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'U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) released the following statement after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized JUUL Labs to keep selling its e-cigarettes on the U.S. market' -

“For years, I have sounded the alarm on the dangers of the youth vaping epidemic and pushed FDA to use its enforcement tools, follow the law, and regulate these e-cigarettes...
“I call on FDA Commissioner Makary to immediately reverse this decision and will be launching an investigation into the troubling circumstances that led to this decision.”
durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/pre #vapes #ecigarettes #uslaw #uspol

www.durbin.senate.govDurbin Statement On Trump's FDA Allowing JUUL E-Cigarettes To Stay On The Market, Addict Children | U.S. Senator Dick Durbin of IllinoisThe Official U.S. Senate website of Dick Durbin

Inhaling hot, noxious gasses isn't good for you!

Vaping linked to heart, lung and brain risks, new studies show | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

staradvertiser.com/2025/07/10/

> When vapes started to become popular in the mid-2010s, the tiny cartridges carried big promises. They were presented as a healthier alternative to cigarettes and a path to quit smoking.

Honolulu Star-Advertiser · Vaping linked to heart, lung and brain risks, new studies show | Honolulu Star-AdvertiserWhen vapes started to become popular in the mid-2010s, the tiny cartridges carried big promises. They were presented as a healthier alternative to cigarettes and a path to quit smoking.

Empörung an Stuttgarter Gymnasien: Automaten mit Vapes und Süßem vor der Schule – Eltern und Lehrer alarmiert

Das Fanny-Leicht-Gymnasium in Vaihingen gehört zu den Stuttgarter Schulen, die großen Wert auf eine vernünftige und ausgewogene Verpflegung…
#Stuttgart #Deutschland #Deutsch #DE #Schlagzeilen #Headlines #Nachrichten #News #Europe #Europa #EU #["Schulen" #Baden-Württemberg #Familienleben #Fanny-Leicht-Gymnasium #Germany #Süßigkeitenautomat #Vapes
europesays.com/de/248635/

DISPOSABLE VAPE CLOUDS CONTAIN ABSOLUTELY HORRIFYING CHEMICALS, SCIENTISTS FIND

"When I first saw the lead concentrations, they were so high I thought our instrument was broken," study coauthor Mark Salazar, a researcher at UC Davis, said in a statement about the work. (...)

To quickly sum up what makes these metals bad: the type of nickel the researchers detected can cause lung and nasal cancer; chromium is also considered a carcinogen; and antimony can lead to heart and lung problems when inhaled as a dust and cause vomiting when swallowed.

That brings us to lead. Two vapes from Esco Bar were absolutely reeking with it; on average, the devices from this brand emitted more lead in the first 200 puffs than smoking twenty packs of cigarettes."

SOURCE: futurism.com/neoscope/vape-clo

TRICKS FOR HEALTHY VAPING:
jorge--alban--dobles-blogspot-

#vaping #vapes #vapingeffects #tobacco #cannabis #health #marijuana #maconha #ganja
#cannabismedicinal #marihuana

Polizei zieht hunderte illegale Vapes aus dem Verkehr

Bereits am 10. Juni war eine besorgte Mutter mit ihrer Tochter auf der Polizeiwache in Marxloh erschienen und…
##Duisburg Deutschland #Deutsch #DE #Schlagzeilen #Headlines #Nachrichten #News #Europe #Europa #EU #Duisburg #"Ermittlungen" #Deutschland #Germany #Geschäft #Geschäftsinhabers #illegale #illegalem #Marxloh #Nordrhein-Westfalen #Polizeiwache #Vapes #Verkauf #Verkaufsstand #Verkaufstisch #Wohnung
europesays.com/de/215246/

🧐Stronger enforcement? If there are about 985,000 #smokers in #Singapore, those caught #vaping is less than 2% of that.🤔

Nearly 18,000 people caught for possession & use of #vapes over 15 months: HSA, MOH
"Those found guilty of possessing, using or buying #evaporisers can be fined up to $2000. Those who import, distribute, sell or offer e-vaporisers & related components for sale can be fined up to $10,000, jailed up to 6 months, or both, for the 1st offence"
#AntiTobacco
straitstimes.com/singapore/cou

The Straits Times · Nearly 18,000 people caught for possession and use of vapes over 15 months: HSA, MOHE-vaporisers and other components worth more than $41 million were seized during the time period. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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“The #Coalition’s plan to raise $3.6bn by increasing #tax on #VAPES and making them MORE WIDELY AVAILABLE would lead to “serious short- and long-term harm” and is “exactly what #BigTobacco have been asking for”, according to public health experts.”

#AusPol / #Liberals / #PeterDutton / #LNP / #Nationals / #LiberalNationals <theguardian.com/society/2025/m>

The Guardian · Coalition plan to make vapes more widely available ‘exactly what big tobacco wants’, health experts warnBy Henry Belot