Fox News got trolled by a ‘millennial vaper’

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A Barstool Sports blogger trolled Fox News during a segment on vaping Thursday by arguing in defense of blowing “fat clouds.”

While appearing on Fox News host Laura Ingraham’s evening show, Tom Scibelli, known online as “Tommy Smokes,” went head-to-head with vaping proponent Dr. Janette Nesheiwat.

Described by Fox as a “millennial vaper,” the 22-year-old Scibelli, who wore a “Vape God” hat, repeatedly hit his e-cigarette while praising the vaping lifestyle.

“They call me the ‘Colossus of Cloud.’ It helps my swag. It helps my drip. I just love walking around,” Scibelli said. “It’s really good for getting chicks, too. I started about a year ago and haven’t looked back since.”

As Dr. Nesheiwat attempted to explain the potential health risks associated with vaping, Scibelli could be seen hitting two Juul e-cigarettes at once, resulting in a small coughing fit on air.

After being told by Dr. Nesheiwat that the habit can also produce scarring and inflammation in the lungs, an issue referred to as “popcorn lung,” Scibelli responded by defending delicious popcorn.

“I love popcorn,” Scibelli added.

Pediatricians call for ban on flavoured vaping products — but Health Canada isn't going there

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/canadian-pediatricians-flavoured-vaping-second-opinion-1.4910030

The Canadian Paediatric Society is calling for a ban on flavoured e-cigarettes after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sounded the alarm on a rise in teen vaping, describing it as an "epidemic."

The number of U.S. high school students who say they've used e-cigarettes in the last 30 days is 78 per cent higher this year than last year, according to the latest National Youth Tobacco Survey, a joint study by the FDA and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). For younger students in middle school, the increase was almost 50 per cent.

It all adds up to more than 3.6 million American minors using e-cigarettes in 2018 — 1.5 million more than in 2017, the FDA says.

Like their Canadian colleagues, American pediatricians wanted a total ban on flavoured e-cigarettes. They were disappointed when, despite Gottlieb's dramatic remarks, the FDA didn't issue one.

"Flavours are really among the most compelling reasons that kids use these things. There have been some really robust studies," said Dr. Rachel Boykan, a pediatrician in Stony Brook, N.Y., and member of the academy's tobacco control executive committee.

So will Health Canada, which previously banned menthol cigarettes in an effort to curb tobacco use among youth, heed the call from pediatricians when it comes to e-cigarette flavours? 

In short, no.

"While Canada and the U.S. have both recently regulated the vaping marketplace, the situation is not the same in the two countries," Health Canada spokesperson Maryse Durette said in an email. 

Health Canada bans "the promotion of flavours that may be appealing to youth, such as candy and dessert flavours," Durette said. 

But it will not ban the flavours themselves, she said. And it won't implement restrictions on where those flavours can actually be sold, as the U.S. did. In addition to dedicated vaping stores, the products are available in Canadian gas stations and convenience stores.

U.S. FDA strikes a blow against Juul with tighter rules on vaping, e-cigarettes

https://globalnews.ca/news/4666143/fda-flavoured-cigarettes-vaping-juul/

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday announced sweeping new restrictions on flavoured tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes popular among teenagers in an effort to prevent a new generation of nicotine addicts.

Data released Thursday by the FDA and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed a 78 per cent increase in high school students who reported using e-cigarettes in the last 30 days, compared with the prior year.

More than 3 million high school students, or more than 20 per cent of all U.S. high school students, used the products, along with 570,000 middle school students, according to the survey.

https://globalnews.ca/news/4515766/how-the-vaping-industry-hooked-a-new-generation-of-teens-to-nicotine/

High school e-cigarette use has jumped nearly 80%. Now, the FDA wants new regulations

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/15/health/fda-vaping-ecigarette-regulation/index.html

(CNN)Vaping increased nearly 80% among high schoolers and 50% among middle schoolers since last year, prompting the US Food and Drug Administration to propose new measures against flavored nicotine products that have propelled the rise, the agency announced Thursday.

"These data shock my conscience," FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb said in a statement, proposing to strengthen the agency's policies against flavored e-cigarette products. These proposals could ultimately prompt their removal from shelves and websites that are accessible to minors.

Consumers and health experts have been locked in a contentious debate about vaping: While some see it as a smoking cessation tool for adults, others say there's no good evidence to support this.

