And they work: more exposure to e-cig advertisements corresponds with more e-cig use in young adults, according to previous CDC research.
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It has given similar warnings to five other e-cig companies — MarkTen, Vuse, Blu, and Logic — that, together with Juul, make up almost the entirety of the US e-cig market.
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The FDA said it must consider how vaping products may change people's behaviors, including the prospect of nonsmokers picking up the e-cig habit, as well as how often e-cig users tend to quit.
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And the scientific community has been divided about e-cig safety.
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Cigarette giants are already experimenting with some new e-cig alternatives.
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While the study's authors hypothesize that the metals appear in the e-cig vapor thanks to the metal coils, they do not know how arsenic apparently finds it way into the e-cig refill liquid itself.
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Today, an e-cig company has responded to the government's mounting pressure.
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Uncle Basil is hidden behind a storm cell of e-cig vapor.
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The FDA is taking e-cig complaints on its Safety Reporting Portal.
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And 68 percent of high school age e-cig users vaped flavors.
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If upheld, the ban would prevent e-cig sales without FDA approval.
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In a release accompanying the new findings, the CDC suggests limiting e-cig sales to stores that only admit adults, preventing e-cig sales from being offered close to schools, and making e-cigs harder to purchase online.
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Sammi sat down at the only remaining booth and produced her e-cig.
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People who just inhale the e-cig liquid, with no nicotine, weren't included.
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Emissions also varied based on how long the e-cig had been used.
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Who else is interested in puffing on an "Alien Blood"-flavored e-cig?
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None of the mice exposed to e-cig smoke without nicotine developed cancer.
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The e-cig liquids look too appetizing, and it's putting kids' lives at risk.
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It seems like there's a report of another exploding e-cig every other week.
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The lithium-ion batteries used to power e-cig vaporizers are small and powerful.
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The addiction potential with Juul is much higher than with previous e-cig versions.
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NORTH CAROLINA ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS FILING 8 LAWSUITS AGAINST 8 SEPARATE E-CIG COS
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Some e-cig makers have moved away from diacetyl because of its bad rap.
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The e-cig predecessor was "a bit too far ahead of its time," Rose said.
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Cigar companies must become compliant by August 2021, while e-cig companies have until August 2022.
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In comparison, 20.8% of high schoolers are current e-cig users, according to the CDC report.
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FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb is yet again moving the goal posts for e-cig companies.
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The Edmonton-based charity Action on Smoking and Health is also calling for e-cig reform.
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It found that 84 percent of e-cig users in the survey watched vape tricks online.
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Warning: Just because a charger plugs into that e-cig doesn't mean you should use it.
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That's why the CDC has been studying the reach of e-cig advertisements among American youth.
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But when the heat got steady, the e-cig emitted much more: 8.7 micrograms per puff.
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The FDA is requiring all e-cig manufactures register as tobacco products by November 8, 2018.
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A 2015 study found these two e-cig solvents, when vaporized, can produce formaldehyde—another carcinogen.
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Preliminary data for this year shows that e-cig use has continued to increase among teens.
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Preliminary data for this year shows that e-cig use has continued to increase among teens.
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Despite a decrease from 2015, it's estimated that more than 2 million middle and high schoolers were considered current e-cig users in 2016 (meaning they had used an e-cig within the last month at the time of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey).
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The only way to find that out is to do longer-term studies on e-cig users.
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The policy also sets the stage for what could be a longer clash over e-cig regulation.
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But the FDA is putting a good deal of the responsibility on the e-cig makers themselves.
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They skipped formaldehyde, for example, which has been found in both cigarette smoke and e-cig vapor.
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The CDC has repeatedly called for restricting e-cig marketing, but they have no control over advertisements.
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For example, Reynolds, the second largest which recently acquired Lorillard, has the VUSE brand of e-cig.
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That doesn't appear to be the case, or is much less so, with vaping e-cig alcohol.
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However, the Track & Trace program is the first real technological step taken by the e-cig company.
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Even if teachers and parents know that it's an e-cig, they may not know what's inside.
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The leading e-cig maker will soon introduce lower nicotine options for some of its flavor pods.
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A new CDC report says e-cig ads are contributing to increased youth smoking rates. http://bit.
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The researchers did blood tests and measured the subjects' heart rhythms, and found that the participants had high levels of adrenaline in their hearts after they smoked the e-cig with nicotine, but not after they puffed on the e-cigarette without nicotine or the empty e-cig.
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Perhaps a lot of [e-cig] companies will go out of business by the end of this year.
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This is one of the largest representative samples of e-cig users, but the study does have limitations.
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Over 80 percent of young e-cig users say that they vape because flavors are available, research shows.
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The burn unit at Harborview is now treating one e-cig-related injury a month, five since October.
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This can happen if the e-cig comes with a poorly designed charger or the user switches chargers.
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When she mistakenly dripped e-cig liquid in her eye she immediately experienced pain, redness and blurred vision.
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It can regulate marketing and prohibit unauthorized claims by e-cig companies about health, safety and smoking cessation.
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And the company has spent $240,000 on lobbyists in hopes of influencing e-cig regulations, according to Wired.
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E-cig company Juul is diving further into health with an app geared toward turning smokers into Juulers
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Michigan, Illinois, and Massachusetts are finalizing similar measures and President Trump has also suggested banning e-cig flavors.
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Altria, with a $117.4 billion market cap, has seen e-cig sales rise 37.5 percent to $234.2 million.
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Meanwhile, the CEO of e-cig maker Juul is out and the company has stopped all advertising. 4.
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In a research note, Morgan Stanley analysts credited Juul with "driving a revival in the US e-cig market," adding that sales of Juul devices "accounted for almost the entire incremental increase in US e-cig sales as a percent of total cigarette and e-cigarette sales in the last year."
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It comes just a month after the FDA proposed further regulations to the sale of flavored e-cig products.
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For middle school students, the rate of e-cig use rose to 5 percent, from 20143 percent in 2011.
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When it does, limitations may be placed on e-cig manufacturers and retailers meant to reduce sales to teens.
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PAX Labs, the makers of the Pax vaporizer line and the JUUL e-cig, are today answering the call.
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They also want to examine the safety of the e-cig devices themselves after reports of battery-related burns.
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Regulators with the US Food and Drug Administration sent a warning letter to e-cig company Juul on Monday.
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To illustrate that, researchers compared pulegone levels in mint and menthol e-cig liquid to levels in menthol cigarettes.
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With the rise in e-cig popularity has come a rise in calls to poison control centers, he added.
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"Because of the associations of diacetyl inhalation exposure and severe respiratory diseases and increasing popularity of e-cig use among people, further mechanistic studies are warranted to evaluate the effects of diacetyl and related flavoring compounds in e-cig on airway epithelium," the researchers note in their study published in Scientific Reports.
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This puts San Francisco -- where leading e-cig maker Juul Labs is headquartered -- at the center of a heated debate.
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This puts San Francisco -- where leading e-cig maker Juul Labs is headquartered -- at the center of a tense debate.
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She forced herself up and off the bench, and entered the hospital's peach colored lobby, tucking her e-cig away.
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"The theme of e-cig safety is timely and important," Carnevale wrote in Italian in an email to The Verge.
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It used surveys, which don't tend to offer the most detailed information, such as the type of e-cig used.
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I believe this allowed Mario to quit smoking, but he did pick up an e-cig habit along the way.
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Outgoing FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb has called it "an epidemic" and enforced further restrictions on sales of e-cig products.
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At the time, e-cig forums were huge; they were like an early version of Reddit, exclusively for the vapers.
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But the Illinois case is the first death linked to the e-cig juice users inhale and subsequent lung damage.
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Juul Labs, the company behind the ever-popular Juul e-cig, has today announced a new policy around social media.
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Among people with a history of e-cig use, 47.7 percent had started smoking tobacco cigarettes within the 18 months.
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E-cig users as a result may end up looking to get a bigger hit of nicotine from traditional cigarettes.
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See the precarious path of e-cig startup Juul, from Silicon Valley darling to $24 billion behemoth under criminal investigation.
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Read more: Juul's CEO steps down as the e-cig company says it will stop all advertising in the US
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a strongly worded statement in support of the e-cig crackdown Wednesday.
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This dilemma obviously leaves e-cig makers in a tough spot, but it is also a sticky situation for the FDA.
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Chemistry professors David Peyton, Jim Pankow, and graduate student Anna Duell at Portland State University tested 11 different e-cig liquids.
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Among other limitations, the FDA plans to prohibit e-cig sales in vending machines that teens and children have access to.
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Weston represents a young man who was driving when an e-cig exploded in his face and caused him to crash.
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On average, levels of toxic organic compounds were up to three times higher in e-cig users than in non-smokers.
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Nov. 15, 2018: The FDA announces plans to curb flavored e-cig sales after reports that youth vaping has ballooned 78%.
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The new rules may impact America's booming vape culture, too, as shops that concoct their own e-cig formulas are affected.
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E-cig makers have responded to that pressure with a bait-and-switch that would make their Big Tobacco predecessors proud.
