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Heads Up – News – Updates 11.26.2018

November 26, 2018 Tobacco Harm Reduction News

VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON: HEADS UP! Rep. Paul Harris, R-Vancouver is planning to reintroduce legislation to raise the age for legal sale of vapor products, denying smoking adults 18-20 access to safer alternatives. Washington CASAA: https://bit.ly/2QYDdE3 http://www.thereflector.com/news/article_f45c1964-ec4b-11e8-8f50-1b20fa5b2255.html THE…

Heads Up – News – Updates 11.19.2018

November 19, 2018 Tobacco Harm Reduction News

UPDATE: (GREEN CITY, OHIO) Council prohibits smoking adults 18-20 access to safer alternatives. Stand up for other smokers and vapers in Ohio! Learn more at Ohio CASAA: https://bit.ly/2RYqCRw https://www.indeonline.com/news/20181114/green-council-approves-nicotine-tobacco-sale-restrictions IN THE NEWS: (SLATE MAGAZINE) "The perverse irony…

Heads Up – News – Updates 11.15.2018

November 15, 2018 Tobacco Harm Reduction News

THE MORE YOU KNOW: #Vaping "epidemic" reversing youth #smoking decline would make convenient headlines, but no mention here of SMOKING. Historic smoking low in 18-24 group suggests not, but @FDATobacco, @CDCTobaccoFree withholding stats.…

Heads Up – News – Updates

November 10, 2018 Tobacco Harm Reduction News

UPDATE: (NEWPORT, ARKANSAS) City council takes away right of business owners to cater to customers using SMOKE-FREE products by including products in SMOKING ban, sending false message that products are the same. Arkansas CASAA: https://bit.ly/2RJH5Jd Newport…

“Epidemic?” A Perspective of Youth Vaping & Tobacco Use Trends

September 20, 2018 Education

On Wednesday, September 12, 2018, FDA commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb announced enforcement actions to be taken in the wake of unpublished “preliminary data” showing an “epidemic rise” in vaping among young…

Vaping Cancer, Heart Disease Risk Overstated By Recent Research

August 27, 2018 Vaping Studies

Photo Credit: Max Pixel Two recent study findings that were released to the media this month are just wild speculation, and possibly intentional misrepresentation, according to analysis by The Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free…

CASAA Files Affidavit in American Academy of Pediatrics v. FDA Lawsuit

August 27, 2018 Lawsuits

The Right to Be Smoke-Free Coalition (RSF) recently submitted a brief to the federal district court of Maryland, opposing a motion for summary judgment filed by various public health groups in…

Researchers Fall Short Examining Effects of Vapor Exposure in Lungs

August 23, 2018 Vaping Studies

In a recent study published online Aug. 13 in the BMJ journal Thorax , hoping to discover what happens when e-liquid evaporates and enters the lungs, researchers attempted…

CASAA Newsletter – August 2018

August 21, 2018 Tobacco Harm Reduction News

Dear CASAA Members, June and July saw us involved in a lot of activity with the FDA. In early June, CASAA and other advocacy groups filed a 90-day extension request for the…

CASAA’s Comment to FDA on Flavors

July 19, 2018 CASAA In Action

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM), Regulation of Flavors in Tobacco Products, to obtain information related to the role that flavors play in tobacco products.…