"We're committed to utilizing the full range of our regulatory authorities to directly target the places kids are getting these products and address the role flavors and marketing are playing," Gottlieb said in a statement.

"We will leave no stone unturned," he said. "This is one of our highest priorities."

'Spike in use'

One in five high schoolers has vaped in the past month, according to the new numbers announced by the FDA and released in conjunction with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

"I'm also a father of young kids, and every time I go home and talk to parents of other kids ... this is the number one thing I hear about," Gottlieb told CNN. "Parents are deeply concerned about the trends that they're seeing in their high schools, in their middle schools."

E-cigarettes: Where do we stand? 

Ban them All! Why just ban flavoured Juul vapes?

https://www.medpagetoday.com/pulmonology/smoking/76375

"If they're going to ban one flavor they should ban them all." -- Pediatrician Rachel Boykan, MD, of Stony Brook Children's Hospital in New York, on the FDA's decision to ban candy and fruity e-cigarette flavors but allow mint and menthol for now.

The FDA will restrict the sale of flavored electronic-cigarettes, and move forward with a plan to ban all menthol cigarettes over the next few years, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb announced Thursday.

The move comes several months after Gottlieb declared the use of e-cigarettes among teens an "epidemic" and survey data -- including some released Thursday -- confirmed Gottlieb's assertion.

The FDA action will immediately ban the sale of most flavors of so-called ENDS (electronic nicotine delivery systems), with the exception of tobacco and mint and menthol flavors, "sold in age-restricted, in-person locations and, if sold online, under heightened practices for age verification," according to Gottlieb's statement.

Juul exhales after threats of ban of flavored vapes

Juul Exhales

ON THURSDAY, FOOD and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb proposed new rules intended to reverse the epidemic of e-cigarette use among youth, including limiting in-person sales of flavored e-cigarettes to age-restricted areas, and adding stronger age verification for online sales.

Gottlieb called “kid-appealing” flavors, such as candy and fruit, “the core of the epidemic.” However, mint, menthol, and tobacco flavored e-cigarettes are exempt from the proposed changes to help adult smokers trying to quit cigarettes, he said.

The FDA’s proposal is similar to changesannounced by Juul, the leading maker of e-cigarettes, earlier this week. On Tuesday, the company said it would suspend in-store sales of flavors like mango, fruit, creme, and cucumber, but might put them back on shelves if retailers imposed age restrictions. “I think Juul is breathing a big sigh of relief,” says Marc Scheineson, a former FDA associate commissioner and partner at the law firm Alston & Bird.

The Price of Cool: A Teenager, a Juul and Nicotine Addiction

The Price of Cool: A Teenager, a Juul and Nicotine Addiction
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E-cigarettes may help tobacco smokers quit. But the alluring devices can swiftly induce a nicotine habit in teenagers who never smoked. This is the tale of one person’s struggle.

Juul curb sales of flavoured vapes, but NOT IN CANADA

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/juul-ecigarettes-flavour-canada-1.4904019

Juul curbs sales of some e-cigarette flavours, but not in Canada

Move comes ahead of expected crackdown in U.S. to stop underage vaping

Juul says it has stopped selling mango, fruit and cucumber vaping flavours to U.S. stores, but continues to sell them online and in Canadian stores. (Katie Nicholson/CBC)

Vaping giant Juul Labs Inc. is stopping its sales of some e-cigarette flavours in U.S. stores to deter use by kids and teens, but is not doing the same in Canada.
The company announced the move on Tuesday, in advance of an expected crackdown by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on underage sales of flavoured e-cigarettes.
In a statement posted on the company website, CEO Kevin Burns said it had "stopped accepting retai​l orders for our Mango, Fruit, Creme and Cucumber JUUL pods to the over 90,000 retail stores that sell our product."


The flavours would continue to be available directly from Juul online, the statement said, where "age-verification measures" are in place. 

But the company is not taking the same actions in Canadian stores, where mango, fruit and cucumber flavours continue to be available, said spokesperson Victoria Davis in an email to CBC News.  The "creme" flavour has never been available in this country.

"All flavours are compliant with Canadian regulations," Davis said, noting that the company had "chosen to voluntarily limit" them in the U.S. "as part of the discussions" between Juul and the FDA.
FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb responded to Juul's announcement on Twitter.

