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January 08, 2020 by youtube.com

The Trump administration's ban on flavored e-cigarette products is getting some push back for not including menthol or flavored liquids sold in adult-only vape shops. Mitch Zeller, director of the FDA Center for Tobacco Products, joins "Squawk Box" to discuss.

January 08, 2020 by nationalreview.com

On Thursday, the Trump administration announced that it would ban the sale of pre-filled flavored e-cigarette cartridges nationwide [...] Yes: I myself vape, and that’s part of the reason why this news upsets me. What’s more, as a vaper who has tried “open tank” systems — which the administration exempts from the ban — I find absolutely no solace in this fact, as I know from experience how fiddling with these sorts of systems often inevitably results in your hands and furniture and purses and life getting completely soaked with nicotine liquid.

January 08, 2020 by eurekalert.org

Using data from a large federal government telephone survey of adults, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report evidence that inhaling heated tobacco vapor through e-cigarettes was linked to increased odds of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), conditions long demonstrated to be caused by smoking traditional, combustible cigarettes. [...] "Although e-cigarettes may turn out to be safer overall than traditional combustible cigarettes, our studies add to growing evidence that they carry health risks," says Michael Blaha, M.D., M.P.H., [...]

January 08, 2020 by ucsf.edu

Dual use of e-cigarettes and cigarettes is common among young adults. Earlier research has used an internet panel to assess anticipated effects of eliminating nicotine, flavors (except menthol), and customizable e-cigarettes on predicted changes in e-cigarette and cigarette consumption. This earlier analysis showed that all these policies were predicted to lower e-cigarette consumption and increase cigarette consumption among these dual users. The earlier analysis, did not, however, estimate the net effect of these policies considering both lowered and increased consumption.

January 07, 2020 by cbsnews.com

As Bay Area-based Juul Labs faces increased scrutiny, a new study finds the company’s products delivers significantly more nicotine to the blood per puff than other e-cigarettes and traditional cigarettes.

A new study by researchers at UC San Francisco [...] tested nicotine concentrations among rodents when they were exposed to Juul and other tobacco products. The researchers found the rodents exposed to Juul had blood nicotine concentrations 8 times higher than a competing e-cigarette. Compared to traditional cigarettes, the rodents had nicotine concentrations that were five times higher.

January 07, 2020 by filtermag.org

It was a cold, rainy morning when I walked into “Happy Habits,” our local vape store in the Hudson Valley. It was the day after the federal government’s January 2 announcement of an effective ban on flavored vape cartridges.

The mood inside matched the weather, despite the brightly-lit JUUL display and many other colorful items. When I asked the friendly employee at the counter how the ban would affect the business, she immediately replied that more people would get sick from smoking. She added that jobs would be lost.

January 06, 2020 by nypost.com

Last week, the truck-rental company U-Haul announced it would stop hiring smokers in the 21 states where it is ­legal to take nicotine use into consideration when making hiring decisions.

In an e-mail to The Arizona Republic, U-Haul Chief of Staff Jessica Lopez cited the firm’s “continued efforts to ­enhance our wellness program and decrease health-care costs,” adding: “We have become more aware of the medical side ­effects of using nicotine and ­tobacco products.”

January 06, 2020 by vapingpost.com

Deja vu in the new year, already. What a healthy beginning to 2020.

“We will protect the industry,” President Donald Trump said during remarks to reporters at a New Year’s Eve gala.

The Wall Street Journal alleged that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will move to ban most flavored vapor products across the U.S. market. This was confirmed.

The partial ban is now active and a reality. The FDA also remains adamant that this isn’t a “ban” because products can return to the market through the existing PMTA processes. Still, it’s a ban in one form or another.

January 03, 2020 by dailymail.co.uk

Many vapers say they feel safe using e-cigarettes despite the recent outbreak of lung injuries, new survey data shows.

About 77 percent of e-cigarette users say they believe vaping is healthier than smoking cigarettes and 60 percent say it is healthier than drinking alcohol.

Shockingly, nearly 80 percent of vapers younger than age 40 say they feel safe vaping. Collin Czarnecki, lead researcher of the survey conducted by Harmony Healthcare IT [...] said the findings show that more awareness needs to be spread on the dangers of vaping, particularly for young adults.

January 03, 2020 by fda.gov

Amid the epidemic levels of youth use of e-cigarettes and the popularity of certain products among children, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration [...] issued a policy prioritizing enforcement against certain unauthorized flavored e-cigarette products that appeal to kids, including fruit and mint flavors. Under this policy, companies that do not cease manufacture, distribution and sale of unauthorized flavored cartridge-based e-cigarettes (other than tobacco or menthol) within 30 days risk FDA enforcement actions.