Amid growing reports linking serious lung illnesses to vaping, California health officials issued a pointed warning Tuesday: Stop vaping immediately. Almost two weeks earlier, the Trump administration announced plans to remove all flavored electronic cigarettes — favored by youth — from the market. At least 530 cases of vaping-associated respiratory illnesses have been reported. Nine […]
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State senator to introduce bill that would ban vaping products in Maine
The proposal by Sen. Rebecca Millett of Cape Elizabeth comes amid mounting health concerns and at least 9 deaths that have prompted bans or limits on vaping product sales in other states.
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Massachusetts temporarily bans sale of all vaping products
The governor of Massachusetts is declaring a public health emergency and ordering a 4-month ban on the sale of vaping products in the state.
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U.S. official expects ‘hundreds more’ cases of vaping illness
Nine deaths tied to vaping have already been reported.
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Maine Voices: Children need to hear the truth about vaping
Hard fought reductions in teen smoking are being lost to the rise of the use of e-cigarettes.
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Maine reports first case of vaping-related illness that has stricken more than 500 nationwide
Health officials have not provided the person’s age and gender, or said where in the state the patient lives.
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Panel approves ban on sale of flavored e-cigs in New York
The state became the first to ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes over concerns of surging use among young people and severe breathing illnesses linked to vaping.
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New York moves to enact statewide flavored e-cig ban
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he’s directing state health officials to ban sales, citing the risk of young people getting addicted to nicotine.
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View from Away: Banning flavored vapes may not stop a deadly respiratory outbreak, but it can cut teen use
The number of e-cigarette users, many of them teenagers, who have been stricken by a mysterious and acute lung illness has more than doubled around the country in just the last week. More than 450 people have been hospitalized with serious respiratory distress and six people have died. Public health officials still don’t know what […]
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Maine school vaping ban goes into effect as students return
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is reminding students headed back to school that a new law bans vaping on school grounds