Federal Judge Rules FDA Acted Illegally in Delaying Required Review of E-cigarettes, Cigars
Truth Initiative May 15th 2019JUUL files ballot measure to block vape ban: Backed by tobacco giant Phillip Morris, company pushing initiative to protect e-cigarette sales
SF Examiner May 1st 2019From ‘nic-sicking’ to social media pressure — SF kids talk vaping dangers
SF Examiner April 22nd 2019Anti-Tobacco Advocates Question McConnell Plan To Raise Minimum Purchasing Age
NPR March 19th 2019SF City Attorney Herrera, and Supervisor Walton introduce package of legislation to protect youth from e-cigarettes
City Attorney of San FranciscoMarch 8th 2019
Vaping Is Big Tobacco’s Bait and Switch — Cigarettes hooked generations of teenagers. Now e-cigarettes might do the same.
NY TimesMarch 6th 2019
Federal Court Orders FDA to Issue Final Rule Requiring Graphic Cigarette Warnings
Truth Initiative March 5th 2019Tobacco-Free Kids Welcomes Legislation Introduced in Congress to Protect Kids from Flavored Tobacco
Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids | Press Release February 21st 2019Tobacco Companies Target Black Teens With Candy-Flavored Cigars
“Despite an outcry over Juul and other e-cigs, tobacco companies are still aggressively pushing flavored tobacco products to young black users” Bloomberg February 12th 2019Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., new data on rising epidemic of youth e-cigarette use and the agency’s ongoing actions
“The epidemic use of e-cigarettes among children is one of the biggest public health challenges currently facing the FDA….4.9 million middle and high school students were current users (used in the past 30 days) of some type of tobacco product in 2018, up from 3.6 million in 2017” January 4th 2019F.D.A. Accuses Juul and Altria of Backing Off Plan to Stop Youth Vaping
NY Times December 18th 2018Surgeon General calls for ‘all hands on deck’ to fight teen vaping
NBC News December 14th 201820 Years After Tobacco Settlement, States Still Shortchanging Prevention Programs That Save Lives and Health Care Dollars
Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids November 30th 2018Juul said it wasn’t Big Tobacco. Now it’s considering money from the maker of Marlboro
CNBC November 29th 2018California legislators seek ban on sale of flavored tobacco in stores
November 12th 2018Juul cutting back on sales of flavored e-cigarettes
SF Chronicle November 3rd 2018How Juul’s plan to teach students about vaping went up in smoke
CNN October 19th 2018FDA to consider limiting e-cigarette sales to vape shops to curb youth use
CNBC September 30th 2018Recent research sheds new light on why nicotine is so addictive
PBS | KQED September 18th, 2018FDA launches new ‘The Real Cost” campaign ads focused on vaping
Vice September 12th, 2018F.D.A. Targets Vaping, Alarmed by Teen Use
New York Times July 31st 2018More than 760,000 Children Protected by Nationwide Smoke-free Housing Policy
Truth Initiative July 31st 2018Durbin Back on the Warpath Against E-Cigarette ‘Candy-Flavored Poisons’
Roll Call July 13th 2018Leading E-Cig Maker Juul to Sell Lower-Nicotine Pods as Scrutiny Ratchets Higher
CNBC June 15th 2018New Study Links E-Cigarette Flavors to Heart Disease, Stroke, and Harm to Blood Vessels
Newsweek June 14th 2018Juul tightens up social media to focus on former smokers switching to e-cigs
TechCrunch May 31st 2018Funding to Address Sugary Drink Consumption
San Francisco News May 31st 2018The Real Cost: Don’t get Hacked By Vaping
New campaign on e-cigarettes by Health and Human ServicesApril 24th 2018