Inside Edition: Critics say the high levels of nicotine coupled with pleasant flavoring and the misconception that the product at hand is harmless makes e-cigarettes especially attractive to teens.
Read MoreWeb MD: The administration will ask that the FDA ban non-tobacco-flavored e-cigarettes from the market.
Read MoreWeb MD: The administration will ask that the FDA ban non-tobacco-flavored e-cigarettes from the market.
Read MoreNBC News: Doctors, major health groups and concerned parents reacted with shock and gratitude to the Trump administration's surprise announcement Wednesday that it plans to ban flavored electronic cigarettes.
Read MoreNew York Times: New York’s former mayor has committed $160 million to ban flavored e-cigarettes amid a series of efforts designed to increase oversight of the industry.
Read MoreNew York Times: The agency sent a warning letter to the company, saying it violated regulations by touting its vaping products as safer than traditional tobacco cigarettes.
Read MoreNY Daily News: Legislation wafting around the City Council would prohibit the sale of fruity, saccharine e-cigarette flavors. It’s got merit.
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Federal health authorities are urging people to stop using electronic cigarettes and other vaping products while they investigate the deaths of three more people from a mysterious vaping illness that researchers say may have affected 450 people around the U.S.
Read MoreNew York Times: Indiana announced a third death linked to the illness on Friday, and Minnesota a fourth. State and federal health officials are working urgently to understand the causes.
Read MoreCBS2: CBS2's Carolyn Gusoff has the latest on the town of Hempstead's move to ban the sale of vaping products.
Read MoreCommon Sense Media: Amid a Rising Addiction Epidemic Among Young People, Advocacy Group Will Push for Local, State, and Federal Legislation and Wage a National Public Education Campaign
Read MoreNew York Times: A surge of severe lung ailments has baffled doctors and public health experts.
Read MoreNew York Times: A surge of severe lung ailments has baffled doctors and public health experts.
Read MoreBloomberg: Federal health officials widely acknowledge that teen vaping is a health crisis, but it appears the extent of that crisis is still coming to light.
Read MoreBoston Herald: Top Boston pulmonologists say vaping injuries are reaching crisis levels — with one local patient who started vaping in fifth grade — as the CDC reports vape-related lung illness is rising nationwide and a new Dana-Farber study warns of second-hand vape hazards.
Read MoreNew York Times: With Altria’s investment in Juul, a combination of the tobacco giants would dominate the international market for e-cigarettes.
Read MoreVice: The e-cigarette giant and the federal government aren't reacting quickly enough to signs vaping carries risks, critics charge.
Read MoreMother Jones: On July 25, Juul, the $38 billion e-cigarette company, appeared before the United States House Oversight Committee to explain its role in youth nicotine addiction.
Read MoreReuters: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday it had identified 193 potential cases of severe lung illness tied to vaping in 22 states as of Aug. 22, including one adult in Illinois who died after being hospitalized.
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