Public health authorities worldwide have long known and publicized the health risks associated with smoking and tobacco use. Smoking still remains the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. As FDA prepares to publish its “Deeming Regulation” — which is expected to capture e-cigarettes and e-liquid that contain tobacco-derived nicotine as regulated tobacco products under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act — stakeholders have been concerned that the proposed “one-size-fits-all” approach to tobacco product regulation would effectively destroy the growing e-vapor industry, despite mounting evidence that these products are substantially less harmful than traditional combustible tobacco, like cigarettes. … [Read more...] about Viva Vaping: Food Law
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Discipline or Treatment? Schools Rethinking Vaping Response
The Conejo Valley Unified School District in southern California recently shifted from suspending students for a first offense to sending them to a four-hour Saturday class on the marketing and health dangers of vaping. A second offense results in a one-or-two-day suspension coupled with several weeks of a more intensive six-week counseling program that includes parents. … [Read more...] about Discipline or Treatment? Schools Rethinking Vaping Response
E-cigarettes are MORE harmful than first feared, experts warn
“However, since e-cigarettes are used almost exclusively in the UK by current or former smokers, the key question is how this adverse effect compares with that of exposure to cigarette smoke. … [Read more...] about E-cigarettes are MORE harmful than first feared, experts warn
Could flavoured e-cigarettes be BANNED? Health experts are considering it
Public Health England and other experts have said vaping is 95 per cent safer than smoking - adding switching completely brings substantial health benefits. … [Read more...] about Could flavoured e-cigarettes be BANNED? Health experts are considering it
Families Begin Burying the 28 Victims of Mexico Bar Fire
Authorities are searching for the men who burst into the White Horse nightclub late Tuesday, taking over the entrance at gunpoint and dousing it with gasoline and setting the bar afire. The attack was apparently carried out by the Jalisco drug cartel in retaliation for the bar owner's refusal to pay extortion demands. … [Read more...] about Families Begin Burying the 28 Victims of Mexico Bar Fire
