnesota for allegedly fueling a youth vaping epidemic, is now accused of trying to legitimize its business by recruiting public health researchers—a practice critics say is ripped directly from the Big Tobacco playbook, 5 INVESTIGATES has found. Juul Labs Inc. faces investigations and...

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July 1, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks, JUUL, Marketing

Juul CEO hitting the reset button on vaping’s battered image

Trust might not be a word commonly associated with one of the most controversial companies in America. Still, it’s a word used often by K.C. Crosthwaite, CEO of embattled e-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc. Crosthwaite took the helm of Juul last September when the company was at the center of a public-health crisis that...

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June 30, 2020

Addiction, JUUL, Marketing

Juul Looks at Japan Market Amid Push to Recover From Setbacks

Juul Labs Inc., the U.S.-based e-cigarette maker that’s fighting a global backlash against vaping, is considering entry into the tightly regulated Japanese market. Haruhiko Hirate, formerly a corporate officer at Tokyo-based Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., was hired to lead the effort, Juul said Tuesday in a statement. He was named representative director and chairman of...

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June 30, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks

Ban on tobacco products goes into effect, including e-cigarettes and vaping products

Hate the smell of cigarette smoke? You’re in luck. Duke’s tobacco-free policy went into effect Wednesday as part of an effort to create a more “healthy living and working environment” for the community, according to the Healthy Duke website. The policy prohibits “all tobacco-related products,” according to the website, from cigarettes to e-cigarettes and...

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June 29, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks, Marketing

Study says ad displays in stores boost teen vaping rates

Canadian provinces that allow retail displays promoting e-cigarettes had nearly three times the teen vaping rate, a new study found. Until May 2018, e-cigarettes weren't widely available in Canada and it was illegal to advertise those containing nicotine. When the law changed, Quebec and Manitoba adopted their own restrictions, including bans on retail displays...

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June 2, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks, Marketing

Lawmakers Say Puff Bar Used Pandemic to Market to Teens

The e-cigarette company, which has quickly eclipsed Juul, has advertised its products as a break from “parental texts and WFH stress.” House lawmakers asked the Food and Drug Administration this week to ban Puff Bar, the fast-growing e-cigarette that has quickly replaced Juul as the vape of choice among young people. The disposable devices come...

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June 1, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks

Pod-based vaping products more addictive than other e-cigarettes

Pod-based e-cigarettes may be more addictive than other tobacco products, according to an analysis published Monday by JAMA Pediatrics. JUUL pods and other similar products deliver nearly 60 percent more nicotine than conventional cigarettes, researchers found in the review of existing studies on vaping devices. The pod-based devices are designed to deliver high doses of...

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May 26, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks, Marketing

Study shows high prevalence of vaping in U.S. schools

Vaping is most heavily concentrated in U.S. schools with a higher proportion of white students, schools in the South and West, and schools where more students smoke cigarettes, a new University of Michigan study shows. Overall, more than one in 10 American middle and high school students report having used e-cigarettes within the last...

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May 25, 2020

Convincing analysis that e-cigs are a gateway to cigarette smoking from studies around the world

Last March Jasmine Khouja and colleagues published “Is e-cigarette use in non-smoking young adults associated with later smoking? A systematic review and meta-analysis” in Tobacco Control. This is the most comprehensive meta-analysis to data and convincingly shows that youth and young adults (up to age 30) who initiate nicotine use with e-cigarettes are,...

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May 14, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks, Marketing

New Analysis Exposes How Big Tobacco is Exploiting COVID-19 Pandemic to Advertise Harmful and Addictive Products

Tobacco and e-cigarette companies are exploiting the COVID-19 crisis to advertise their harmful and addictive products on social media, undermine minimum age purchase restrictions meant to protect youth and make unproven and illegal health claims, according to new analysis published by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. The analysis includes tactics from big tobacco companies,...

