The number of high school students who have recently vaped increased nearly 80% in the last year. In fact, 1 in 5 high school students and 1 in 20 middle school students now use e-cigarettes. These startling statistics led U.S. Surgeon General Jerome M. Adams to issue...
By Barbara Hoberock, Tulsa World Published: Tuesday, Feb 5, 2019 OKLAHOMA CITY — The Senate Education Committee passed a bill Tuesday that would prohibit vaping in schools. Senate Bill 33, by Sen. J.J. Dossett, D-Owasso, now goes to the Senate floor for consideration...
by The Oklahoman Editorial Board Published: Mon. February 4, 2019 To reduce Oklahoma’s tobacco-related health woes, the American Lung Association is urging lawmakers to raise to 21 from 18 the legal age to purchase tobacco. It’s an idea that deserves...
Nov. 15, 2018 The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday announced a series of restrictions aimed at combating a growing public health menace — flavored e-cigarettes and tobacco products that have lured young people into vaping and smoking. And in a bold regulatory...
November 15, 2018 When Commissioner Gottlieb announced FDA’s Comprehensive Plan for Tobacco and Nicotine Regulation in 2017, the deadlines for certain deemed products were extended, in part, to allow for the potential benefits of innovative new products to be...
A simple way to drive out secondhand smoke. Secondhand smoke contains thousands of harmful chemicals and has been proven to cause heart disease, stroke and an array of other adverse health effects. Children are particularly vulnerable to secondhand smoke. Their bodies...
