On Friday, December 20, 2019, President Donald Trump signed a $1.4 trillion spending package that, on top of many things, raises the federal legal age for purchasing tobacco from 18 to 21. Beginning in the summer of 2020, it will be a violation of federal law to sell tobacco to anyone under the age of 21. Since […]
The Physician Advocacy Network, a project of the Twin Cities Medical Society, is committed to educating communities about e-cigarettes and other tobacco products, engaging community partners in tobacco policy decisions, and empowering community partners and physicians to become leaders in reducing tobacco use in Minnesota. View the Vaping: What Parents Should Know video Physicians Advocacy […]
Federal regulators have sent letters to several vaping companies after determining that social media “influencers” failed to include the required nicotine warning statement in sponsored posts about vaping products. The Food and Drug Administration, joined by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), reprimanded four vaping companies for failing to ensure that content posted by paid influencers contained […]
April 14, 2019 | KSTP.como | Video Story Link There have been a lot of headlines recently about e-cigarettes. It’s called vaping. E-cigarettes are marketed as being safer than cigarettes or a way to quit smoking tobacco. But vape juices mixed with high levels of nicotine are making teens “nic sick.” “One of the first […]
April 16, 2019 | Patti Miller | SACK Coordinator Tobacco 21. What do you know about raising the legal age to purchase tobacco/nicotine to age 21? Maybe you have heard that recently Isanti County passed a county wide ordinance that prevents the sale of tobacco to those under the age of 21. Do we all agree? […]
By now, many parents know kids are vaping sweet-smelling tobacco — often using devices that look deceptively like pens or flash drives. And most parents are hip to the prevalence of underage marijuana use. Now comes a combo of the two: vaping pot. Experts and educators say young people are — once again — one […]