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April 30, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks

Minors often buy tobacco, even after showing ID

The battle to keep tobacco out of the hands of children and teenagers has used laws and public health programs such as the Truth Initiative. However, a new study in Pediatrics indicates that the battle may be lost when stores sell tobacco to children and teenagers, even after seeing proof-of-age identification that shows...

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April 16, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks

Addiction recovery coach: Vaping and Covid-19 are a dangerous combination

The danger of vaping for teens and young adults took on a frightening tone last year, when more than 1,000 people who use electronic cigarettes were hospitalized with respiratory problems, including 55 who died. Covid-19 may prove even more alarming as researchers dig into the causes of what hospitalized and killed young people during...

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April 9, 2020

Former smoker offers 4 steps to quit vaping and smoking amid the coronavirus pandemic

Chris Trotman, a social worker in Maryland, lives with sickle cell anemia. But he also struggles with a habit that is affecting his health: vaping. "I want a stronger vape and I know that's bad because I know I'm supposed to be quitting," the 25-year-old told "Good Morning America." "I'll probably hit this thing...

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April 8, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks

33 Vaping Statistics to Consider Before Buying the First Juul

Why is vaping so popular? Why do some estimates and vaping statistics put the number of future users as high as 55 million by 2021? Ever since the first e-cigarette was introduced, vape products have been hailed as a more discreet, more affordable, and safer alternative to smoking. Even the most vocal opponents can’t...

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April 6, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks

E-Cigarette ‘Mods’ Are 6X More Powerful At Hooking Young Smokers

While research has shown that vaping in teenaged years is tied to smoking later in life, a new study found that depending on which vaping devices a teen uses—vaping pens vs. modified e-cigarette devices—the young person may wind up smoking far more. The study, “E-Cigarette Product Characteristics and Subsequent Frequency of Cigarette Smoking,” in the May...

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April 3, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks

EVALI: New information on vaping-induced lung injury

E-cigarettes (vapes) first made headlines due to skyrocketing sales and popularity. Then reports of serious illnesses and deaths related to vaping tobacco and other substances began mounting in summer 2019. By mid-February 2020, the CDC reported more than 2,800 cases of lung injuries requiring hospitalization across all 50 states, and 68 deaths. EVALI,...

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March 30, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks, JUUL

The World Pushes Back Against E-Cigarettes and Juul

Facing ire at home, the e-cigarette giant counted on international expansion to offset losses in the U.S., but the regulatory response abroad has been even stricter. In January 2019, the chairman of Altria, Howard A. Willard III, flew to Silicon Valley to speak to senior executives of Juul Labs, fresh off signing a deal...

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March 28, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks, JUUL

Mom sues Manhattan smoke shop after vaping son gets sick

Jason Flanders never listened to his mom’s warnings about vaping — until the Manhattan teen landed in the intensive care unit. “I was super sick,” he recalled. “I was in the hospital for 17 days.” Jason had been vaping since he was 15, but his age didn’t matter to the smoke shop in Chelsea where...

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March 26, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks

Teens who vape should consider quitting now. Here’s how to do it.

After years of declining nicotine use amongst teens, rates have once again surged amongst young people thanks to e-cigarettes. One in four high school students now vapes. To many teens, the devices look cool and sleek, not unlike how a cigarette seemed glamorous long ago. They can be easily concealed because they often look...

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March 24, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks

Why social distancing provides a ‘golden opportunity’ for teens to quit vaping

Plenty of time at home gives parents the chance to encourage kids to kick the dangerous habit. With schools closed, college dorms shuttered and social distancing in full swing, many families are spending more time together than they might have planned to. Experts suggest that it's an opportune time for parents to talk to...

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March 16, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks, Marketing

Young adults don’t know what’s in nicotine products they vape

Nicotine pods used for vaping need clearer labels to help young people understand what they are inhaling, a Stanford study concludes. Young adults don’t know what’s in the products they vape and often don’t know what brand of vaping products they use, according to a new study by researchers at the Stanford University School...