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Last week, CNN, CBS, Viacom, and WarnerMedia all said they will stop running e-cig advertisements on their networks as well.
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If the e-cig market takes a hit, British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline also stands to profit with its new nicotine spray.
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Meanwhile, smaller e-cig makers and retailers are allying with free-market ideologues, suing governments and appealing directly to the public.
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The e-cig was empty, but Sammi kept on sucking, hoping to extract some hidden morsel of nicotine from the purple cylinder.
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And recent research on vaping has highlighted risks: a 2015 study found that e-cig vapor damages the immune system of mice.
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Alongside the FDA's request for information from Juul Labs, the agency is also sending out similar letters to other e-cig manufacturers.
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On Wednesday, Gottlieb said e-cig companies have acknowledged in meetings that flavored products play a role the products' appeal to kids.
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Similarly, Halpern-Felsher expressed concerns to CNN that the curriculum itself could yield important insights about e-cig marketing to the industry.
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As of December 2018, Juul was reportedly valued at $38 billion, estimated to own more than 70% of the e-cig market.
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This would help Juul expand overseas, but also provide space in the market for IQOS, Philip Morris' answer to the e-cig.
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The word "CYANIDE" printed in big letters across the side of an e-cig cartridge would, I hope, freak most people out.
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The CDC maintains that other brands may be implicated, and still recommends avoiding the use of any e-cig or vaping products.
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Gottlieb has threatened e-cig manufacturers, saying the FDA would ban their products if companies didn't take steps to combat youth vaping.
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The Trump administration last month moved to ban flavored vapes, as health officials grapple with regulation of the e-cig industry overall.
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After e-cig company Juul's growing popularity with underage vapers hit headlines, however, the FDA began pushing the industry to curb youth vaping.
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About 8 percent of e-cig users succeeded in quitting for at least three months, compared to about 5 percent of non-users.
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According to his dad, Ty recently purchased a Chinese-manufactured e-cig called Wotofo Phantom, which is the same size as a cigar.
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JUUL Labs announced that it would stop selling some of its flavored e-cig pods in stores and end its social media marketing.
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The main question I'm left with is why—how much can someone really love an e-cig that looks like a thumb drive?
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But JUUL is not F.D.A. approved, and some e-cig critics place more blame on the government agency than the vaping company itself.
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In addition, a few cases listed the use of e-cig products with other substances that included amphetamines and weed, the agency said.
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Although many states now restrict e-cig sales for those under 18, it's clear that kids are finding ways to access e-cigs.
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Just months before — in the second quarter of 2019 — the e-cig giant had spent more than $1 million on congressional lobbying alone.
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In November, in apparent compliance with regulations, Juul announced it would no longer sell many of its flavored e-cig pods in retail stores.
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The FDA has its eye on Juul Labs, the e-cigarette company that has captured nearly half of the $2 billion e-cig market.
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Just a couple weeks ago, a Texas man also suffered serious burns with a spare e-cig battery went boom in his pants pocket.
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This hostess, though, paid an unusual price for her e-cig use, according to a case study published Thursday in the medical journal Pediatrics.
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Instead of using models to market the e-cig, Juul Labs will now use real former smokers who switched from combustible cigarette to Juul.
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One Crossbar e-cig is said to be the equivalent of about two packs of cigarettes, but inmates say they're still essentially luxury items.
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Tobacco giant Altria is paying $12.8 billion for a 35% stake in Silicon Valley e-cig startup Juul Labs, the companies said on Thursday.
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But data released by the US government earlier in November showed a big uptick in teenage e-cig use, leading to the FDA crackdown.
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And while there's some limited data to suggest that vaping can help adult smokers switch, e-cig use comes with risks of its own.
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The agency will also be increasing federal enforcement actions on e-cig sales to minors in convenience stores and other retail sites, Gottlieb said.
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The back-to-smoke trend flies in the face of the e-cig industry's most insistent PR pitch: Vaping helps people quit smoking cigarettes.
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Scrolling the subreddit now gives a pretty clear glimpse at the health anxiety that a summer of mystery e-cig-related illnesses has caused.
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Meanwhile, the body of research on health risk is slowly growing: a 2015 study found that e-cig vapor damages the immune system of mice.
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In November, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb announced new measures for the e-cig industry meant to keep the products out of the hands of teens.
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The Food and Drug Administration announced plans today to delay reviewing e-cigarettes on the market for safety — a big win for e-cig manufacturers.
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If their e-cig of choice contains less nicotine than the average conventional cigarette, there's a chance that their withdrawal period won't be as intense.
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Altria, the parent company of Marlboro maker Philip Morris, invested $12.8 billion in Juul, valuing the e-cig company at $38 billion, according to Bloomberg.
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Adam Pally was busted in NYC Tuesday night for smoking marijuana from an E-Cig, and carrying a tiny baggie of cocaine ... TMZ has learned.
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They found that the vaporizers released 22015 harmful chemicals, including two possibly cancer-causing compounds that had never been previously found in e-cig vapor.
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"These results indicate that e-cig use is associated with persistent coronary vascular dysfunction at rest, even in the absence of physiologic stress," Rader added.
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After BuzzFeed News inquired about two 2017 videos titled "How To Make Weed e Cig Juice," Lamb unlisted them, making them unsearchable but still online.
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Two dead, others injured in e-cig explosions In February, a Texas man died after his e-cigarette exploded and shrapnel tore through his carotid artery.
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Companies with various degrees of development capabilities have also mushroomed — at least 20 Chinese e-cig startups have received venture investment in the last seven months.
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But kids can be exposed to dangerous doses by eating tobacco products like cigarettes, cigarette butts, and e-cig liquids, the National Poison Control Center says.
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With its flavored liquid cartridges and rechargeable battery, the JUUL seems like any other e-cig, but it's is much smaller, sleeker, and far more discreet.
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It's especially crucial as new e-cigarette regulations roll out across the EU and the US—rules that some say threaten the entire e-cig industry.
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But I also understand that the majority of e-cig consumers are ex-cigarette users, so the majority are not keen on this kind of flavor.
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She had recently been prescribed antibiotic drops for bacterial conjunctivitis, or pinkeye, and stored these next to her e-cig refill liquid in her bathroom cupboard.
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The Juul e-cig has grown in popularity at a rapid clip since 2015, currently owning more than 70 percent of the market based on revenue.
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But critics say the devices are getting more children addicted, and the FDA is eyeing a crackdown on some of the most popular e-cig flavors.
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Until now, the multibillion-dollar e-cig industry has been allowed to flourish with virtually no oversights or protections for a growing number of American consumers.
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Research has shown that the sweet flavors of some e-cig pods make vaping more appealing to kids who might otherwise be turned off by tobacco.
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Several studies are underway to determine whether e-cig smokers continue to smoke tobacco cigarettes, for example, and whether e-cigarettes make quitting tobacco products less appealing.
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Altria and Juul are a perfect match to dominate the e-cig world, as Altria's CEO described in an investors call the day the deal was announced.
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We'll have to see if e-cig batteries, like hoverboards, will soon be banned from subways, planes, colleges, and anywhere else that isn't keen on sudden explosions.
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After all, some e-cig companies market their products to smokers specifically, if they don't outright claim to be the safer, less harmful alternative to conventional cigarettes.
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But even with just weeks left in his position, it looks like the fate of Juul and other e-cig products are as yet to be determined.
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According to chemical tests, her e-cig liquid had a pH of 6, more acidic than tears, which usually have a pH of about 7.0 to 7.3.
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Michigan attorney Steven Weston points out in a recent National Law Review article, these explosions can happen without warning — even when the e-cig is being used.
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We've forensically surveyed it frame by frame, studied the sensual shape of his lips as they grip the e-cig, and marveled at him blowing fat clouds.
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When the stress of looking like an idiot got to be too much, I walked outside and huffed on the e-cig until I felt like fainting.
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That research isn't specific to Juul, but Juul's design and flavoring makes it the e-cig of choice for those who aren't legally allowed to have them.
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There was no argument, just me asking him to not use his e cig per stewardess' request to me and him not being himself, speaking very very unkindly.
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Research from Soochow Securities (in Chinese) shows that China, despite being the world's biggest producer of vaping devices, accounts for merely 6% of the world's e-cig market.
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But there are other players in the business, namely big tobacco companies, who are looking to get ahead of the shift from traditional tobacco to e-cig alternatives.
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What's more, e-cig use during adolescence could kickstart an addiction, and the US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy warns that nicotine in any form is unsafe for teenagers.
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All teenagers were e-cig users, and were asked to report the amount of nicotine in their e-cigs, which ranged from zero to over 18 mg/mL.
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In the meantime, the FTC's blog has a few recommendations: make sure the containers for e-cig liquids are closed completely, and store them in child-proof cabinets.
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Big Tobacco research from the 1970s reports that nicotine salts are less harsh to inhale than the free-base nicotine in cigars and many other e-cig brands.
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In early February, representatives of e-cig giant JUUL Labs showed up at a council meeting of the Cheyenne River Sioux in South Dakota with some free vapes.
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The SF city attorneys claim that the FDA "has simply failed to do its job in unprecedented fashion" by not reviewing e-cig products before they hit shelves.
