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November 21, 2022 by cbsnews.com
Millions of teens admit to using tobacco products, alarming health leaders
Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable disease, disability, and death among U.S. adults, according to the CDC.
Experts say a new generation of kids and teenagers are fighting nicotine addiction, a group that statistically never would have if it weren't for electronic cigarettes.
A new 2022 study by the CDC and the FDA has alarmed public health officials. It found that more than 3 million middle and high school students admitted this year to using a tobacco product within the last 30 days, including vapes or e-cigarettes.
November 18, 2022 by tobaccoreporter.com
Vapor Group Files Amicus Brief
The Vapor Technology Association (VTA) has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of a petition for writ of certiorari in a case against L.A. County’s ordinance banning flavored tobacco products.
Citing the substantial impact on America’s economy created by the sale of tobacco products, the trade group says Supreme Court review of the flavor ban is critical.
According to an economic impact report prepared by John Dunham and Associates, the independent vapor industry comprises more than 10,000 companies across the United States and is responsible for generating more than 130,000 jobs and more than $22 billion in economic activity for the U.S. economy.
November 18, 2022 by news-medical.net
Marijuana and e-cigarettes both increase risks of cardiac arrhythmias
In a recent study published in the Heart Rhythm journal, researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, assessed the relationship between different types of inhaled marijuana or tobacco product usage with ventricular and atrial arrhythmias.
The impact of conventional tobacco smoking on coronary artery disorder is well understood. However, the effects of smoking on proarrhythmic mechanisms and cardiac arrhythmia need further research. Modern tobacco products like electronic cigarettes (e-cigs) and heated tobacco products (HTPs) and the rise in the popularity of legalized marijuana have complicated the situation. [...]
November 18, 2022 by filtermag.org
Can the US Tobacco Control Debate Ever Find Common Ground?
University of Michigan faculty members Ken Warner and Cliff Douglas have worked for decades to combat smoking. Warner, 75, an economist and former dean of Michigan’s public health school, wrote dozens of papers on tobacco control and edited a landmark Surgeon General’s report on smoking and health. Douglas, 64, a lawyer, led the campaign to ban smoking on commercial airline flights and connected tobacco-industry whistleblowers to Congress and the media.
The cause to which they have devoted themselves has saved millions of lives. As recently as 1980, more than one in three Americans smoked. Today, about one in eight currently smoke. That’s a monumental victory for public health.
November 16, 2022 by fda.gov
FDA Warns Firms for Selling Illegal E-cigarettes That Look Like Toys, Food, and Cartoon Characters
[...] the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued warning letters to five firms for the unauthorized marketing of 15 different e-cigarette products. Each e-cigarette product is packaged to look like toys, food, or cartoon characters and is likely to promote use by youth. None of the manufacturers submitted a premarket application for any of the unauthorized products. "The designs of these products are an utterly flagrant attempt to target kids,” said Brian King, [...] “It’s a hard sell to suggest that adults using e-cigarettes with the goal of quitting smoking need a cartoon character emblazoned across the front of the product in order to do so successfully.”
November 16, 2022 by marijuanamoment.net
Nearly Seven In Ten Americans Back Marijuana Legalization, Including Majority Of Republicans, Latest Gallup Poll Finds
About seven in 10 Americans say that marijuana should be legalized—including majorities of all political parties and age demographics—according to the latest Gallup poll released on Tuesday.
A week after midterm elections that saw two more states legalize cannabis for adult use, Gallup’s survey shows that public support has held strong, with 68 percent of Americans agreeing that “the use of marijuana should be legal,” compared to 31 percent who said it should remain prohibited.
November 16, 2022 by reason.com
California's Vaping Flavor Ban Could Be Lethal
The campaign for Proposition 31, a ballot initiative that Californians approved by a wide margin last week, urged voters to "protect kids from candy-flavored tobacco." That slogan packed an impressive amount of dishonesty into five words.
The initiative's main target was nicotine vaping products, which do not contain tobacco and were already legally restricted to adults. Proposition 31 decrees that adults may not buy such products in flavors other than tobacco, thereby undermining the most promising harm-reducing alternative to cigarettes.
November 16, 2022 by thehill.com
E-cigarettes, marijuana can impact the heart like traditional cigarettes, new study finds
A new study from University of California San Francisco researchers found evidence that e-cigarettes and marijuana have harmful effects on the heart that are similar to negative effects from traditional tobacco cigarettes.
Nicotine vapes and cannabis products have become popular in recent years because the public perceives them as being less harmful than smoking, researchers explained. But the new findings shed light on health risks from these seemingly “safer” substances. “We found that cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and marijuana greatly interfere with the electrical activity, structure, and neural regulation of the heart,” lead author Dr. Huiliang Qiu, [...]
November 15, 2022 by filtermag.org
Fundamental Flaws of Tobacco Control Act—and FDA’s Implementation
When Congress passed the the Tobacco Control Act in 2009, it amended the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to give the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the authority to regulate the manufacture, distribution and marketing of tobacco products for the first time. This was seen as an important step to protect public health from the serious detrimental consequences of smoking combustible tobacco products.
But unfortunately, there are several fundamental flaws in both the statute and the FDA’s subsequent implementation of it. These have directly contributed to today’s chaotic marketplace and have had a detrimental impact on public health—particularly on the lives of adults who are unable or unwilling to quit smoking.
November 15, 2022 by chicagotribune.com
Vapes, bongs and sneakers: How and where e-cigarettes are sold have parents alarmed and Chicago looking at new restrictions
Kim McAuliffe was glancing out the window of her favorite restaurant on the Far Northwest Side when she noticed an unfamiliar banner reading: “Smokes N Kicks.”
Hanging above a storefront on Northwest Highway in Edison Park, the canvas was emblazoned with an illustration of a hookah instrument wrapped around a pair of red-and-white Nike flattop gym shoes as smoke billows in the background. A bullet-point list advertised the sale of footwear, vapes and more. Inside were rows of designer shoes, a mural of the Chicago Bulls superstar Michael Jordan and shimmering glass bongs resting on a counter.