Teens and E-Cigarettes. . . some helpful info. . .
The other day I was sitting in traffic listening to the radio when I was reminded about a new threat to our teenagers’ health. It’s the whole vaping and e-cigarette phenomena. In a matter of a few minutes I heard…
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Students Pushing Back on Big Tobacco
Kudos to the group of almost one hundred Hawaiian high school students who last month rallied at their state capital to request that state lawmakers take action against big tobacco. Knowing just how dangerous and addicting tobacco use is, the…
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Vaping at Younger Ages
A recent report out of Australia should serve as a wake-up call for our need to talk to our children and teens about the dangers of vaping. The Australian anti-tobacco campaign is known as Quit, and it sponsors a Quitline…
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Vaping and Long-Term Health
The American Heart Association has released a new scientific statement regarding the dangers related to adolescents using the increasingly popular electronic cigarettes. Scanning the tobacco racks behind the cash register at your local quick mart offers ample evidence of just…
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Trends in E-Cig Use
Researchers at the CDC recently surveyed more than fourteen thousand high school and middle school students about their use of e-cigarettes. The good news is that between 2019 and 2020 the number of students who say they have used an…
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COVID and E-Cigs
It’s not surprising that much of the research being conducted on physical and mental health these days is focused on the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. One of those studies comes to us from the Stanford University School of Medicine…
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Teens And E-Cigs. . . A Helpful Infographic. . .
School teachers and administrators are a gold-mine for information on youth culture trends. That’s why I threw this question at a high school principal friend a couple of weeks ago: “What are you most concerned about with kids these days?”…
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