Legislators are one step closer to getting a handle on teen vaping, a problem that the US Surgeon General calls an “epidemic.” https://abcnews4.com/news/local/bill-aims-to-smoke-out-teen-vaping-in-south-carolina-but-identifying-users-is-a-challenge
A proposal to make it harder for S.C. teenagers to get their hands on e-cigarettes has been sent to the S.C. House for a vote.… Read More »SC lawmakers moving quickly on plan to keep teens from vaping
At the end of 2018, South Carolina Representative Beth Bernstein was hoping to usher in a New Year’s resolution of fewer teens using electronic cigarette… Read More »Bill proposals limiting minors’ vaping, child-marriage to proceed
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The first vaping flavor study used data from a 2016 survey of almost 21,000 frequent American vapers to show that fruit and dessert flavors were… Read More »Important Vaping Studies About Health and Usage
Despite receiving over $27 billion from the tobacco settlement and tobacco taxes, the states continue to severely under fund tobacco prevention and cessation programs proven… Read More »A State-by-State Look at the 1998 Tobacco Settlement 20 Years Later
Regulator watch interviews Dr. Gopal Bhatnagar who is the head of cardiovascular surgery at Trillium Health Care in Florida. Dr. Gopal states that not only… Read More »Heart Surgeon Says VAPING Is SAFER | Unpacking Public Health
Ready for some good news for vapers? If you’re an ex-smoker who has made the healthy switch to e-cigs get ready to have a NICE… Read More »GOOD NEWS FOR VAPERS FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE EXCELLENCE
A bar graph released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the dramatic decline of cigarette use from 2006 to 2017. https://muschealth.org/patients-visitors/news/2018/06/19/adult-cigarette-smoking-drops-to-all-time-low-as-student-vaping-heats-up
One might expect public health experts to be delighted to discover that some companies have decided to produce safer products, such as e-cigarettes or vaping… Read More »Vaping saves lives. It’d be madness to ban it