Massachusetts Bill Would Hike Age for Purchasing Tobacco Products to 21

nbcboston.com – 15 de mayo de 2017 – EEUU
Public health advocates, former smokers, doctors and teenagers are heading to the Statehouse to push for legislation hiking the age of sale for tobacco products in Massachusetts from 18 to 21.

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http://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/Massachusetts-Tobacco-Products-Age-Raising-Bill-422259653.html 

Mum's terror as e-cig charger explodes while she's driving

dailypost.co.uk – 15 de febrero de 2017 – EEUU
A mum was terrified when the charger she was using for her e-cigarette exploded while she was driving.

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http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/mums-terror-e-cig-charger-12607510

Dangers of E-Cig Dipping, Common in Teens

healthcentral.com – 7 de febrero de 2017 – EEUU
About 25 percent of teenagers who use electronic cigarettes have tried an alternative vaping method called “dripping,” according to a report published in the journal Pediatrics. This technique produces thicker clouds of vapor, provides a stronger physical sensation in the throat from vaping, and improves flavor—it also may be even more harmful.

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https://www.healthcentral.com/article/dangers-of-e-cig-dipping-common-in-teens 

Welsh children 'more likely to try e-cigs than tobacco'

bbc.com – 12 de febrero de 2017 – Gales
Children are nearly twice as likely to try e-cigarettes rather than tobacco, Cardiff University research has said

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http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-38945395 

Protecting the Public and Especially Kids from the Dangers of Tobacco Products, Including E-Cigarettes, Cigars and Hookah Tobacco

fda.gov – 8 de agosto de 2016 – EEUU
This month, for the first time, FDA will be able to help protect the public, and especially kids, from the dangers of all tobacco products.

For years, it has been illegal under federal law to sell cigarettes and smokeless tobacco to minors. Under a rule finalized in May, federal law now prohibits retailers from selling e-cigarettes, hookah tobacco or cigars to people under age 18.

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 http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2016/08/protecting-the-public-and-especially-kids-from-the-dangers-of-tobacco-products-including-e-cigarettes-cigars-and-hookah-tobacco/ 

Teen vaping could reverse progress in the control of tobacco

eurekalert.org – 11 de Julio 2016 – EEUU
A new USC study debunks the popular belief that electronic cigarettes are merely a substitute for cigarettes among teens. Instead, the study suggests that some teens who never would have smoked cigarettes are now vaping.

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http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-07/uosc-tvc070516.php 

Oak Park could raise tobacco sales age with proposed ordinance

chicagotribune.com – 21 de Abril 2016 – EEUU

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-park/news/ct-oak-smoking-age-21-tl-0428-20160421-story.html

Portland considers raising age for buying tobacco to 21

pressherald.com – 11 de Abril 2016 – EEUU
Portland may raise the legal age for buying tobacco products within the city from 18 to 21.

The City Council’s Health and Human Services Committee will take up the proposal Tuesday as a way to limit young people’s access to highly addictive tobacco products.

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http://www.pressherald.com/2016/04/11/portland-considers-raising-age-for-buying-tobacco-to-21/ 

Parliament bans display of tobacco products, including cigarettes, in shops

channelnewsasia.com –14 de marzo 2016 –Singapore

Tobacco retailers will be given a one-year grace period before the point-of-sale display ban takes effect, said Senior Minister of State for Health Amy Khor.

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http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/parliament-bans-display/2600054.html

California Raises Smoking Age To 21: Will This Reduce Rate Of Tobacco Use?

techtimes.com –14 de marzo 2016 – EEUU

Lawmakers are taking up the approach of "blanket age discrimination" to push anti-smoking efforts into motion, but will this be enough to reduce the rate of tobacco use?

On Thursday, California legislators agreed to raise the smoking age in the state from 18 to 21 years old. The legislation, which consists of six bills, would restrict the use of tobacco products and the widely popular e-cigarettes or "vapes" among teens.

If it becomes the law, California would become the second state in the United States to place a blanket ban on the purchasing age of tobacco products, alongside Hawaii. As such, the new legislation garnered both criticism and praise.

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http://www.techtimes.com/articles/140703/20160314/california-raises-smoking-age-to-21-will-this-reduce-rate-of-tobacco-use.htm

Lawmakers show surprising courage against Big Tobacco

latimes.com – 7 de marzo 2016 – EEUU

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http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-me-pol-sac-cap-tobacco-20160307-column.html

Experts call to reign in ‘catastrophic’ e-cigarettes

itv.com 29 de Febrero de 2016 – EEUU
Nearly two-thirds of shops in Plymouth failed a Trading Standards test and sold e-cigs to children.