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E-cig vapers who use liquids high in alcohol content may be on the track to "a faster level of dependence" on both alcohol and nicotine, Sofuoglu said.
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A good lithium-ion battery will have checks in place to make doubly sure that this can't happen, but the e-cig industry is a total Wild West.
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A good lithium-ion battery will have checks in place to make doubly sure that this can't happen, but the e-cig industry is a total Wild West.
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A total of 37.5 percent of e-cig users in the nonweighted results had begun smoking regular cigarettes, compared with 9 percent of the nonusers of e-cigs.
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Young e-cig users may also show a change in mood, take frequent breaks to take puffs and share vape-related posts on social media, according to experts.
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It would also require e-cig manufacturers to register with the FDA and provide the feds with a thorough list of ingredients, making their manufacturing processes more transparent.
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E-cig makers say, and some health experts believe, that e-cigs could help lower these terrible numbers, because they contain far fewer toxins than traditional tobacco cigarettes.
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Of note, one author of that critique receives funding from a group that has accepted money from tobacco companies, and another received money from an e-cig company.
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"Our concern is that we can't leave our kids vulnerable while FDA waits for e-cig manufacturers to apply," said Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids President Matthew Myers.
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To be fair, vaping is under-studied and scientists haven't come to a consensus on what kind of harmful effects can accompany the use of e-cig products.
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Last November, the FDA announced its intent to ban e-cig flavors and Commissioner Scott Gottlieb presented an outline of the ban to the White House in March.
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In October, the FDA conducted a surprise inspection of the corporate headquarters of leading e-cig manufacturer Juul in San Francisco, seizing thousands of documents from the company.
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The company also announced this month that it would discontinue its own e-cig products, including all MarkTen and Green Smoke e-vapor products, and VERVE oral nicotine products.
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Of course, we're still unclear on what the long-term risks might be—some studies have suggested that e-cig vapor can be carcinogenic, and contain arsenic and lead.
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The autopsy results just came out and reportedly showed the e-cig not only exploded and sparked the blaze, but it also made a "projectile wound" in D'Elia's skull.
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As part of the extension, e-cig makers could leave their products on the market with the caveat that they were not allowed to bring new products to market.
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The researchers found that e-cig users had an increase in adrenaline levels in the heart that can predispose smokers to bad heart rhythms, heart attacks, and sudden death.
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More than half of the e-cig users stuck to reusable electronic cigarettes — the ones you can refill with new liquid nicotine cartridges — as opposed to the disposable kind.
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It was the best e-cig battlemodo, done back when e-cigs were a new and novel thing, of course since they were technically a gadget, Mario tested them.
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The commissioner has made it abundantly clear that if he doesn't see a significant decrease in underage use, he's willing to pull the plug on the e-cig industry.
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In part, he was motivated by the discretion that Lee describes, and tells us that carrying an e-cig instead of meth paraphernalia lifted a giant cloud of paranoia.
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The PHMSA will prohibit airline passengers and crew members from packing e-cigarettes in their checked luggage, as well as from charging e-cig device batteries during the flight.
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"There was no argument, just me asking him to not use his e cig per stewardess' request to me and him not being himself, speaking very very unkindly," she continues.
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"There was no argument, just me asking him to not use his e-cig per stewardess' request to me and him not being himself, speaking very very unkindly," she continued.
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The inspection comes weeks after the FDA announced a crackdown that requires e-cig manufacturers, including Juul, to submit plans to address youth use of their products within 60 days.
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"As far as we know, inadvertent administration of E-Cig liquid to the eye instead of eyedrops has not been previously reported in the ophthalmic journals," he said by email.
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This comes exactly 60 days after the FDA demanded a more comprehensive plan from big e-cig makers to deal with the growing problem of underage use of these products.
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The agency has made a number of other moves in recent months to counter vaping among kids, including warning and fining retailers for illegally selling e-cig products to kids.
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One e-cig trade group supports the FDA's crackdown on companies targeting young people, but says that shouldn't overshadow the positive influence vaping can have on tobacco smokers trying to quit.
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The FDA is keeping an even closer eye on offline and online retailers selling to minors, as well as watching for 'straw purchases' on the e-cig makers own online storefronts.
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To evaluate e-cig use, the CDC and the US Food and Drug Administration poured through surveys filled out by 17,000 middle and high school students across the US in 2015.
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"It lit my kid's face on fire," said Perry Greer, father of Lethbridge 16-year-old Ty Greer who purchased the detonating e-cig, during an interview with the Canadian Press.
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Murthy admitted during a press conference this morning that e-cig smokers are more likely to use traditional tobacco products, but that more research was needed to find a causal relationship.
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So what does this mean for Juul, a company that reached a $10 billion valuation 4x faster than Facebook and currently owns more than 70 percent of the e-cig market?
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There's also cause for concern, researchers said, because of the popularity among e-cig users of making their own vaping liquids — which can have higher alcohol levels than commercially sold liquids.
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The 16 participants in the study, who all were traditional cigarette users and social drinkers, were tested on two separate days: one for each of the two different e-cig liquids.
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The rise of vaping hasn't helped: As e-cig sales exploded, the monthly decline in US cigarette sales went from 3 percent in late 2017 to 8 percent earlier this year.
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He was a big supporter of the recently passed airplane bans, has pushed for banning flavored e-liquids, and urged the FDA to hurry up with finalizing its e-cig regulations.
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Just like a puff of smoke from an e-cig momentarily blurs our view of the world around us, there's still a lot we can't foresee about both vaping and CBD.
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The attack on e-cig flavors had begun, but it still wouldn't attract FDA attention until May 2016, when regulatory changes gave the Administration authority over vaping devices, including flavored products.
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Mobilized around the country, these e-cig aficionados have protested in Salt Lake, circulated petitions in Washington state and flown to the nation's capital to push their position with congressional leaders.
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The precarious path of e-cig startup Juul: From Silicon Valley darling to $24 billion behemoth under criminal investigationHow Juul went from a $38 billion darling to uncertain future and FDA investigation
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Click here to view original GIFAn Owensboro, Kentucky man was sent to the hospital for second-degree burns last weekend, when his e-cig battery exploded like a firework in his pocket.
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A customer purchases an e-cig at an electronic cigarette store in Miami in 2014 (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)Are you going to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia this coming week?
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Coinciding with Guy Ritchie's apparently not terrible(?) live-action remake of the animated classic, this $26 Aladdin's lamp e-cig is just about the most conspicuous vape you can walk around smoking.
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For as long as they've been around, e-cig companies have not been regulated by the FDA, the same way that smoking cessation products (like patches and gums) or cigarettes have been.
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Wells Fargo's Herzog said in her November report that IQOS is a "superior technology" and "we expect customers to shift from e-cig/ vapor to next-generation reduced-risk products" like IQOS.
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Some people, Primack said, had suggested the previous findings might have been skewed by not accounting for people who otherwise would have begun smoking regular tobacco regardless of their e-cig usage.
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Primack said that design could work in reverse by making it easier for e-cig users to transition to tobacco cigarette users because of the similarity in the way they are used.
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For example, one Juul pod -- a cartridge of nicotine-rich liquid that users plug into the dominant e-cig brand -- contains the same amount of nicotine as a full pack of cigarettes.
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In the absence of such information, some e-cig proponents have fallen back on a trope from the previous tobacco wars: Smoking should be a matter of personal choice and personal responsibility.
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It's also possible that this ban would just drive people to seek black-market flavored e-cig chemicals, which may be the cause of the vaping-related illnesses in the first place.
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Limiting the sale of flavored vape pods has been a big priority for groups trying to fight the rising tide of e-cig use, and in some places, it seems to be working.
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Juul Labs, the e-cig company under fire for its product's popularity with young people, has brought on a new VP of Intellectual Property Protection with Adrian Punderson, formerly of PwC and Apple.
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At the same time, e-cig manufacturers like Juul have been selling flavors that appeal to kids and marketing itself as a healthy alternative to smoking, even though its products are highly addictive.
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" E-CIG 'EPIDEMIC' Gottlieb's campaign against flavored e-cigarettes followed preliminary federal data showing teenage use had surged by more than 75 percent since last year, which the FDA described as an "epidemic.
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Surgeon general warns of skyrocketing teen e-cig use Dr. Vivek Murthy called rising electronic cigarette use among youth and young adults a "major public health concern" in a new report out Thursday.
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Read more:The creator of the nicotine patch says that 'anti-vaping forces' are trying to kill the life-saving e-cig industry33 people have died from a mysterious lung illness linked to vaping.
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About eight years ago, he sold that low-temperature salt system to Philip Morris International, and his research into cigarette-smoking alternatives has also been funded by e-cig giants Juul and Altria.
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After all, there have been so many news reports over the last year about people being hospitalized — and even dying — because of illness related to lung injuries from e-cig or vaping products.
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At a public hearing in January, Gottlieb warned that levels of e-cig use among young people is reaching new heights, with vaping rates nearly doubling among high school students between 2017 and 2018.
