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The state’s Senate Bill 793 was supposed to stop the sale of most flavored tobacco products to adolescents. Aleksandr Yu/iStock via Getty Images Plus

December 21, 2023

California banned sales of flavored e-cigarettes in 2022 − but a new study finds online stores are still selling them, even to kids

Jon-Patrick Allem, Rutgers University

The study suggests that online sales to kids went unchanged in the months after the law went into effect.

Millions of U.S. high school students have used e-cigarettes. Getty Images / Kiszon Pascal

May 7, 2020

Juuling among US youth is about the cool factor, new study suggests

Tammy Chang, University of Michigan and Marika Waselewski, University of Michigan

Current legislation focuses on the flavor of e-cigarettes. But the latest research shows the attraction isn’t about taste.

Smoking is the number one cause of preventable death in the U.S., and most smokers say they want to quit. Mel Evans/AP File Photo

November 20, 2019

Some smokers credit e-cigarettes with saving their lives – does that matter?

Allison Kurti, University of Vermont

Concerns about e-cigarettes are growing, with the AMA calling for a ban. With the Great American Smokeout on Nov. 21, it’s worth asking: What do smokers think?

Vaping flavors in a store in Biddeford, Maine, Sept. 3, 2019. Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo

September 16, 2019

Flavored e-cigarettes sweetly lure kids into vaping and also mislead them to dismiss danger, studies suggest

Leah Ranney, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

It’s not just that e-cigarettes have fruity, fun-evoking flavors added to them. There’s danger in the mere fact that the flavors lead kids to dismiss risk.

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