“Gamed” disposable vapes, like regular ones, come in a range of sweet, fruity, or minty flavors and colorful packaging, which the tobacco industry has long used to attract and tempt youth into trying them.…
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News from the Noteworthy Vaping is very dangerous As most know, vaping is a nationwide epidemic. In New York State, vaping or e-cigarette use among high school students spiked in just four years, from 10.5% in 2014 to 27.4% in 2018. This past spring, some schools in Otsego, Delaware and Schoharie Counties observed 80-90% of their high school students vaping. More worrisome is how often youth vape. The 2021 National Youth Tobacco Survey found that 2.55 million youth used e-cigarettes,…
Opinion by Tobacco Free Communities: Smoke-free lives are more crucial than ever The excitement of a new school year is buzzing around us, along with anxiety about new challenges posed by the more transmissible Delta coronavirus variant. This means public health will continue to be a critical issue nationwide and in our region as we begin welcoming our college students back into our communities and our youth back to school. Reducing tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke and aerosols…