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The head of the Food and Drug Administration has threatened to pull e-cigarettes out of U.S. markets entirely unless e-cig makers take greater measures to curb the youth's use of their products.
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"Based on these results, we propose that [e-cigarette vapor] is carcinogenic and that E-cig smokers have a higher risk than nonsmokers to develop lung and bladder cancer and heart diseases," they wrote.
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A CDC report published today shows that in just four years, the rate of e-cig use among high school students increased tenfold — rising to 16 percent in 2015, from 1.5 percent in 2011.
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The agency reiterated its warning that people should stop buying vaping and e-cig products with THC and nicotine, as it could not rule out nicotine-containing devices as a cause of these illnesses.
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Tiger is also an investor in the e-cig company Juul, which has come under intense regulatory scrutiny in recent months but remains among the fastest-growing companies in the Bay Area right now.
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In a memo circulated in April, Citigroup analysts warned investors that skyrocketing sales of a new e-cig called the Juul could negatively affect tobacco stocks, including those of Altria and British American Tobacco.
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But despite all the evidence that pulegone is carcinogenic and causes liver toxicity, researchers found the chemical is present in mint and menthol-flavored e-cig liquid at levels far above a safe threshold.
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The FDA has asked for Juul and other e-cig companies to create and enforce new policies that will stymie use of these products by minors, but thus far Commissioner Gottlieb doesn't seem too impressed.
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That JUUL is throwing around major money in D.C. probably shouldn't come as a surprise: The people—young or otherwise—who use it appear to be wealthier than past smokers, even past e-cig users.
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"This is the same marketing playbook again with e-cigarettes as it was for cigarettes in the last century," Soneji says, noting that e-cig advertising is not as regulated as marketing of combustible cigarettes.
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A Colorado man suffered a broken neck while using his e-cig when it exploded violently, and a 19-year old in Tennessee burned his stomach and thigh when his vape exploded in his pocket.
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Rose was the first person to develop a nicotine patch, and he also pioneered an e-cig that he said was "a bit too far ahead of its time," and never made it to market.
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The tobacco industry is pushing a new kind of smoking device — the e-cig or vape pen — that it says is far healthier than traditional cigarettes: no tobacco, no tar, just nicotine and flavored vapor.
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In the meantime, according to Reuters, a slew of Juul copycats are making their way into convenience stores in defiance of an F.D.A. rule banning the sale of new e-cig products after August 2016.
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Study after study revealed a host of e-cig harms: They can impede the vascular system, weaken the lungs' immune system, contain toxic flavorings, and potentially put users at risk for respiratory diseases like emphysema.
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And as they zig-a-zig-ah'd under the creaking disco ball, I squinted through the thick e-cig vapour and thought to myself, Who are these women with their Spice skills and knock-off wigs?
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"There is no warning information on the side of these e-cig liquid bottles or in the product information regarding the potential danger of a chemical injury to the eyes, or the emergency treatment," he said.
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The widespread illness sweeping through the plant ignited a "mass hysteria," deputy fire chief Alan Dionne told CBS Boston, and panicked e-cig workers raced to escape the factory before they presumably suffered the same fate.
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"E-cig use can be very challenging to detect because they are discreet devices that don't emit much odor," said Dr. Sharon Levy, director of the adolescent substance use and addiction program at Boston Children's Hospital.
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When people are vaping, it means they're usually inhaling a mixture of flavoring, chemicals, and nicotine or THC into their lungs through a device such as a e-cig, vape pen, or even an e-hookah.
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On one hand, fun e-cig flavors like creme brulee might be enticing teenagers and young adults, but the FDA is trying to balance that with the flavors helping some adults to quit smoking traditional cigarettes.
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On three different days, one month apart, the participants were asked to puff on three different kinds of e-cigarettes for 30 minutes: one with nicotine, one without nicotine, and a sham e-cig that was empty.
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The first time the FDA has regulated the e-cig industry The new ruling will go into affect in 90 days, and makes e-cigs subject to the same rules outlined in the Tobacco Control Act of 2009.
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On Wednesday, the San Francisco Department of Elections certified that the Coalition and its allies had collected enough signatures to place the measure on the ballot in November, when the so-called "e-cig ban" could be overturned.
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Teen vaping was a 'predictable problem' Experts say that one Juul pod -- a cartridge of nicotine-rich liquid that users plug into the dominant e-cig brand -- contains the same amount of nicotine as a pack of cigarettes.
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In the past, Fuhrman -- who first tried Juul, the dominant e-cig brand, in eighth grade -- said his addiction led him to spend large amounts of money on eBay, ultimately causing a great deal of tension at home.
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The edict came just days after the agency informed JUUL Labs, which controls over two-thirds of America's e-cig market, that it had broken federal regulations by allegedly publicizing its product as a safer alternative to cigarettes.
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So *if* your provider asks about e-cig use, they can then tap the code into your electronic health history, and other doctors and researchers can scan all of those records for health outcomes that may be correlated.
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To curb the rise of teen vaping, the CDC wants to impose strict e-cig regulations and ban their sale to minors (right now the only e-cigs that are regulated are those that are marketed for therapeutic purposes).
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An e-cig with only one heating coil operated at 3.8 volts was found to emit 0.46 micrograms of acrolein — a severe eye and respiratory irritant — per puff in the first five puffs, while the coil was heating up.
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Vapes are meme-ready, funny in a way that cigarettes never were: the black-and-white photograph of James Dean smoking in shirtsleeves has been replaced with paparazzi snaps of Ben Affleck ripping an e-cig in his car.
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The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a summary judgment decision that cleared Utah Vap or Smoke LLC of infringing trademarks on Affliction's brand name and its "fleur-de-lis" logo by selling Affliction branded e-cig accessories.
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Students who attended its 2016 pilot, which ran in 26 sites in five states, reported that they were less likely to vape, had a new perspective on e-cig ads and shared what they learned with family or friends.
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But researchers argue that levels of the chemical are so absurdly high in e-cig liquid that they may pose a serious health risk, and at the very least, the FDA needs to do something to address that risk.
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Issuing what it called a "historic rule," the Food and Drug Administration announced on Thursday that it will regulate e-cigarettes, federally prohibiting their sale to minors and requiring e-cig manufacturers to get FDA marketing authorization within three years.
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Shortly before the deal with Altria was made public, Burns said in a statement that his e-cig company "won't be successful in our mission to serve adult smokers if we don't narrow the on-ramp" of kids to nicotine.
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In March, the FDA released a policy draft aimed at taking action against stores selling flavored e-cig products that are accessible to minors and against websites selling them without verifying buyers' ages and limiting the maximum quantities they sell.
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It's unclear what the consequences will be for a plan that doesn't meet the FDA's satisfaction, but there has been plenty of talk about banning flavored liquids, which would be a severe blow to Juul and other e-cig companies.
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Read: We Tried the Most Disgusting E-Cig Flavors So You Don't Have To Like the sweet enticement of the Marlboro Man of yesteryear, the inhaling industry is getting to our kids again—this time in the form of vaping.
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Research in other countries have deemed e-cigs safe and good alternatives to smoking, but the CDC has labeled them dangerous, and the FDA recently passed a series of strict regulations that could put many e-cig companies out of business.
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" Greer told Global News that his son, a hockey player, isn't a tobacco smoker; he said he spoke to the owner of the store that sold Ty the e-cig and "he cried the whole time I talked to him.
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In an interview on CNBC's Squawk Box this week, Gottlieb said that policies he's initiated while in his role will move forward as planned, including proposed restrictions the FDA issued Wednesday that would restrict the sale of flavored e-cig products.
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And because youth vaping continues to rise, the FDA chief has gone as far as to suggest that e-cig products could be pulled from the market if what he has continuously described as an "epidemic" of teen smoking continues.
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The delay could prove beneficial for companies like Altria Group that make both traditional cigarettes (Marlboro) and e-cigs: they now have more time to ramp up their e-cig business; the announcements are a "smoke signal" if you will.
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Senators Brian Schatz and Dick Durbin—who in April introduced their own bipartisan legislation to raise the minimum age for tobacco and e-cig products to 21, which Juul says it supports—criticized the loophole in a joint statement last week.
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These days, there's a market for high-tech portable weed vapes equipped with features like Bluetooth (for tracking your tokes-per-session PB?) that allow you to just load up a cone and inhale like you would with an e-cig.
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A study from all the way back in 2015—when vaping was still seen as relatively innocent—found that certain e-cig flavors were causing popcorn lung, a condition normally seen in factory workers who'd been exposed to hazardous chemicals.
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Erin recapped the history of the company here: The precarious path of e-cig startup Juul: From Silicon Valley darling to $38 billion behemoth under criminal investigationErin also has the story on how the company became what it is today.
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Meanwhile, cities like San Francisco are trying to pass a sales moratorium on vaping, and because of the feds' relative inaction, the parents of e-cig-addicted teenagers, along with their local representatives, are taking to the streets to protest.
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The agency released a policy draft that, if finalized, would take action against stores selling flavored e-cig products that are accessible to minors and against websites selling them without verifying buyers' ages and limiting the maximum quantities they sell.
