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Vape Products Disguised as Household Items: How Teens Are Hiding Their Nicotine Use

Just under 20 years ago, Chinese pharmacist Hon Lik invented the first e-cigarette as a safer alternative to traditional cigarette smoking.[1] Shortly after, a …

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This is Quitting: The First Text-to-Quit Vaping Service

Even though fewer people are smoking traditional cigarettes, vaping using e-cigarettes is more popular than ever before. In 2019, approximately 27.5% of high school …

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Young People are Using Social Media to Find E-Cig Products

In October 2019, JUUL, one of the most popular e-cigarette brands at the time, announced that they would stop selling several popular flavored pods …

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How to Talk to Your Kids About Vaping

Whether you realize it or not, as a parent you have a powerful influence over the actions and behaviors of your kids. One of …

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The Dangers of Disposable E-Cigarettes and Why They are So Popular Among Youth

When federal restrictions were enacted in early 2020 to limit the flavors that closed-pod e-cigarette devices, such as JUUL, could sell, the use of …

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4 Strategies Big Tobacco Uses to Target Children and Teens at the Point-of-Sale

Between glamorizing smoking in pop culture, getting celebrity endorsements, and using cartoon characters in advertising and packaging, it’s clear that Big Tobacco markets its …

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Everything You Need to Know About THC-O Acetate

Just like new technology, innovations in the world of cannabis continue to progress faster than the average person can keep up. You’ve heard of …

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Steps Schools Can Take to Prevent and Reduce Teen Vaping

According to the National Institute of Health’s 2019 Monitoring the Future survey, 11.7% of 12th graders reported vaping nicotine on a daily basis, and …

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How Teen Vaping is Affecting Teachers and The Classroom

Before the rise of discrete e-cigarette devices, students had to sneak out of class and slip outside to smoke cigarettes without getting caught. Still, …

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Delta-8 THC Use is on The Rise, But What is Delta-8 and is it Safe?

Marijuana is one of the most abused substances in the United States. In 2018 alone, more than 11.8 million young adults reported using marijuana …

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