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FDA Commissioner Threatens To Pull E-Cigs From Market Over Youth Vaping Concerns

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With youth vaping concerns continually popping up in news headlines across the United States, the head of the US Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, has made a less than veiled threat to remove e-cigarettes from the market. During a meeting, Gottlieb stated that if youth vape use continues to rise “and we see …

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FDA Requests Information From E-Cig Manufacturers To Better Understand Youth Vaping Appeal

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent letters to four manufacturers of electronic cigarettes requesting information in a bid to better understand the appeal of their products to today’s youth, the agency announced earlier today. The official requests for information sent out to the four e-cig manufacturers come on the heels of an …

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Tobacco Sales To Minors Drop In California After State Age Requirement Raised From 18 To 21

New research shows that California’s decision to raise the age requirement for buying tobacco products from 18 to 21 may have already begun to have a positive effect on youth smoking rates as data from the report suggests that the rate of underage tobacco purchases in the state has dropped since the new law went …

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Cancer Research UK Addresses Media’s Misrepresentation Of Vape Study’s Findings

Cancer Research UK, a cancer research and awareness charity formed in 2002 by the merger of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund and The Cancer Research Campaign, has issued a response to what they call “the misinterpretation by the media” of an electronic cigarette study funded by the charity that examined the possibility that vaping e-cigs …

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Despite Age Restrictions, Teens Are Vaping Juul E-Cigarettes In Schools Across The U.S.

Vaping is unquestionably growing in popularity in the United States and abroad, however, it may also be catching on with the younger generation, including those who don’t meet the age requirements regulating such products. Earlier this year, the Palm Beach County School District in Florida issued a warning to parents regarding the growing number of …

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Public Health England Finds No Evidence To Support Claims That E-Cigarettes Could Lead To Youth Smoking

While there were many important takeaways in the latest electronic cigarette review conducted by Public Health England (PHE), one in particular that stood out to those of us here at Vaporizer Wire was a lack of evidence to support the claim that e-cigarettes could lead to an increase in youth smoking rates. Based on the …

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