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 […]
BIG LAKE, Minn. — As Big Lake High School prepares to release for the summer, school leaders are hoping to reach a growing number of students who have become addicted to nicotine through e-cigarettes. Video Article – Kare 11 News “We took an e-cigarette away from one student, a high school girl, and she said, […]
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 […]
Most Reports Involving Youth and Young Adults From the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA): FDA has become aware that some people who use e-cigarettes have experienced seizures, with most reports involving youth or young adult users. Seizures or convulsions are known potential side effects of nicotine toxicity and have been reported in the scientific […]
KHN Morning Briefing (Thursday, March 14, 2019) Convenience stores and gas stations will be barred from selling e-cigarettes in flavors other than tobacco, mint and menthol unless they prevent minors from entering the store altogether or create a separate section of the store that minors can’t enter. Departing FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb issued the rules […]