Statement from Action on Smoking and Health on E-Cigarettes Following the U.S. Surgeon General’s Report: E-Cigarette Use Among Youth and Young Adults Arendtm December 8, 2016 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases 1 U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy released a new report today, December 8, 2016, that presents research and policy recommendations on electronic cigarettes and their use among adolescents and young adults. ...
New, sweeping federal rules bar e-cigarette sales to teens younger than 18 Arendtm May 5, 2016 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News The Obama administration on Thursday announced controversial new rules for electronic cigarettes, cigars, hookahs and pipe tobacco, including barring the sales of the products to teens under 18 years old. Th...
Are E-Cigarettes a Healthy Way to Quit Smoking? Arendtm April 12, 2016 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Supporters say they appear to be effective. Critics say there are better and safer ways to quit smoking. Read both sides in the Wall Street Journal here>...
California Lawmakers Vote to Raise Smoking, Vaping Age to 21 Arendtm March 11, 2016 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News California lawmakers voted Thursday to raise the legal age for purchasing and using tobacco and e-cigarettes from 18 to 21, putting the nation's most populous state on the brink of becoming only the second afte...
California declares electronic cigarettes a health threat Arendtm January 30, 2015 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California health officials Wednesday declared electronic cigarettes a health threat that should be strictly regulated like tobacco products, joining other states and health advocates ...
E-Cigarettes & the Fight Against Tobacco ash February 19, 2014 1 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...
