The Atlantic: Tobacco Companies May Have Found a Way to Make Vapes More Addictive

This article form The Atlantic highlights how tobacco companies are adding video screens to vapes to make them more appealing to kids. This is on top of the flavors and high nicotine levels already included. This is a huge problem and more must be done in regulating the industry from selling these kind of products. […]

FDA: $76 Million in Illegal E-Cigarettes Seized in Joint Federal Operation

FDA News Release $76 Million in Illegal E-Cigarettes Seized in Joint Federal Operation FDA Collaborating with Federal Task Force to Accelerate Further Enforcement Actions   For Immediate Release: October 22, 2024 Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, in collaboration with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), announced the administrative seizure of approximately three million […]

The Telegraph: One in three oral cancers linked to smokeless tobacco products

A new study published in Lancet Oncology found that more than 100,000 people who were diagnosed with oral cancer in 2022 developed the illness as a result of consuming various smokeless tobacco products. To read the study and learn more, click here. 

FDA Issues Final Rule Increasing the Minimum Age for Certain Restrictions on Tobacco Sales

This August 2024  news release from the Food and Drug Administration details new regulations that went into place on September 30, 2024 regarding ID checks and restricting vending machine sales: FDA Issues Final Rule Increasing the Minimum Age for Certain Restrictions on Tobacco Sales Tobacco Retailers Will Need to Verify Age for Anyone Under 30; […]

Australian teenagers’ mental health problems linked to vaping, study finds

A new study published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry shows Australian high school students with symptoms of severe depression or poor wellbeing are twice as likely to have tried vaping. Nicotine dependence can amplify feelings of depression, stress, and anxiety. We must do more to protect the health of our young […]