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And Juuls in particular are the beloved e-cig brand of the high school set; "Juuling" is all over teenage social media, and a University of Michigan survey even found that 1 in 4 high school seniors said they vaped in 2017.
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"We believe his resignation calls into question whether or not the FDA will in fact enforce harsher regulations around youth e-cig usage/access, cig nicotine limits and a cig menthol ban given he was the champion behind these initiatives," Herzog says.
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The report also comes as Juul—which now has strong ties to Big Tobacco thanks to its controversial $12.8 billion deal with Altria—continues to publicly state its support for raising the age minimum for tobacco and e-cig products to 21.
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VICE took a tour of Shenzhen's smoke shops, stopped by an e-cig expo, and toured a vape factory to figure out how the city's residents are warming up to the new phenomenon—and what the industry's rapid growth means for them.
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It's worth noting that some tobacco companies like Marlboro owner the Altria Group and Newport owner Reynolds American make both traditional cigarettes and e-cigs, and some saw the move as an opportunity for tobacco companies to ramp up their e-cig business.
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The FDA has identified 134 incidents of e-cig batteries overheating, catching on fire, or exploding in the US between 2009 and January 2016, enough to prompt them to host a public workshop to "gather information and stimulate discussion" this April in Maryland.
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So despite being listed as a food flavoring—and despite countless e-cig sites that teach over-eager vapers how to use concentrates correctly—not-so-savvy shoppers keep buying Capella flavors and then reporting their disappointment in poorly spelled product reviews.
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The e-cig users were more likely to have not smoked traditional cigarettes, had less cough and phlegm production at the end of a year and had less severe urges to smoke than those on replacement patches and other forms of nicotine replacement.
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Dr. Gottlieb has since tried to put the industry in check by, among other things, forcing e-cig makers to devise plans for keeping their products away from kids and issuing thousands of warning letters to retailers caught selling nicotine products to minors.
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And while the FDA could decline to give JUUL and other vape manufacturers its stamp of approval when applications for the government's blessing are finally set to be filed next year, it's hard to imagine e-cig products disappearing in any meaningful way.
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"According to this study, young adults are particularly susceptible to E. Cig(s) and, among non-smoking young adults, vulnerable to cigarette smoking," the study's author Dr. Janiper Kwak-Chae of Stony Brook School of Medicine in New York, said by email.
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Now it looks like e-cig companies are only getting more creative with their marketing strategies: According to the Associated Press, they've started offering college scholarships in exchange for essays about the dangers of smoking tobacco, and the benefits of ripping e-cigs instead.
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In 2016, a French nightclub owner went to the hospital with severe burns after his e-cig blew up in his pocket, and in January 2017 an Idaho man lost seven teeth when his pen detonated with enough force to shatter a bathroom sink.
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This decision was made in part to give e-cig makers and the FDA itself the opportunity to thoughtfully and cooperatively figure out the 'rules of the road' in a budding new industry that Gottlieb himself believes is to the benefit of public health.
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Juul Labs controls more than two-thirds of the e-cig market, "and way too much of their product is ending up in the hands of young people and ending up in schools," Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey said in a press briefing today.
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"Saying you're sorry is too little too late for the nearly 5 million children in this country using e-cigarettes," said Dennis Herrera, the city attorney for San Francisco who introduced the local "e-cig ban" JUUL and its allies are challenging at the ballot.
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A recent study from Harvard found that a distressing number of e-cig juices have a chemical in them linked to a serious lung disease, which probably is a result of the fact that the vape industry is still unregulated (but not for long).
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Read more: E-cig company Juul is diving further into health with an app geared toward turning smokers into JuulersBut while Juul aims to show customers that it can improve their health, regulators are increasingly pointing to the potential health risks of its products.
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The draft compliance policy, which is awaiting comments for 30 days and pending finalization, would take action against stores selling flavored e-cig products that are accessible to minors and against websites selling them without verifying buyers' ages and limiting the maximum quantities they sell.
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Flanked by DACA recipients, both House Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Speaker Pelosi, it's time to throw American innovators a lifeline Why Americans must tune in to the Trump impeachment hearings MORE (Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles SchumerCharles (Chuck) Ellis SchumerOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Chad Wolf becomes acting DHS secretary Schumer blocks drug pricing measure during Senate fight, seeking larger action MORE (N.
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Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Speaker Pelosi, it's time to throw American innovators a lifeline Why Americans must tune in to the Trump impeachment hearings MORE (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles SchumerCharles (Chuck) Ellis SchumerOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Chad Wolf becomes acting DHS secretary Schumer blocks drug pricing measure during Senate fight, seeking larger action MORE (D-N.
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Users believe they can detect when conditions have shifted by a change in flavor, he explained, but by the time they "taste the difference, they very likely have already been exposed to much higher levels of these toxicants" than would have happened under conventional e-cig use.
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A nightclub owner in Toulouse, France, was sent to the hospital with severe burns after a spare battery for his e-cig suddenly exploded in his jacket pocket, spraying fire and sparks while melting part of his coat to his finger as he attempted to remove it.
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The $38 billion e-cig company, partially owned by tobacco giant Altria, received a warning letter on Monday from the US Food and Drug Administration saying that it wrongly portrayed its devices as safer than cigarettes and marketed them intentionally to youth, including at high schools.
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There was some initial push back from skeptics who claimed that the e-cig vaping conditions in the research used too high of a voltage (an actual user, they argued, would be deterred from puffing hard enough to generate the excessive formaldehyde because it would taste bad).
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It coincided with a time in which people were becoming increasingly more obsessed with their own image, with the rise of Instagram, male gym bunny culture, the duck-face, the E-cig pout, and the concept of a "club photographer," which was beginning to become commonplace across the country.
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said today that middle and high school students exposed to e-cig ads — be it online, on TV, or printed in a store or magazine — were more likely to have vaped in the past 30 days than teens who weren't.
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John CornynJohn CornynGOP senators balk at lengthy impeachment trial Overnight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Senate GOP waves Trump off early motion to dismiss impeachment charges MORE (R-Texas).
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"The two main solvents found in the [e-cig] juice"—propylene glycol and glycerol—"are FDA-approved as food and at food temperatures, but when heated to the point of vaporization they can produce carcinogenic compounds," says study co-author Mark Rubinstein, a professor of pediatrics at UCSF.
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The oral spray, marketed as a way to quit smoking, is already for sale in 45 countries through Johnson & Johnson, and just received FDA backing this month to bring the product to the U.S. This extra competition won't matter much to major e-cig companies like Juul, Huang says.
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An independent British study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine earlier this year, showed that e-cigarettes worked better than nicotine patches at smoking cessation; after a year, 18 percent of e-cig users had stopped using tobacco cigarettes, compared to 10 percent of patch users.
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Charles SchumerCharles (Chuck) Ellis SchumerOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Chad Wolf becomes acting DHS secretary Schumer blocks drug pricing measure during Senate fight, seeking larger action MORE (D-N.
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Read more: The FDA just called out e-cig startup Juul and tobacco giant Altria for backing away from a pledge to fight teen vapingResearchers at Stanford concluded last year that Juul's marketing campaign was "patently youth-oriented," thanks to a combination of launch parties, social-media blitzes, and vape giveaways.
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Read more:Juul's Silicon Valley marketing tactics are to blame for its troubles, longtime advertising exec Alex Bogusky saysThe precarious path of e-cig startup Juul: From Silicon Valley darling to $38 billion behemoth under criminal investigationNicotine vape juice may contain ingredients like formaldehyde and a chemical used in the weed killer.
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Mice that used e-cigarettes over a period of four months (a timeframe meant to mimic years of e-cig use in people) ended up producing more fat deposits in their airways, which could make them more susceptible to illnesses and infections like pneumonia, even when there's no nicotine involved.
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John CornynJohn CornynDNC chief: 'Texas is a battleground' Senate Republicans struggle to coalesce behind an impeachment strategy Overnight Health Care: Studies show teen e-cig users favor Juul products, mint flavors | Warren offers plan to reduce veteran suicide rate | WH official calls Pelosi drug plan 'unworkable' MORE (R-Texas) in 28503.
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This directive comes during a terrifying and weird time for vaping: The country is in the midst of a rash of e-cig related illnesses and deaths, and also last week, the FDA accused JUUL Labs of breaking federal regulations by publicizing its product as a safer alternative to cigarettes.
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Attempts to ban e-cig flavors date back to the Obama Administration, around the same time e-cigs were first introduced to the U.S. In 2009, Congress decided that tobacco was, in fact, a drug, which categorized it under the jurisdiction of the FDA and passed the 2009 Tobacco Control Act.
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The FDA has been cracking down on e-cig companies lately, mostly focusing on the flavors and marketing that have fueled what it's called an "epidemic" of teen vaping—but last week, the federal agency busted a Chinese-based company for marketing to a bit more of a mature clientele in the States.
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Senate Minority Leader Charles SchumerCharles (Chuck) Ellis SchumerOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Chad Wolf becomes acting DHS secretary Schumer blocks drug pricing measure during Senate fight, seeking larger action MORE (D-N.
