The most common vapes on the market are single-use, disposable ones. They contain valuable resources, yet aren’t designed to be recycled.
Prior to the FDA’s authorization of the four new products, the agency had denied applications for menthol-flavored vapes.
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Online advertising featuring bright colors, cartoon figures and promotions by social media influencers entice adolescents to try tobacco.
We have a responsibility to interrogate EdTech and surveillance companies’ claims of offering technological solutions to complex social problems.
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In an underfunded education system, in a context of deteriorating public supports, we are turning toward intrusive technologies to contain and control the social pain of young people.
Schools have reported increases in student misbehavior in recent years.
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By 2023, one in nine children had tried vaping.
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THC concentrations in newly available products far exceed those of traditional smoked weed, which can have dangerous unintended consequences in adolescents.
Allowing pharmacists to dispense nicotine vapes without a prescription would ensure people who are using them to quit smoking could access them legally, while preventing inappropriate sales to youth.
Black markets tend to attract established organised crime groups, which have the capacity to use violence to enforce contracts, collect debts and threaten competitors.
Nicotine pouches are placed between the lip and gum, and users absorb the nicotine in their mouths. Although these products don’t contain tobacco, this doesn’t mean they’re safe.
Spice is the name given to a diverse group of drugs called ‘synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists’.
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