A recent study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revealed that more than one in ten American young adults were using vapes, a concern given the negative impact e-cigarette usage can have on young brains. The July 21 CDC study (pdf) found that 11 percent of young adults aged 18-24…

Australian Health Minister Mark Butler has announced a major policy shift on vaping. Its two primary objectives are to make it harder for children and non-smokers to access vapes and to allow people trying to quit [tobacco] smoking to access nicotine vapes with a prescription. Vapes are unquestionably popular, with many who vape saying they…

About one in nine students in middle and high school reported using tobacco products in 2022, according to a new study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The just-released annual National Youth Tobacco Survey suggests 16.5 percent of high school students and 4.5 percent of middle school students use tobacco. It’s against…

Electronic-cigarette maker Juul has filed a lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after the agency earlier this year ordered the company to remove its products from stores in the United States. The lawsuit (pdf) was filed on Sept. 20 in a court in Washington, D.C., over the agency’s refusal to hand over supporting…

Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), better known as vapes, seem to be on the path of decline. After a series of regulations and market takedowns by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), media reports of adverse effects, and lobbying by legislators and health advocates, the demand for e-cigarettes has fallen. In July 2022, FDA banned JUUL products,…

Social media platforms have been blamed for inaction over vaping promotions targeting children, with TikTok named as “the worst offender.” It comes as a survey (pdf) published on Thursday suggested 1 in 14 underage teens are regularly vaping. The YouGov survey, commissioned by charity Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) and partly funded by the Department…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday paused its marketing denial order on Juul e-cigarettes while it carries out a review into “scientific issues” unique to the company’s application. “On July 5, 2022, FDA administratively stayed the marketing denial order. This administrative stay temporarily suspends the marketing denial order during the additional review…

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted warning letters on June 28 to two e-cigarette businesses, VAPORIZIT LLC and Elk River Vapor Shop, for selling e-cigarette products not previously on the market. According to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, new tobacco products, including vapes, need a pre-market authorization order to be sold in…

A U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Friday temporarily paused a ban that prohibited e-cigarette company Juul Labs Inc. from selling and distributing its products. This comes one day after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned Juul’s device and four types of JUULpods from the market, forcing retailers to remove the products…

On the 50th anniversary of Title IX, a rule meant to prevent discrimination based on sex, President Joee Biden proposed changes that would, in part, force schools receiving federal funding into allowing males to compete in female sports and vice versa. The Food and Drug Administration has banned Juul e-cigarettes and ordered sellers to pull…