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Senate Democratic Leader Charles SchumerCharles (Chuck) Ellis SchumerOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Chad Wolf becomes acting DHS secretary Schumer blocks drug pricing measure during Senate fight, seeking larger action MORE (N.
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John CornynJohn CornynDNC chief: 'Texas is a battleground' Senate Republicans struggle to coalesce behind an impeachment strategy Overnight Health Care: Studies show teen e-cig users favor Juul products, mint flavors | Warren offers plan to reduce veteran suicide rate | WH official calls Pelosi drug plan 'unworkable' MORE's (R-Texas) seat after former Rep.
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John CornynJohn CornynGOP senators balk at lengthy impeachment trial Overnight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Senate GOP waves Trump off early motion to dismiss impeachment charges MORE (R-Texas), an adviser to McConnell.
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Ron JohnsonRonald (Ron) Harold JohnsonOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Why Republicans are afraid to call a key witness in the impeachment inquiry Lindsey Graham basks in the impeachment spotlight MORE (R-Wis.).
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Cory GardnerCory Scott GardnerIt's time for Congress to establish a national mental health crisis number Overnight Health Care: Studies show teen e-cig users favor Juul products, mint flavors | Warren offers plan to reduce veteran suicide rate | WH official calls Pelosi drug plan 'unworkable' Juan Williams: Republicans flee Trump MORE defeated incumbent Sen.
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Traditional cigarettes are sometimes called "analogs"; the difference between an e-cigarette and a vaporizer is negligible (an e-cig looks like an "analog" and is generally disposable), though many vapers will tell you that e-cigs are not serious and you should really upgrade to a vape like a fucking adult.
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"Dripping is a more labor-intensive method of vaping in which the user manually applies a few drops of liquid directly to the exposed heating coil of the e-cig every so many puffs," said Alan Shihadeh, a professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Aerosol Research Laboratory at the American University of Beirut.
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According to the Civil Aviation Administration of China, the co-pilot of a Tuesday flight from Hong Kong to Dalian decided to unwind during his trip by ripping an e-cig in the cockpit, presumably just after the flight attendants announced that smoking or vaping onboard is definitely illegal, South China Morning Post reports.
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Y.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles SchumerCharles (Chuck) Ellis SchumerOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Chad Wolf becomes acting DHS secretary Schumer blocks drug pricing measure during Senate fight, seeking larger action MORE (D-N.
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Gary PetersGary Charles PetersSenators urge Trump to fill vacancies at DHS Overnight Health Care: Studies show teen e-cig users favor Juul products, mint flavors | Warren offers plan to reduce veteran suicide rate | WH official calls Pelosi drug plan 'unworkable' Poll: Gary Peters leads GOP opponent by 85033 points in Michigan MORE), Minnesota (Sen.
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Tom ReedThomas (Tom) W. ReedNo Labels' fight against partisanship 25 years of championing successful community development Overnight Health Care — Presented by Partnership for America's Health Care Future — Walmart to stop selling e-cigarettes | Senators press FDA to pull most e-cigarettes immediately | House panel tees up e-cig hearing for next week MORE (R-N.
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In an interview with VICE, Wigand revealed for the first time that he has been working actively behind the scenes to support the nation's first e-cig sales ban in San Francisco—and to take on Juul in fights across the country, including in Washington, where it has assembled a star-studded lobbying operation.
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And just over two weeks ago, the agency gave an ultimatum to Juul and four other companies that manufacture the popular e-cig brands Vuse, MarkTen XL, blu, and Logic: the companies have until mid-November to prove that they can keep kids from using their vapes, or else face having their flavored products taken off the market.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is cracking down on e-cigarette companies in order to stop e-cig sales and use among teens, according to a lengthy press announcement today from FDA commissioner, Scott Gottlieb, MD. "The disturbing and accelerating trajectory of use we're seeing in youth, and the resulting path to addiction, must end," Dr. Gottlieb said.
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Conservative lobbying groups and retailers that are poised to be impacted by the new vape sale restrictions have reportedly descended on Washington in attempts to try to curb the proposed limitations, which include prohibiting minors in stores where flavored e-cig products are sold as well as implementing age verification systems to prohibit online sales to kids.
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Sofuoglu said the study showed how e-cig users, even if they didn't end up having enough detectable alcohol in their urine to trigger a DUI charge, could end up being "intoxicated" and too impaired to drive because of how much "more quickly and efficiently" alcohol affected the brain after people inhaled vaporized booze compared to drinking it.
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Stacy Ettinger, former senior counsel to Senate Minority Leader Charles SchumerCharles (Chuck) Ellis SchumerOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Chad Wolf becomes acting DHS secretary Schumer blocks drug pricing measure during Senate fight, seeking larger action MORE (D-N.
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House Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Speaker Pelosi, it's time to throw American innovators a lifeline Why Americans must tune in to the Trump impeachment hearings MORE has been openly hostile to impeachment.
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Trump, however, may have a curious ally in House Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Speaker Pelosi, it's time to throw American innovators a lifeline Why Americans must tune in to the Trump impeachment hearings MORE.
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John CornynJohn CornynDNC chief: 'Texas is a battleground' Senate Republicans struggle to coalesce behind an impeachment strategy Overnight Health Care: Studies show teen e-cig users favor Juul products, mint flavors | Warren offers plan to reduce veteran suicide rate | WH official calls Pelosi drug plan 'unworkable' MORE (R-Texas) began a push for patent reform this year. Sen.
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Read: We Tried the Most Disgusting E-Cig Flavors So You Don't Have To It turns out popcorn lung isn't the only things e-cigarette manufacturers have to worry about—now they'll have to contend with their electronic nicotine delivery devices being regulated a bit like other potentially harmful products, as the New York Times reports.
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My colleagues and I found, in a study published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, that under typical conditions the formaldehyde coming out of an e-cig can even exceed what is known as ceiling limits — a level of formaldehyde in the air that is not allowed to be exceeded in the workplace, even for one second.
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Read more:The precarious path of e-cig startup Juul: From Silicon Valley darling to $24 billion behemoth under criminal investigationE-cigarette company Juul raised billions to pursue global domination, but a rash of challenges is raising questions about its strategy Officials have confirmed 37 deaths and nearly 1,900 cases of serious lung disease tied to vaping.
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J.) and Tom ReedThomas (Tom) W. ReedNo Labels' fight against partisanship 25 years of championing successful community development Overnight Health Care — Presented by Partnership for America's Health Care Future — Walmart to stop selling e-cigarettes | Senators press FDA to pull most e-cigarettes immediately | House panel tees up e-cig hearing for next week MORE (R-N.
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Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Speaker Pelosi, it's time to throw American innovators a lifeline Why Americans must tune in to the Trump impeachment hearings MORE isn't putting much stock into recent White House criticism of her drug pricing bill, Chuck SchumerCharles (Chuck) Ellis SchumerOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Chad Wolf becomes acting DHS secretary Schumer blocks drug pricing measure during Senate fight, seeking larger action MORE doesn't believe in half-measures on drug pricing, and senators aren't happy with the administration's delay on the e-cigarette flavor ban.
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There, a Johns Hopkins researcher who said he consults for pharmaceutical companies and Reynolds American — which makes VUSE, the top-selling e-cig brand in the US — asked the panel when public health officials were going to communicate positive messages about how vaping reduces harm, like they do about using clean needles and condoms to stem the spread of disease.
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Taken together, these actions could push people toward vapes, which often contain nicotine and will remain largely unregulated in the near future, if they take the FDA announcement as meaning that e-cigs are the safer option, or if the agency requires a new max level of nicotine in combustible cigarettes before the e-cig rules kick in in 2022.
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Since Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Speaker Pelosi, it's time to throw American innovators a lifeline Why Americans must tune in to the Trump impeachment hearings MORE (D-Calif.) formally launched the impeachment inquiry on Sept.
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Ron JohnsonRonald (Ron) Harold JohnsonOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Why Republicans are afraid to call a key witness in the impeachment inquiry Lindsey Graham basks in the impeachment spotlight MORE (R-Wis.), when asked about how Pompeo is perceived in testimony.
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It is Schiff and other Democrats like House Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Speaker Pelosi, it's time to throw American innovators a lifeline Why Americans must tune in to the Trump impeachment hearings MORE who should be impeached.
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House Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Speaker Pelosi, it's time to throw American innovators a lifeline Why Americans must tune in to the Trump impeachment hearings MORE (D-Calif.) took her time, as did a majority of Democrats.
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Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Speaker Pelosi, it's time to throw American innovators a lifeline Why Americans must tune in to the Trump impeachment hearings MORE (D-Calif.) launched the inquiry after news of the report broke in September.
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Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Speaker Pelosi, it's time to throw American innovators a lifeline Why Americans must tune in to the Trump impeachment hearings MORE's (D-Calif.) office sent out an email pointing to the findings and Sen.
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Tim KaineTimothy (Tim) Michael KainePentagon No. 2 denies trying to block official's impeachment testimony Overnight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Senators press FDA tobacco chief on status of vaping ban MORE (D-Va.) on those reports, Norquist would not discuss specific security measures.