New laws were introduced last year which made it illegal to sell e-cigarettes to children, but nine out of fifteen shops failed when Trading Standards checked to see if this was being applied.

Shops can be fined up to £2,500, but on this occasion they were let off.

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http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/update/2016-02-29/plymouth-shops-fail-e-cig-children-test/ 

Países Bajos prohibirá el consumo de cigarrillos electrónicos a los menores

20minutos.es – 11 de Diciembre de 2015 – Holanda
También estará prohibido el uso de pipas de agua. La nueva norma entrará en vigor a partir de 2016. El fin es "proteger a los jóvenes del perjuicio que causan los cigarrillos electrónicos", han explicado desde el ministerio de Salud.

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http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/2626827/0/paises-bajos-holanda/prohibicion-cigarrillos-electronicos/menores-edad/#xtor=AD-15&xts=467263 

Measure would raise age for buying tobacco from 18 to 21

bostonherald.com – 13 de Diciembre de 2015 - EEUU
BOSTON — You may soon have to be at least 21 to buy a pack of cigarettes in Boston.

The city's Board of Health is scheduled to vote Thursday on Mayor Marty Walsh's proposal to increase the legal age for purchasing tobacco products from 18 to 21. If approved, the new rules would take effect early in 2016.

Walsh says he to hopes it will discourage young people from taking up smoking.

A coalition of retailers, convenience store operators and gas stations opposes a change in the legal age for buying tobacco. They say there are better ways to get at teen smoking.

Dozens of smaller Massachusetts communities have already boosted the legal age to 21, and a bill pending on Beacon Hill calls for doing it on a statewide basis.

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http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/2015/12/measure_would_raise_age_for_buying_tobacco_from_18_to_21 

E-Cigarette Advertisements Trigger Use in Young Adults

ndtv.com – 20 de Noviembre de 2015 – EEUU

NEW YORK: Exposure to e-cigarette advertisements may enhance curiosity and usage among young adults, says a study.

"Our study is the first randomized controlled study to show that forced exposure to e-cigarette advertising has an impact on long-term e-cigarette trial in a small number of users who have used it before," said lead author Andrea Villanti.

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http://www.ndtv.com/health/e-cigarette-advertisements-trigger-use-in-young-adults-1245574 

Kids Drawn to 'Gateway' Flavored Tobacco: FDA

webmd.com – 26 de octubre de 2015 – EEUU 

MONDAY, Oct. 26, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Candy, fruit and other flavorings are hooking America's next generation of nicotine addicts, a new U.S. government study finds.

Among kids aged 12 to 17 who had used tobacco, four out of five said the first product they tried was flavored, whether it was hookah, e-cigarettes, little cigars.

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http://www.webmd.com/smoking-cessation/news/20151026/kids-drawn-to-gateway-flavored-tobacco-products-fda-finds

Pediatricians Recommend Raising Minimum Age For Tobacco, E-cig Sales To 21

techtimes.com – 27 de octubre de 2015 – EEUU 

Health experts are now pushing to raise the minimum age for purchasing e-cigarettes and tobacco to 21 years old as teenagers' addiction to nicotine is continuously becoming a widespread health problem in the United States.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to tighten regulations regarding e-cigarettes in the same way that tobacco is regulated in the country.

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http://www.techtimes.com/articles/99916/20151027/pediatricians-recommend-raising-minimum-age-for-tobacco-e-cig-sales-to-21.htm

High school athletes using more smokeless tobacco, though overall tobacco use has among teens is down

nkytribune.com – 19 de octubre de 2015 – EEUU

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http://www.nkytribune.com/2015/10/high-school-athletes-using-more-smokeless-tobacco-though-overall-tobacco-use-has-among-teens-is-down/

Flavored Tobacco Lures Kids, CDC Says

nbcnews.com – 30 de Septiembre de 2015 – EEUU

Kids who smoke, vape or chew tobacco are flocking to the flavored varieties, a new government report shows.

Seventy percent of middle and high school students who say they've used tobacco are going for the flavor, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. And that's a worry.

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http://www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/flavored-tobacco-lures-kids-cdc-says-n436321

Mass. bans e-cig sales to minors, standardizes rules

usatoday.com – 17 de septiembre de 2015 – EEUU

BOSTON — Massachusetts officially plans to join the majority of the United States in enacting a statewide ban on the sale of e-cigarettes to minors.

Attorney General Maura Healey's office announced Monday that it completed new rules that were proposed earlier this year to standardize regulations on the sale of e-cigarettes to minors across Massachusetts. Individual municipalities were previously left in charge of deciding their own rules on sales to minors.

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/09/14/massachusetts-ecigarette-ban-minors/72274078/