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November 23, 2023 by aafp.org

New research found that e-cigarette use is falling among high-schoolers but more middle-school students are using tobacco products, and the authors called for sustained work through health care interventions and other efforts. “Given the negative health consequences of tobacco use and the unique harms associated with adolescent nicotine exposure, prevention of tobacco use by youths is imperative,” the authors wrote in the report, published Nov. 3 in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Based on the ways youth use tobacco products, they suggested, this could include price increases, smoke-free policies that cover e-cigarettes and clinical interventions.

November 17, 2023 by regulatorwatch.com

With the province of Quebec now wholly joined with New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and the Northwest Territories in banning or restricting flavours in nicotine vaping products, hundreds of thousands of Canadians now have little or no access to a vital tool for tobacco harm reduction. Joining us today to discuss these troubling developments is Ian Irvine, professor of economics at the Department of Economics at Concordia University in Montreal. Is Canada now hostile territory for nicotine vapers? Find Out!

November 15, 2023 by globalnews.ca

The introduction of nicotine pouches to the Canadian market has raised concerns among health experts, who are urging prompt regulation due to the legal availability of these products to children. On Tuesday, a group of Canadian health organizations, including the Canadian Cancer Society, urged the federal government to restrict the availability of nicotine pouches, saying the product contains “a highly addictive drug.”

November 14, 2023 by thestar.com

Within the next few months, Premier Doug Ford will likely be asked to make a decision that will affect the health of Ontarians for decades. Canada’s largest tobacco companies are expected to offer the province a greater share of their future sales revenues to settle the province’s long-standing lawsuit against them. A thumbs up to this deal by Ford would keep these deadly products on the market indefinitely and position them favourably as tobacco manufacturers continue marketing their newer nicotine products that are addicting youth at an alarming rate across Canada.

November 14, 2023 by dailycaller.com

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has taken the final steps for a national ban on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. Recently, the agency submitted proposed rules to the Biden administration’s Office of Management and Budget. This is the last bureaucratic office to review the rules prior to implementing. This ban will hurt small businesses, take away consumer choice and potentially increase police interactions with lower income communities.

November 14, 2023 by regulatorwatch.com

With the release of the 2023 National Youth Tobacco Survey, it’s now not only certain the so-called “epidemic” of teen vaping is over, but it looks like it was mostly hype in the first place. In the last four years, the teen vaping rate crashed to a historic low, dropping over 60% since its 2019 high. Joining us today is Tony Abboud, executive director of the Vapor Technology Association. He says the 2023 NYTS data fundamentally undercuts the FDA’s teen vaping narrative, which it has gripped onto for years while pushing the myth that flavors drive youth vaping. Will the FDA reverse course? Find out!

November 13, 2023 by usnews.com

California banned menthol cigarettes and flavored vaping products in late 2022, based on concerns the flavors encouraged teens to get hooked on nicotine. But a new study finds many smokers simply shrugged and turned to online shopping for their flavored vapes. Online shopping for flavored cigarettes and vapes increased significantly in the weeks following the implementation of the ban, according to findings published Nov. 7 in the journal Tobacco Control. Researchers discovered that shopping queries were 194% higher than expected for cigarettes and 162% higher than expected for vape products after the law went into effect.

November 07, 2023 by gfn.tv

Will Godfrey joins us in today's episode to explain a proposed menthol cigarette ban in the United States, and the legal obstacles preventing flavoured vaping products from launching in the United States.

November 06, 2023 by nytimes.com

Alexa Addison remembers what vapes looked like when she was in high school. The dominant e-cigarette was Juul, a slim, black rectangle with sharp corners that resembled a flash drive. By the time Ms. Addison, 19, started college at the University of North Carolina Wilmington last year, the vape du jour had shifted. She saw many of her classmates brandishing Elf Bars, brightly colored e-cigarettes that looked like ombré AirPods cases, with gently sloped chimneys for inhalation.

November 03, 2023 by reuters.com

E-cigarette use among U.S. high school students dropped significantly this year to 10% from 14%, according to a government survey on Thursday, even as the potentially addictive nicotine devices remained the most used tobacco product among teens and children. The 2023 school-based survey, conducted between March and June, was the first clear sign of a drop in the use of vapes and other e-cigarettes by students, typically aged 14-18 years old, since the COVID-19 pandemic when year-over-year comparisons were difficult.