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The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is sharing discouraging news about the depth of our state’s teen e-cigarette use, commonly referred to as vaping. A look at the department’s just released bi-annual Healthy Kids Colorado Survey shows more than a quarter of teen responders say they’ve smoked liquid nicotine in the last 30 days. Even […]

WASHINGTON – Public health experts fear the COVID-19 crisis is diverting attention from another ongoing health crisis – youth vaping. A new CDC study shows that while the number of teens reporting using e-cigarettes dropped after an announced federal ban earlier this year, overall nearly 4 million teens continue vaping – and are doing it […]

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced Tuesday that Colorado filed a lawsuit in Denver District Court against JUUL Labs, Inc. to protect Colorado consumers, especially youth, who continue to be endangered by the e-cigarette epidemic.

DENVER (KDVR) — The Colorado House passed a bill to refer a measure increasing taxes on nicotine products to voters on November’s election ballot. Nicotine products are defined as cigarettes, tobacco, vaping devices, electronic cigarettes and nicotine liquids in HB20-1427. The bill claims the tax collected will be allocated to several different funds, including ones […]

(CNN) — Imagine a smartphone app that has access to your medical records and assigns you a daily score based on your preconditions, recent checkups and lifestyle habits — how much you’ve drank, smoked, exercised and slept on any given day can all affect your points total, boosting or lowering your ranking. That “health score” […]

DENVER (KDVR) – The city and county of Denver sued the manufacturers of e-cigarette and vaping products, claiming they intentionally marketed products to youth. The suit is seeking damages and relief, including abatement of the public health crisis. It was filed against Juul’s parent companies and will be consolidated with litigation already pending against the […]

DENVER (KDVR) — Coronavirus patients who are also smokers could expect a more severe infection, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The American Lung Association urges smokers to quit, which may help avoid the most serious symptoms of the new disease. People who smoke are 2.4 times more likely to have severe […]

WASHINGTON D.C (KDVR) — The House has approved a bill on Friday that would ban the sale of flavored e-cigarette and tobacco products as well as would prohibit e-cigarette sales online. Additionally, new taxes would apply on vaping products. Some Democrats are hoping that this bill will reduce teen smoking rates, which has increased since […]

Colorado leads the nation for teen e-cigarette use, with over a quarter of high schoolers, 26.2%, reporting the use of e-cigarettes. Recent research released by the American Heart Association shows that flavors were more likely to motivate young adults 18-24 than those over age 35 to start vaping, a finding that researchers suggest could explain […]

Today’s the day: An e-cigarette policy that goes into effect will result in a number of flavored vaping products being taken off the US market. Trump administration officials announced in September that they were concocting such a policy — which came to be known as a “flavor ban.” This is partly because the policy, as […]

A new law in the United States that prohibits the sale of tobacco products to anyone under the age of 21 is now in effect, according to the US Food and Drug Administration. Last week, President Donald Trump signed the new minimum age into law as part of a sweeping spending bill. On Friday, the […]

CANADA — A 17-year-old boy in Canada has been treated for a life-threatening popcorn lung-like illness after vaping flavored e-liquids and THC — the main psychoactive component of cannabis. A new report, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal on Wednesday, details how this case of bronchiolitis appears distinct from other vaping-related lung injury cases […]