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October 23, 2018 by nbcnews.com

The first vaping products designed to prevent fires and explosions — and safety certified by UL — are scheduled to hit the market in a few weeks. While these redesigned electronic cigarettes will be available in Canada, they won’t be sold in the United States.

The vaping industry blames the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which regulates tobacco products, for preventing Americans from buying these safety-enhanced devices.

October 23, 2018 by nypost.com

State Health Commissioner Howard Zucker is promising a sweeping crackdown on flavored e-cigarettes that are marketed to teens, as pressure mounts for New York to ban the sweetened nicotine products.

“We are concerned about this. There’s a lot of marketing to children of this and we need to tackle it,” Zucker told the Public Health Council on Oct. 11.

Vaping company Juul’s products come in flavors such as mango, mint, and crème brûlée, which critics say are aimed at kids.

October 22, 2018 by ubspectrum.com

If you walk across campus, it’s no secret that the Smoke Free UB Policy isn’t enforced. 

Outside Lockwood Library, Capen Hall or pretty much any building on North Campus, countless students, faculty and staff smoke cigarettes throughout the day. Since UB is technically a smoke-free campus, there are no receptacles to throw away butts and thousands of finished cigarettes are littered across campus. 

October 19, 2018 by forbes.com

With federal prohibition still alive and well despite record public support for marijuana legalization, the cannabis industry in the United States remains a state-by-state business. The inability to cross state lines has led to a web of complex and disparate state laws and regulations for businesses to navigate. This forces cannabis producers to recreate their entire infrastructure in every new state, rather than scaling up production and shipping products across the country, [...]

October 17, 2018 by cstoredecisions.com

At midnight on Aug. 23, the second tranche of President Trump’s tariffs officially took effect, levying a 25% tax on 279 products from China, including electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS). While politicians, pundits and economists argue about the diplomatic and trade value of such actions, convenience store and vape shop owners and operators brace for the probable financial fallout.

“It definitely will have an effect on profit margins, but to what extent I’m not sure yet,” said Tim Greene, [...]

October 14, 2018 by patheos.com

Multiple studies completed over the past several years indicate several health issues associated with vaping and smoking an e-cigarette. When e-cigarettes hit the market in 2006, companies assured the FDA the products were safe for consumption. They believed the product safety based on the fact that ingredients used in their product were already FDA approved. However, studies completed indicate the products damage the lungs and increase the risk of heart attack in users.

October 11, 2018 by thehill.com

E-cigarette maker Juul is ramping up its Washington lobbying operation as it tries to head off potential regulatory threats from the Trump administration and Congress.

The company has been under scrutiny from Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulators and lawmakers from both parties amid a massive surge in popularity for its products among teens. Juul says e-cigarettes provide a healthier alternative for adult smokers and are an important tool to help wean them off traditional tobacco products. [...]

October 10, 2018 by sciencenews.org

Nearly 2 million U.S. adults who have never consistently smoked traditional cigarettes use e-cigarettes, according to results from a national survey. Of these sole e-cig users, about 60 percent are young adults, aged 18 to 24, researchers report [...] E-cigarette companies have marketed the devices — which heat and vaporize liquids that typically contain nicotine — as a way to help adults quit smoking. But some public health officials worry that e-cigarettes could become a means to nicotine addiction, rather than an end.

October 10, 2018 by dailytrojan.com

According to the Center of Disease Control, cigarettes are responsible for about 480,000 deaths each year in America, [...] If only there were a solution — some sort of nifty alternative that delivers nicotine in the same manner as a cigarette without harmful chemicals.

Fortunately, the epidemic of tobacco-related illness and death does have a perfectly viable, and already existing, solution: the Juul. California shouldn’t be taxing Juuls to the point where they’re no longer accessible to people who need them most.

October 03, 2018 by xinhuanet.com

Assuming e-cigarettes are equal to cigarettes could lead to misguided research and policy initiatives, a report of the Northwestern University (NU) Medicine said.

"Comparing cigarettes to e-cigarettes can give us a false sense of what dangers exist because it misses the gap in understanding how people use them and how they can make people dependent," said first author Matthew Olonoff, a doctoral student at NU Feinberg School of Medicine.