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March 10, 2020

Addiction, Flavors, Health Risks, JUUL, Marketing

How Juul Created a Teen Vaping Epidemic

Juul Labs’ internal documents and statements by its founders reveal the e-cigarette manufacturer lifted trade secrets from Big Tobacco to market its highly addictive vaping products to youths as young as 8. The company’s deliberate marketing plan proved successful, doubling the size of the U.S. vaping market and dominating competitors in just three...

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March 6, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks, Marketing

The Ban on Vaping is Unreservedly ineffective, Says Report

The latest trend of using a vape has gradually replaced cigarettes. Despite it is marketed and considered as a “safe” alternate of cigarettes, it is not. Last year reported a number of vape related injuries especially in middle and high school students who eventually got addicted to it. It led to the health...

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February 29, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks

Vape school takes aim at e-cigarettes

Across the country, schools are struggling to curtail teen use of e-cigarettes. The sun is just about to make an appearance on a crisp February morning as a group of lethargic teens sits silent in a large room at R.G. Drage Career Center. One by one — almost if triggered by the one before —...

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February 25, 2020

Addiction, Flavors, Health Risks, JUUL, Marketing

‘A world of hurt’: 39 states to investigate Juul’s marketing

A coalition of 39 states will look into the marketing and sales of vaping products by Juul Labs, including whether the company targeted youths and made misleading claims about nicotine content in its devices, officials announced Tuesday. Attorneys general from Connecticut, Florida, Nevada, Oregon and Texas said they will lead the multi-state investigation into...

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February 21, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks

‘I Look Dead’: Woman Recalls Experience With Vape-Related Illness

Not everyone with a vaping related illness survives. At least four deaths from vaping-related lung disease have been reported in California. Every breath is painful for Julia Itzin. While she was in the hospital, suffering from something her doctor said is commonly referred to as "vape lung," she would record videos of herself crying as...

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February 20, 2020

Addiction, Flavors, Health Risks

Upstart Vaping Company Plans Pullback After Outcry Over Loophole

Puff Bars were embraced by minors thanks to a gap in the U.S. flavor ban, but now their maker says it’s halting sales. On a sunny Friday afternoon in Los Angeles’s Skid Row, two men climbed through a gap in a half-shuttered storefront across the street from a sidewalk homeless encampment. The unassuming building on...

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February 20, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks

He Started Vaping To Quit Smoking, But The New Habit Landed Him In The ER

More than a quarter of Minnesota high school students admit to vaping in the last month. While recent cases of severe, sometimes deadly lung disease might inspire users to quit, it’s not easy. Putting down the vape pen can be harder than kicking a cigarette habit. “I knew it was bad,” Mitch Byers said. “I...

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February 13, 2020

Addiction, JUUL, Marketing

Mass. attorney general sues JUUL ‘for creating youth vaping epidemic’

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey on Wednesday announced a lawsuit against the company she blames for starting the youth vaping epidemic. Healey's office filed a lawsuit against electronic cigarette manufacturer JUUL in Massachusetts Superior Court after an investigation into the company's sales and procedures that began in 2018. "JUUL bears responsibility for the millions of...

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February 12, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks, Marketing

Undercover teens bust hundreds of Arizona stores selling vape products to minors

Undercover teens working with the Arizona Attorney General’s Office routinely find stores selling tobacco and vape products to minors, including repeat violators. Grocery stores, convenience stores and tobacco shops that are supposed to be gatekeepers of nicotine products are instead helping to usher in a teen vaping crisis. The 12 News I-Team analyzed state and...

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February 10, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks, JUUL, Marketing

Pennsylvania sues Juul, demands ban on maker’s vaping products

Pennsylvania has joined a growing list of states suing leading e-cigarette maker Juul Labs, whose sleek vape pens and cartridges in fruit, dessert, and candy flavors have been blamed for contributing to a sharp rise in e-cigarette use among teenagers and adolescents. The lawsuit, filed Monday by Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, alleges that...