"We're deeply concerned about the epidemic of youth use of e-cigs. Voluntary action is no substitute for regulatory steps #FDA will soon take," his tweet said.

"But we want to recognize actions by JUUL today and urge all manufacturers to immediately implement steps to start reversing these trends."

Last week, an FDA official said the agency plans to bar stores and gas stations from selling most flavoured e-cigarettes, but not menthol. It also plans to require online retailers to verify ages, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

When asked by CBC News, Health Canada did not say whether it was concerned that the Juul flavours pulled from American store shelves would continue to be sold in Canada.


Health Canada spokesperson Anna Maddison said in an email that Canadian regulations restrict "the promotion of vaping products with candy and dessert flavours, such as crème brûlée and blueberry cake."

"Canada has established a strong regulatory framework for vaping products, with a focus on preventing uptake by youth and non-smokers," Maddison said.
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"In addition to enforcing regulations that prohibit the sale of vaping products to people under age 18," she said, "the Government of Canada will soon be introducing a new public education campaign to increase awareness about the harms and risks associated with vaping product use among youth aged 13 to 18.

Juul cuts flavored nicotine supply to stores and shutters its social media 17 Juul is vaporizing its Facebook and Instagram accounts, for now

https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/13/18092914/juul-electronic-cigarettes-fda-flavor-ban-social-media

E-cigarette company Juul Labs will stop supplying over 90,000 brick-and-mortar stores with its fruity and dessert-flavored pods, the company announced today. It’s also quitting Facebook and Instagram in an effort to dampen the popular vape’s appeal to underage consumers. The announcement follows rumors from last week that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will soon announce a flavor ban to combat youth vaping. 

E-cigarettes are teens’ favorite way to get nicotine, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). And the number of teenage vapers is rising: at an event hosted by The Washington Post today, FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb teased research that’s due to be announced this week that he says shows that high school vaping has increased 75 percent since last year. For middle school students, the increase was 50 percent.

The FDA has been putting pressure on Juul, in particular. The agency raided the company’s San Francisco headquarters earlier this fall in search of product design and marketing details that could help explain the product’s popularity among teens. In a statement posted to Juul’s webpage today, CEO Kevin Burns called the underage use of e-cigarettes like Juul an “unintended and serious problem.” He echoed Gottlieb’s own words, saying, “We want to be the off-ramp for adult smokers to switch from cigarettes, not an on-ramp for America’s youth to initiate on nicotine.” 

To that end, Juul announced today how it plans to keep kids from vaping. For one thing, it will temporarily stop distributing its mango, fruit, creme, and cucumber pod flavors to stores across the country. (The tobacco, mint, and menthol flavors will stay on shelves.) The company also pledges to step up the number of undercover shoppers it sends to stores to ensure that retailers aren’t selling their products in bulk or to anyone underage. 

Online, Juul will only sell flavored products through its website and only to people who can prove that they’re at least 21 years old. That means working with platforms like Amazon to crack down on third-party sales. And it also means amping up age verification on their own website. The company is working to include a two-factor ID step that links a user’s phone number to their Juul account and will require that people upload a picture of their faces to compare with their ID.

The FDA Is Pushing Ahead With A Ban On Most Flavored E-Cigarettes. Here's Why

http://fortune.com/2018/11/09/the-fda-is-pushing-ahead-with-a-ban-on-most-flavored-e-cigarettes-heres-why/

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is pushing back against the unchecked growth of the e-cigarette industry.

FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb is expected this week to announce bans on most flavored e-cigarettes in an attempt to curb “epidemic” levels of teen e-cigarette use, senior FDA officials told CNBC and the Washington Post.

Preliminary government data showed ­e-cigarette use rose 77% among high schoolers and nearly 50% among middle schoolers in 2018, meaning that 3.5 million minors were vaping in early 2018.

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/2-investigates/vaping-and-addiction-doctors-warn-of-synthetic-drugs-sending-teens-to-the-hospital/866974720

Vaping and addiction: Doctors warn of synthetic drugs sending teens to hospital

Doctors are warning about the dangers of potent vaping liquids made of synthetic marijuana.

They're legal to buy if you’re 18 years old. But in recent months, teens vaping the additive in school were rushed to the emergency room.

Health officials warn vaping and e-cigarette use among teens, even middle schoolers, has become an epidemic. One study says teen vaping jumped 75 percent this year -- and a growing number of teens are using vape devices to get high.

