The Washington Post: New, sweeping federal rules bar e-cigarette sales to teens younger than 18

By Laurie McGinley and Brady Dennis The Obama administration on Thursday announced controversial new rules for electronic cigarettes, cigars, hookahs and pipe tobacco, including barring the sales of the products to teens under 18 years old. The new requirements, which go into effect in 90 days, mark the first time the Food and Drug Administration […]

WebMD News from HealthDay: FDA Launches Ad Campaign Against Chewing Tobacco

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, April 19, 2016 (HealthDay News) — U.S. health officials said Tuesday that they are targeting rural teenagers with a new $36 million ad campaign that highlights the health risks associated with chewing tobacco. The campaign’s message — “smokeless doesn’t mean harmless” — will challenge a habit that has become […]

Opinion: No place in baseball for smokeless tobacco

By: Dick Durbin | As published in the Chicago Tribune My feelings about tobacco took shape at the bedside of my father in November 1959. I was a sophomore in high school when lung cancer took his life. He was 53 and had smoked two packs of Camels a day. As a member of Congress […]

CBS News: New York teen badly injured by exploding e-cigarette

A teenage boy suffered serious injuries when an e-cigarette vaporizer he was holding blew up in his face. The 14-year-old, who spent five days in the hospital, was left with permanent injuries after his attorney said he was maimed and blinded by an exploding e-cigarette or vape pen, CBS New York reports. “I was shocked. […]