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From the release: It is our expectation that this year's survey, unfortunately, will likely show continued growth in youth use of vapor products in the U.S. If this turns out to be the case, it will be due in part to the fact that: In November 2018, Juul announced its Youth Prevention Plan ahead of the FDA's crackdown on e-cig products.
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John CornynJohn CornynGOP senators balk at lengthy impeachment trial Overnight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Senate GOP waves Trump off early motion to dismiss impeachment charges MORE (R-Texas) was seeking to pass by unanimous consent a bill he is co-sponsoring with Sen.
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Cory GardnerCory Scott GardnerIt's time for Congress to establish a national mental health crisis number Overnight Health Care: Studies show teen e-cig users favor Juul products, mint flavors | Warren offers plan to reduce veteran suicide rate | WH official calls Pelosi drug plan 'unworkable' Juan Williams: Republicans flee Trump MORE, a vulnerable Republican up for reelection in Colorado, also introduced a drug pricing bill in May.
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Aside from the so-far furtive work that researchers are doing to figure out what the hell is killing people and infecting their lungs, one way to figure out what happens to someone who spends a decade vaping is to track e-cig use by how patients report their behavior to their doctorsin doctor's office, the same way cigarette and drug use has been tracked for decades.
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And a top Trump health care adviser is sounding off on the FDA's tobacco oversight and Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Speaker Pelosi, it's time to throw American innovators a lifeline Why Americans must tune in to the Trump impeachment hearings MORE's drug pricing bill.
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Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Speaker Pelosi, it's time to throw American innovators a lifeline Why Americans must tune in to the Trump impeachment hearings MORE (D-Calif.) is pushing a sweeping measure to allow the secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate drug prices.
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Aren't you delighted that Kellyanne ConwayKellyanne Elizabeth ConwayOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Senators press FDA tobacco chief on status of vaping ban George Conway: 'If Barack Obama had done this' Republicans would be 'out for blood' MORE was the first woman to run a successful presidential campaign?
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John CornynJohn CornynGOP senators balk at lengthy impeachment trial Overnight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Senate GOP waves Trump off early motion to dismiss impeachment charges MORE (R-Texas) assessment that his home state of Texas is "on the precipice of turning purple," add the Texas Senate to the list.
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Trump has grouped Atkinson in with other opponents he wants to testify in front of the House, including Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Speaker Pelosi, it's time to throw American innovators a lifeline Why Americans must tune in to the Trump impeachment hearings MORE (D-Calif.), Rep.
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John KennedyJohn Neely KennedyMORE after the Louisiana Republican called Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Speaker Pelosi, it's time to throw American innovators a lifeline Why Americans must tune in to the Trump impeachment hearings MORE (D-Calif.) "dumb" at a rally the previous night.
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When Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Speaker Pelosi, it's time to throw American innovators a lifeline Why Americans must tune in to the Trump impeachment hearings MORE (D-Calif.) arrived at the court around that time, she was greeted with cheers from the crowd.
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Sen. Gary PetersGary Charles PetersSenators urge Trump to fill vacancies at DHS Overnight Health Care: Studies show teen e-cig users favor Juul products, mint flavors | Warren offers plan to reduce veteran suicide rate | WH official calls Pelosi drug plan 'unworkable' Poll: Gary Peters leads GOP opponent by 220006 points in Michigan MORE (D-Mich.) leads his Republican 2202 challenger, John James, by single digits, according to a poll released Monday.
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Ron JohnsonRonald (Ron) Harold JohnsonOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Why Republicans are afraid to call a key witness in the impeachment inquiry Lindsey Graham basks in the impeachment spotlight MORE (R-Wis.) also argued that Trump's push to withhold aid from Ukraine resulted from his perception that Ukrainian officials may be corrupt.
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White House counselor Kellyanne ConwayKellyanne Elizabeth ConwayOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Senators press FDA tobacco chief on status of vaping ban George Conway: 'If Barack Obama had done this' Republicans would be 'out for blood' MORE told reporters at the White House on Wednesday that Mulvaney was not expected to show up.
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Shelby said that he is hoping that President Trump and Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Speaker Pelosi, it's time to throw American innovators a lifeline Why Americans must tune in to the Trump impeachment hearings MORE (D-Calif.) will be able to meet and work out their differences.
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John CornynJohn CornynGOP senators balk at lengthy impeachment trial Overnight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Senate GOP waves Trump off early motion to dismiss impeachment charges MORE (R-Texas) told reporters on Wednesday that he did not expect there would be enough support to quickly dismiss any articles of impeachment and avoid a trial.
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John CornynJohn CornynDNC chief: 'Texas is a battleground' Senate Republicans struggle to coalesce behind an impeachment strategy Overnight Health Care: Studies show teen e-cig users favor Juul products, mint flavors | Warren offers plan to reduce veteran suicide rate | WH official calls Pelosi drug plan 'unworkable' MORE (R-Texas) on Monday acknowledged that things this time around could shift toward a shutdown given the importance of the wall to Trump and the pending impeachment.
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"Why would we try to be complicit in an impeachment inquiry when we don't know what it's about?" asked White House counselor Kellyanne ConwayKellyanne Elizabeth ConwayOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Senators press FDA tobacco chief on status of vaping ban George Conway: 'If Barack Obama had done this' Republicans would be 'out for blood' MORE.
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One of House Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Speaker Pelosi, it's time to throw American innovators a lifeline Why Americans must tune in to the Trump impeachment hearings MORE's (D-Calif.) original conditions for moving on impeachment was evidence of bipartisan support for impeachment, both in the Congress and from the general public.
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Trump on Saturday suggested Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Speaker Pelosi, it's time to throw American innovators a lifeline Why Americans must tune in to the Trump impeachment hearings MORE (D-Calif.) be called to testify in the impeachment inquiry, an unrealistic request that may have detracted from the actual Republican witness list.
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Vice President Pence and White House counselor Kellyanne ConwayKellyanne Elizabeth ConwayOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Senators press FDA tobacco chief on status of vaping ban George Conway: 'If Barack Obama had done this' Republicans would be 'out for blood' MORE were both asked Thursday about Sessions and gave similar answers that steered clear of any endorsement.
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He estimated that in the three days following Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Speaker Pelosi, it's time to throw American innovators a lifeline Why Americans must tune in to the Trump impeachment hearings MORE's (D-Calif.) formal announcement of the impeachment inquiry, the campaign raised $15 million in online donations from supporters.
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John CornynJohn CornynDNC chief: 'Texas is a battleground' Senate Republicans struggle to coalesce behind an impeachment strategy Overnight Health Care: Studies show teen e-cig users favor Juul products, mint flavors | Warren offers plan to reduce veteran suicide rate | WH official calls Pelosi drug plan 'unworkable' MORE (R-Texas), when asked last week if he wanted to talk to the whistleblower, argued that House investigation and public reporting involving the details of the complaint has superseded that need.
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Read more: The US surgeon general just issued a rare advisory about e-cigs like the Juul — here's why vaping is so dangerous See how Juul turned teens into influencers and threw buzzy parties to fuel its rise as Silicon Valley's favorite e-cig company$15 billion startup Juul used 'relaxation, freedom, and sex appeal' to market its creme-brulee-flavored e-cigs on Twitter and Instagram — but its success has come at a big cost
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Steven HorsfordSteven Alexander HorsfordMass shootings have hit 158 House districts so far this year Pelosi announces launch of formal impeachment inquiry into Trump Overnight Health Care — Presented by Partnership for America's Health Care Future — Walmart to stop selling e-cigarettes | Senators press FDA to pull most e-cigarettes immediately | House panel tees up e-cig hearing for next week MORE's (D-Nev.) father was shot in a botched robbery, and Davis's grandson was shot and killed.
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A top aide to Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Speaker Pelosi, it's time to throw American innovators a lifeline Why Americans must tune in to the Trump impeachment hearings MORE (D-Calif.) said that he thinks the Trump administration will eventually support a sweeping Democratic bill to lower drug prices, despite recent criticism from the White House.
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John CornynJohn CornynGOP senators balk at lengthy impeachment trial Overnight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Senate GOP waves Trump off early motion to dismiss impeachment charges MORE (R-Texas), an adviser to the Senate GOP leadership and a member of the Senate Judiciary and Intelligence committees, on Wednesday said a vote to immediately dismiss articles of impeachment and avoid a trial won't work.
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Gary PetersGary Charles PetersSenators urge Trump to fill vacancies at DHS Overnight Health Care: Studies show teen e-cig users favor Juul products, mint flavors | Warren offers plan to reduce veteran suicide rate | WH official calls Pelosi drug plan 'unworkable' Poll: Gary Peters leads GOP opponent by 6 points in Michigan MORE (D-Mich.), a top GOP target for 2020, is launching a probe into high drug prices, joining many other members of Congress who already have similar ongoing efforts.
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"This report lays to rest almost all of the concerns over these products, and concludes that, with sensible regulation, electronic cigarettes have the potential to make a major contribution towards preventing the premature death, disease and social inequalities in health that smoking currently causes in the UK."The RCP's recommendations aren't going over well in the United States, where many public health experts have expressed concerns about vaping's gateway effects (particularly for youth), and the unknown risks posed by the inhalation of e-cig vapor.