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February 7, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks

Young people have moved on to a new kind of vape not covered by the flavor ban: disposables

Critics of the FDA policy think teens will switch to the cheaper disposables, which are widely available at many convenience stores The U.S. government on Thursday began enforcing restrictions on flavored electronic cigarettes aimed at curbing underage vaping. But some teenagers may be one step ahead of the rules. Parents, researchers and students warn that...

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February 6, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks, JUUL, Marketing

‘It’s Insidious’: How Juul Pitched E-Cigs to Native American Tribes

New Congressional documents reveal that e-cigarette maker Juul Labs pitched its products to at least eight Native American tribes, in a move tribal health advocates say is as disturbing as it is expected. “I always suspected that the targeting of tribes was more pervasive than we knew,” says Rae O’Leary, a public health analyst...

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February 4, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks

UH Hilo student campaign brings awareness to vaping dangers

Students at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo are contributing to a public health campaign meant to raise awareness on the dangers of vaping as reports of serious lung injuries and deaths associated with vaping are making national headlines. Students taking the course Health Promotion (KES 202) last fall created radio spots, a video,...

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February 4, 2020

Addiction, Flavors, Health Risks, JUUL, Marketing

Who Thought Sucking on a Battery Was a Good Idea? Vaping is a health crisis that’s only just begun.

Dr. Lynn D’Andrea was standing in a small consultation room on one of the upper floors of the Children’s Wisconsin hospital this past Fourth of July weekend when a younger colleague on the pulmonary team, Dr. Brian J. Carroll, told her she needed to see a teenager who was having severe difficulty breathing....

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January 31, 2020

Addiction, Flavors

Teens Find a Big Loophole in the New Flavored Vaping Ban

The policy allows mint, dessert and fruit flavors to continue to be sold in disposable e-cigarettes, prompting many teens to switch from Juul to those devices. The Food and Drug Administration is banning most flavored e-cigarettes, but that isn’t keeping banana ice, sour gummy or cool mint out of the hands of McCracken County...

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January 30, 2020

Addiction, Flavors, Health Risks, JUUL, Marketing

New FDA chief vows tougher action on youth vaping if needed

Stephen Hahn, the new head of the Food and Drug Administration, defended the Trump administration’s impending partial e-cigarette ban, which has been sharply criticized by Democratic lawmakers and public health groups as too weak. But he also vowed to take tougher steps if needed to reduce teen vaping. The administration’s vaping plan, which will...

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January 30, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks, JUUL

Factbox: U.S. lawsuits take aim at vaping

Several deaths and potentially hundreds of illnesses tied to e-cigarettes, which allow users to inhale nicotine vapor, often flavored, without smoking, have been reported by the U.S. public health agency. Lawsuits on behalf of young consumers have targeted leading e-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc. Altria, which holds a stake in Juul, said the number...

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January 29, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks

New Restrictions Are Aimed At Curbing Teen Vaping, Even As Mass. Teens Struggle To Quit

He’s felt angry and stressed. And for a while, his leg shook uncontrollably. But 14-year-old Colin Gabriel is determined to give up nicotine. “It’s very tough,” he said, “but I think, eventually, it could be doable.” A high school freshman from Bridgewater, Mass., Gabriel was hooked not by traditional cigarettes, but the electronic version preferred by his...

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January 28, 2020

20-year-old trades vape pods for sex with teens he met on Snapchat, Missouri cops say

A 20-year-old man is accused of trading vape pods for sex acts with teenage girls, Missouri police say. Now he’s charged with sex trafficking. Seth P. Nieters met two 13-year-old girls on Snapchat, offering to sell them smoking pods in exchange for sex acts, according to St. Charles County police. He was well-known around their middle...

