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chemgear · 12-04-2018, 12:14 PM

https://www.wsj.com/articles/youth-v...reflink=e2twsc

https://www.vox.com/2018/9/12/17850598/fda-juul-vaping

In an unusually candid letter, the Food and Drug Administration chief, Scott Gottlieb, announced on September 12 that the agency could intensify its crackdown on e-cigarettes in the face of an “epidemic” of teen use — a trend that’s caught the agency off guard.

“I use the word epidemic with great care,” Gottlieb wrote. “E-cigs have become an almost ubiquitous — and dangerous — trend among teens.”

The lengthy letter says the FDA is currently considering how to address the spiraling problem of youth vaping. Most surprisingly, Gottlieb said the agency could go as far as banning or curtailing access to and marketing of flavored e-cigarette products.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that sources who have seen the federal data say it shows the number of high schoolers who used e-cigarettes in the past 30 days increased by about 75 percent since 2017. That would mean 20 percent of high school students have experimented with cigarettes this year, the Journal estimated, up from 11 percent last year. (The FDA said it could not confirm these figures but that federal data will be published in the coming months.)

There have also been recent warnings from health researchers writing in the New England Journal of Medicine and other journals that e-cigarettes are more dangerous than many people currently realize.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/high-s...lass-1.4203675

A high school in North Vancouver, B.C. is locking the doors of the majority of its washrooms to prevent students from vaping during class time.

The bulletin said students were coordinating, via text messages, to meet each other in the washrooms to vape together during class.

12-04-2018, 12:14 PM	#185
chemgear Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2010 Exp:	https://www.wsj.com/articles/youth-v...reflink=e2twsc https://www.vox.com/2018/9/12/17850598/fda-juul-vaping In an unusually candid letter, the Food and Drug Administration chief, Scott Gottlieb, announced on September 12 that the agency could intensify its crackdown on e-cigarettes in the face of an “epidemic” of teen use — a trend that’s caught the agency off guard. “I use the word epidemic with great care,” Gottlieb wrote. “E-cigs have become an almost ubiquitous — and dangerous — trend among teens.” The lengthy letter says the FDA is currently considering how to address the spiraling problem of youth vaping. Most surprisingly, Gottlieb said the agency could go as far as banning or curtailing access to and marketing of flavored e-cigarette products. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that sources who have seen the federal data say it shows the number of high schoolers who used e-cigarettes in the past 30 days increased by about 75 percent since 2017. That would mean 20 percent of high school students have experimented with cigarettes this year, the Journal estimated, up from 11 percent last year. (The FDA said it could not confirm these figures but that federal data will be published in the coming months.) There have also been recent warnings from health researchers writing in the New England Journal of Medicine and other journals that e-cigarettes are more dangerous than many people currently realize. https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/high-s...lass-1.4203675 A high school in North Vancouver, B.C. is locking the doors of the majority of its washrooms to prevent students from vaping during class time. The bulletin said students were coordinating, via text messages, to meet each other in the washrooms to vape together during class.