Tag: vaping
Youth art contest and digital showcase spotlights anti-tobacco messaging as teen vaping skyrockets
JURUPA VALLEY – Riverside County Tobacco Control Project and Reach Out seek residents of Riverside County ages 11-20 to develop artwork that illustrates how...
Rep. Raul Ruiz tells story of local teen critically injured by vaping, fights for...
WASHINGTON – Democrat Rep. Raul Ruiz, M.D., of California spoke Wednesday, Nov. 13, on the nationwide youth vaping epidemic. Recently in Desert Hot Springs, Zane...
US officials identify ‘strong culprit’ in vaping illnesses
MIKE STOBBE
AP Medical Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials reported a breakthrough Friday in their investigation into the cause of a mysterious...
California cannabis group wants tighter vaping-safety rules
MICHAEL R. BLOOD
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An alliance of major legal marijuana businesses in California is urging the state to adopt tougher...
Former Juul exec alleges company shipped tainted products
MATTHEW PERRONE
AP Health Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Juul Labs executive who was fired earlier this year is alleging that the vaping company knowingly...
Vape pioneer peddled street drugs that sickened dozens
HOLBROOK MOHR
Associated Press
CARLSBAD (AP) — Some of the people rushing to emergency rooms thought the CBD vape they inhaled would help like a...
Clampdown on vaping could send users back toward cigarettes
MATTHEW PERRONE
AP Health Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Only two years ago, electronic cigarettes were viewed as a small industry with big potential to improve public...
US official expects ‘hundreds more’ cases of vaping illness
The number of vaping-related illnesses in the U.S. could soon climb much higher, a public health official said recently.Dr. Anne Schuchat of the Centers...
Riverside County health officer urges e-cigarette users to stop amid concerns over lung illness
RIVERSIDE – Public health officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser is urging those who use vaping products to stop until health officials can determine the cause...