The FDA tried to ban flavors years before the vaping outbreak. Top Obama officials rejected the plan Arendtm October 4, 2019 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Excerpt: Instead, over the course of 46 days, a deluge of more than 100 tobacco industry lobbyists and small business advocates met with White House officials as they weighed whether to include the ban as pa...
Statement from Action on Smoking & Health Regarding Trump Administration’s Move to Ban Flavored E-Cigarettes Arendtm September 11, 2019 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News WASHINGTON, DC - September 11, 2019 - The Trump administration just announced that it will seek to ban flavored electronic cigarettes. This move follows the news of six mysterious deaths linked to vaping. Actio...
E-cigarettes may not be the savior of the tobacco industry Arendtm July 24, 2014 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News E-cigarettes have been heralded as a potential savior for a tobacco industry desperate for new products and customers in the face of a shrinking number of smokers and punitive damages such as the $23.6 billion ...
Electronic Cigarette Executives Get Schooled In Senate Hearing ash June 19, 2014 Featured News & Events, Related News "I think we have seen this movie before," Senator Richard Blumenthal said. "It is called big nicotine comes to children near you and you are using the same kinds of tactics and promotions and ads that were used...
E-Cigarettes & the Fight Against Tobacco ash February 19, 2014 4 Media inquiries: Megan Arendt media@ash.org | (202) 659 - 4310 Electronic cigarettes have hit the American market with force, and their use has increased dramatically in just a few years. The tobacco indust...
Should e-cigarettes be considered tobacco products? ash January 14, 2014 Blog, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates Since e-cigarettes hit the market, they have been the subject of intense debate. Are electronic cigarettes a cessation tool or an alternative smoking device? Should they be subject to the same smoke-free air la...
E-cigarette use doubles among teen students, CDC reports ash September 6, 2013 Featured News & Events, Related News E-cigarettes have been surging in popularity, and a new government study suggests this effect is trickling down to U.S. teens. Electronic cigarettes' popularity and safety concerns on the rise New finding...
What are E-cigarettes? Are they harmful? What is ASH doing about them? ash July 20, 2012 FAQs An e-cigarette is a device that uses electricity from a small battery to vaporize a tobacco-containing solution, producing a vapor that is inhaled. The vapor includes nicotine, the addictive chemical found in o...