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January 27, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks

Teen speaks about vaping safety concerns after being on life support

After spending a week on life-support due to vaping, an Avon teen is breathing on his own again and warning others about the safety concerns. Avon High School junior Tyler Ware, 17, was in the hospital for 10 days and just one step away from a lung and heart bypass. "I was scared," Ware said....

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January 26, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks

‘It’s a killer:’ Waukesha woman placed in medically induced coma after 6 weeks of vaping

A Waukesha woman nearly lost her life and was hospitalized for weeks, and said it was all due to vaping. On Sunday, Jan. 26, Kate Krzysik spoke with FOX6 News -- sharing a warning for others. Krzysik said she only vaped for six weeks, but when she was hospitalized in early December, her life...

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January 23, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks

Not enough evidence that vaping helps smokers quit: US govt report

There is not enough evidence to conclude that e-cigarettes help smokers quit tobacco, a US government report said Thursday, as the vaping industry faces increased regulatory pressures. The advice is contrary to that provided by the British government, which classes e-cigarettes as a nicotine replacement therapy that makes it easier to stop smoking. "E-cigarettes, a...

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January 22, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks, JUUL

Kentucky mom to tell of her ‘war’ with her daughter’s vaping

Julie Kirkpatrick of Taylor Mill says vaping put her daughter in the hospital last fall with the mysterious lung ailment recently afflicting users of e-cigarettes. Her child is healing now, so Kirkpatrick aims to kick off a campaign Thursday to help parents confront and fight the vaping habit. “We haven’t been open enough about...

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January 21, 2020

Addiction, JUUL

Vape Devices Like Juul ‘Reversing’ Efforts to Keep Youth From Tobacco: Study

The epidemic of addictive vaping among youth continues, with e-cigarette devices by Juul continuing to surge in popularity among teens and young adults, new research shows. The number of Americans aged 15 to 34 who said they had at least tried one of the small, convenient Juul devices more than doubled between 2018 and...

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January 21, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks, JUUL

Social Media Helped Juul Dominate the Vaping Market. Now, Teens Are Using It to Help Each Other Quit

Juul Labs, the e-cigarette company so popular its name became a verb, wouldn’t be where it is without social media. In the company’s early years, a steady stream of posts from users and influencers helped turn Juul from a smoking alternative to a cultural phenomenon. So many Juul users—many of them teenagers—voluntarily posted...

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January 15, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks, JUUL

Louisville Metro files lawsuit against JUUL for allegedly fueling vaping crisis that has teens addicted to nicotine

Louisville Metro Government has filed a federal lawsuit against JUUL Labs, the largest manufacturer, and seller of e-cigarettes and vaping products, for its role in fueling the community health crisis of nicotine addiction, allegedly among young people. The suit was filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California under the...

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January 10, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks

Teen’s graphic images of vaping damage go viral: ‘My lung tissue was just completely destroyed’

When 19-year-old Claire Chung took to Instagram this week to share harrowing images of her battle with EVALI (e-cigarette and vaping product use associated lung injury), she couldn’t have anticipated the impact they would have. “I never even expected it to reach anyone besides my own friends,” she wrote in a follow-up post...

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January 8, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks

An often-made claim that e-cigarettes are ‘95% safer’ is not valid

The frequently cited claim that e-cigarettes are "95% less risky" or "95% less harmful" than combustible cigarettes is outdated, misleading and invalid -- and should no longer be made in discussions on the dangers of vaping, according to an editorial published today in the American Journal of Public Health by six leading experts...

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January 8, 2020

Addiction, Health Risks, JUUL, Marketing

San Diego Unified School District suing JUUL

The San Diego Unified School District is suing e-cigarette company JUUL, claiming its product “disrupts the education and learning environment across the district.” The lawsuit follows similar suits filed by school districts in Los Angeles, Glendale, Compton and Anaheim. The district is seeking an injunction and abatement to “stop the e-cigarette epidemic” which the district...

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