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E-cigarettes
Study suggests taxes on e-cigarettes have an unintended consequence
by
Justin Ho
Dec 31, 2019
A new NBER paper finds that taxes on e-cigarettes create barriers for adults looking to use e-cigarettes as a safer alternative to smoking.
Juul replaces its CEO and tries to make nice with the FDA
Sep 25, 2019
The company also said it would stop advertising in the U.S. and won't lobby the Food and Drug Administration on flavored e-cigarette regulation.
Juul struggles to secure research on the effects vaping has on health
by
Blake Farmer
Sep 16, 2019
With vaping under intense scrutiny and a deadline of May 2020 to apply for FDA approval, the company is under pressure.
Michigan bans flavored e-cigarettes
Sep 5, 2019
San Francisco banned the sale of e-cigarettes earlier this year. Now Michigan becomes the first state to ban flavored e-cigarettes.
Marlboro manufacturer makes a big bet that the future is vaping
by
Justin Ho
Dec 20, 2018
Today the Altria Group – the tobacco giant that used to be known as Philip Morris – announced it’s spending $12.8 billion to buy a 35 percent stake in Juul Labs. That’s the e-cigarette maker that dominates the vaping market here in the U.S., and which some public-health advocates worry is getting another generation hooked […]
E-cigarette maker JUUL faces challenge from feds
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Ryan Kailath
Apr 27, 2018
E-cigarette manufacturer JUUL has aimed its product at adult smokers looking to quit. But now JUUL, with its brightly-colored, fruit-flavored refill cartridges, has caught on big with teenagers. The Food and Drug Administration stepped in this week. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
Smoking rates are down, but that doesn't tell the whole story
by
Tony Wagner
Aug 5, 2016
A government analysis found broad surveys are masking high smoking numbers among Korean-Americans and Puerto Ricans.
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FDA rules spell changes for vaping and hookah lounges
by
Annie Baxter
May 6, 2016
New FDA rules put restrictions on tobacco products, which will affect venues catering to their use.
What are the FDA's new e-cigarette regulations?
by
Donna Tam
May 5, 2016
The administration's new rules take aim at many parts of the emerging business.
Congress weighing stronger FDA rules on e-cigs
Aug 5, 2015
In the meantime, some communities have made their own regulations.