LI vape shops would close, some say, if NY bans flavored e-cigarettes

https://www.newsday.com/long-island/li-vape-shops-will-close-some-say-if-ny-bans-flavored-e-cigarettes-1.23183861

Dozens of vape shops across Long Island would close, putting hundreds out of work, if the state moves forward with a plan making it the first in the nation to ban all flavored e-cigarettes, industry officials said Friday.

The state Health Department outlined the proposal this week, just days before the federal Food and Drug Administration is expected to issue its own regulatory change putting strict limits on the sale of most flavored e-cigarettes.

Proponents of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's plan, which would make it illegal to possess, distribute or sell flavored e-cigarettes, contend the move is necessary to address the rising use of flavored tobacco-style products among minors. Shops could continue to sell tobacco and unflavored menthol electronic cigarettes.

DOH, WHO want e-cigarettes regulated after vape explodes in teener’s face

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The Philippine Department of Health on Monday called for the regulation of e-cigarettes after a 17-year old suffered serious burns after his vape exploded in his face.

The World Health Organization and the Philippine E-Cigarette Industry Association supported the call.

"Vaping and all of these nicotine-delivering devices should be regulated by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration)," DOH spokesperson Undersecretary Rolando Enrique Domingo said at a press conference.

"We want to regulate not only the content, the delivery system but also the things that they use, the ones that could possibly explode," he added.

King Sardea, 17, was hospitalized after a defective battery caused his vape to blow up.

Wisconsin teen airlifted to hospital after vaping alcohol

https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/wisconsin-teen-airlifted-to-hospital-after-vaping-alcohol

A 14-year-old has been hospitalized after inhaling alcohol with an electronic cigarette or vaping device, according to the Grant County Sheriff's Office. 

Our sister station in Madison WISC-TV reports that first responders were called to River Ridge High School at about 8:45 a.m. Tuesday for a teen with unknown medical conditions. 

Park City student hospitalized after allegedly smoking from THC pen, other student taken into custody

https://fox13now.com/2018/11/02/park-city-junior-high-student-taken-to-hospital-after-allegedly-smoking-from-thc-pen-other-student-arrested/

A Park City junior high student was hospitalized Friday after allegedly smoking a THC vaporizer pen, and another student who provided the THC was taken into custody by police.

According to a letter sent to parents of Treasure Mountain Junior High School students, a 9th-grade student was taken to the hospital after a "medical incident."

The student had allegedly smoked THC from a vaporizer pen, the letter stated. Park City School District officials said an assistant principal noticed that the student didn't "seem right," and asked him to sit down before getting a school nurse.

Teens Using JUUL E-cigs More Than Young Adults | Medpage Today

https://www.medpagetoday.com/pulmonology/smoking/76032

Compared with young adults, underage teens had roughly 16-times the odds of reporting current use of the electronic cigarette JUULs in a national, probability-based sample.

Anecdotal reports have long suggested that the electronic cigarette brand is wildly popular among teens, but the newly published study by researchers with the anti-tobacco group Truth Initiative is among the first to provide numbers to back up those reports.

The survey findings, published online in the journal Tobacco Control, also suggest that underage users aren't just experimenting with JUULs -- they are becoming frequent users.

Doctors ask what’s really in Juul e-cigs? - NBC TV

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/teen-use-juul-soars-doctors-ask-what-s-really-these-n929656

In the three years since Juul first hit the market in mid-2015, e-cigarette use among teenagers has exploded.

The Centers for Disease Control is expected to report this year that the number of high schoolers who were using an e-cigarette in 2018 is roughly 3 million, up more than 75 percent since last year's National Youth Tobacco Survey by the CDC.

NBC News story on possible actions by FDA against JUUL

FDA to decide fate of e-cigs as use surges among teens
https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/fda-to-decide-fate-of-e-cigs-as-use-surges-among-teens-1359543875963

In October, the FDA raided JUUL and took tens of thousands of their documents.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/02/health/juul-ecigarettes-fda-raid.html

https://nypost.com/2018/10/02/fda-raids-juul-headquarters-seizes-thousands-of-documents/

https://drugabuse.com/fda-raids-juul-headquarters-as-first-step-in-e-cig-crackdown/

WHY DIDN’T NBC MENTION THE RAID?