e-cigarettes
No decline in youth tobacco use
Tobacco use among middle and high school students has not changed since 2011, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The 2015 National Youth Tobacco Survey […]
Targeting tobacco
Elected officials across the country seem to be taking aim at tobacco this month. Last week, the California Senate voted to raise the legal age to purchase tobacco products to 21. […]
Washingtonians support raising tobacco sale age
The majority of Washington residents want to make young adults wait three more years to legally purchase tobacco. A new poll found that 65 percent Washington residents support raising the sale […]
E-cigarette ads reach millions of youth
Electronic cigarette advertisements in stores, online, in newspapers and magazines and on TV reach nearly 70 percent of middle and high school students, according to a new report. And that exposure […]
10 years of clean indoor air
Public health officials across the state are celebrating 10 years of clean indoor air today. On Dec. 8, 2005, the state’s Smoking in Public Places law went into effect, banning smoking […]
Kids prefer flavored tobacco
Middle and high school kids who use tobacco prefer the flavored varieties, according to a new study. About 70 percent of U.S. students who used a tobacco product in the previous […]
Teens using e-cigs for pot, too
American teens are using their ingenuity to find new uses for electronic cigarettes. Yale University researchers surveyed 3,847 Connecticut high-schoolers and found nearly one in five teenage e-cigarette users have also […]
Study finds possible link between e-cigarettes, initial tobacco use
A new study is suggesting what health officials have suspected for years: teens using e-cigarettes are more likely to try tobacco cigarettes. The study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, […]
E-cigarette use tripled among youth in one year
The number of middle and high school students using electronic cigarettes increased dramatically from 2013 to 2014, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The 2014 […]
E-cigarette vapor contains hidden formaldehyde
Something for the “gross” file: Researchers have discovered that e-cigarette vapor contains formaldehyde. Researchers have long known cigarette smoke contains formaldehyde and other toxic chemicals. But, at least initially, many thought […]