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Sen. John KennedyJohn Neely KennedyMORE (R-La.) launched into a blistering attack against Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Speaker Pelosi, it's time to throw American innovators a lifeline Why Americans must tune in to the Trump impeachment hearings MORE (D-Calif.) while speaking at a Trump campaign rally in Louisiana late Wednesday, stating that it "must suck" to be as "dumb" as her.
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President TrumpDonald John TrumpGOP senators balk at lengthy impeachment trial Warren goes local in race to build 2020 movement 2020 Democrats make play for veterans' votes MORE tweeted Saturday that Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Speaker Pelosi, it's time to throw American innovators a lifeline Why Americans must tune in to the Trump impeachment hearings MORE (D-Calif.) and Rep.
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Wolf faced some resistance in the Senate but was confirmed to the undersecretary job on a 54-41 vote, clearing the way for Trump to appoint him as acting secretary, which Senate Minority Leader Chuck SchumerCharles (Chuck) Ellis SchumerOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Chad Wolf becomes acting DHS secretary Schumer blocks drug pricing measure during Senate fight, seeking larger action MORE (D-N.
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Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Speaker Pelosi, it's time to throw American innovators a lifeline Why Americans must tune in to the Trump impeachment hearings MORE (Calif.) and other Democrats insist that they'll take as long as the process requires, but many hope it can be wrapped up before the presidential campaign begins in earnest with the Iowa caucuses on Feb. 2628.
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John CornynJohn CornynGOP senators balk at lengthy impeachment trial Overnight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Senate GOP waves Trump off early motion to dismiss impeachment charges MORE (R-Texas), an adviser to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellGOP senators balk at lengthy impeachment trial Graham: Senate trial 'must expose the whistleblower' Graham says Schiff should be a witness in Trump impeachment trial MORE (R-Ky.), said he isn't reading the deposition transcripts.
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Ron JohnsonRonald (Ron) Harold JohnsonOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Why Republicans are afraid to call a key witness in the impeachment inquiry Lindsey Graham basks in the impeachment spotlight MORE (R-Wis.) is using economics to try to convince President TrumpDonald John TrumpGOP senators balk at lengthy impeachment trial Warren goes local in race to build 2020 movement 2020 Democrats make play for veterans' votes MORE to back down from restricting e-cigarette flavors.
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Terri SewellTerrycina (Terri) Andrea SewellHouse passes bill to protect cannabis industry access to banks, credit unions 25 years of championing successful community development Here are the Democrats who aren't co-sponsoring an assault weapons ban MORE (D-Ala.) and Tom ReedThomas (Tom) W. ReedNo Labels' fight against partisanship 25 years of championing successful community development Overnight Health Care — Presented by Partnership for America's Health Care Future — Walmart to stop selling e-cigarettes | Senators press FDA to pull most e-cigarettes immediately | House panel tees up e-cig hearing for next week MORE (R-N.
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Sen. Ron JohnsonRonald (Ron) Harold JohnsonOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Why Republicans are afraid to call a key witness in the impeachment inquiry Lindsey Graham basks in the impeachment spotlight MORE (R-Wis.) on Sunday dismissed testimony from current and former White House officials that contradicted President TrumpDonald John TrumpGOP senators balk at lengthy impeachment trial Warren goes local in race to build 2020 movement 2020 Democrats make play for veterans' votes MORE, saying it was "just their impression" of the situation.
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President TrumpDonald John TrumpGOP senators balk at lengthy impeachment trial Warren goes local in race to build 2020 movement 2020 Democrats make play for veterans' votes MORE's top health care adviser called Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Speaker Pelosi, it's time to throw American innovators a lifeline Why Americans must tune in to the Trump impeachment hearings MORE's (D-Calif.) plan to lower drug prices "unworkable" while endorsing a bipartisan bill in the Senate.
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A controversial video of Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Speaker Pelosi, it's time to throw American innovators a lifeline Why Americans must tune in to the Trump impeachment hearings MORE (D-Calif.), which went viral across most of the top social media platforms in May, kicked off a larger conversation about how companies like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube plan to deal with the deluge of manipulated footage that will likely flood their networks ahead of the 2020 presidential elections.
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Any Senate trial is likely to be high-drama and politically charged, but lawmakers want Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellGOP senators balk at lengthy impeachment trial Graham: Senate trial 'must expose the whistleblower' Graham says Schiff should be a witness in Trump impeachment trial MORE (R-Ky.) and Minority Leader Charles SchumerCharles (Chuck) Ellis SchumerOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Chad Wolf becomes acting DHS secretary Schumer blocks drug pricing measure during Senate fight, seeking larger action MORE (D-N.
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A controversial video of Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Speaker Pelosi, it's time to throw American innovators a lifeline Why Americans must tune in to the Trump impeachment hearings MORE (D-Calif.), which went viral across most of the top social media platforms in May, kicked off a larger conversation about how companies like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube plan to deal with the deluge of manipulated footage that will likely flood their networks ahead of the 2020 presidential elections.
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Tim KaineTimothy (Tim) Michael KaineOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Senators press FDA tobacco chief on status of vaping ban Progressive freshmen jump into leadership PAC fundraising MORE's (D-Va.) and Tom CottonThomas (Tom) Bryant CottonTom Cotton's only Democratic rival quits race in Arkansas Schumer concerned by Army's use of TikTok, other Chinese social media platforms Progressive freshmen jump into leadership PAC fundraising MORE's (R-Ark.) leadership PACs were accepting $5,000 donations for tickets to a game.
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Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Speaker Pelosi, it's time to throw American innovators a lifeline Why Americans must tune in to the Trump impeachment hearings MORE (D-Calif.) launched an impeachment inquiry into the president after the report said Trump asked the Ukrainian president to look into former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenGOP senators balk at lengthy impeachment trial 2020 Democrats make play for veterans' votes 2020 Dems put focus on stemming veteran suicides MORE and his son days after withholding military aid from the country.
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Sen. John CornynJohn CornynGOP senators balk at lengthy impeachment trial Overnight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Senate GOP waves Trump off early motion to dismiss impeachment charges MORE (R-Texas), an adviser to Senate Republican leadership, says there are not enough votes in the Senate to immediately dismiss any articles of impeachment passed by the House against President TrumpDonald John TrumpGOP senators balk at lengthy impeachment trial Warren goes local in race to build 2020 movement 2020 Democrats make play for veterans' votes MORE.
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Lawyer and frequent Trump critic George ConwayGeorge Thomas ConwayGeorge Conway: 'If Barack Obama had done this' Republicans would be 'out for blood' George Conway to take part in MSNBC impeachment hearing coverage George Conway: Giuliani tweet 'by itself establishes' that Trump 'committed an impeachable offense' MORE, husband of White House counselor Kellyanne ConwayKellyanne Elizabeth ConwayOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Senators press FDA tobacco chief on status of vaping ban George Conway: 'If Barack Obama had done this' Republicans would be 'out for blood' MORE, appeared Wednesday on MSNBC ahead of the first public impeachment hearings.
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Steven HorsfordSteven Alexander HorsfordPelosi announces launch of formal impeachment inquiry into Trump Overnight Health Care — Presented by Partnership for America's Health Care Future — Walmart to stop selling e-cigarettes | Senators press FDA to pull most e-cigarettes immediately | House panel tees up e-cig hearing for next week The Hill's Campaign Report: Pressure builds for Democrats who missed third debate cut MORE (D-Nev.) is pushing to add his SPIKE Act to the drug pricing legislation that Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiWhistleblower complaint declassified on eve of high-stakes testimony Ocasio-Cortez on impeachment: 'I think the ground has shifted' Democrats ask Pentagon to probe delayed Ukraine aid MORE (D-Calif.) unveiled on Thursday.
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In an interview last week with me and James Carville, for the launch of the podcast War Room 2020, House Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Speaker Pelosi, it's time to throw American innovators a lifeline Why Americans must tune in to the Trump impeachment hearings MORE was adamant that the party has to expand Obamacare and not move to a single payer scheme: "I don't think voters want a single-payer where government is administering all health care," says the San Francisco liberal who has an especially keen sense of the politics affecting her freshman members.
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John CornynJohn CornynGOP senators balk at lengthy impeachment trial Overnight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Senate GOP waves Trump off early motion to dismiss impeachment charges MORE (R-Texas) and Susan CollinsSusan Margaret CollinsLawmakers under pressure to pass benefits fix for military families Senate GOP waves Trump off early motion to dismiss impeachment charges GOP senators warn against Trump firing intelligence community official MORE (R-Maine), are warning President TrumpDonald John TrumpGOP senators balk at lengthy impeachment trial Warren goes local in race to build 85033 movement 2020 Democrats make play for veterans' votes MORE not to fire intelligence community Inspector General Michael Atkinson.
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More Soviet than statutory, House Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Speaker Pelosi, it's time to throw American innovators a lifeline Why Americans must tune in to the Trump impeachment hearings MORE (D-Calif.) and Rep Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffGraham: Senate trial 'must expose the whistleblower' Graham says Schiff should be a witness in Trump impeachment trial Democrats seize on new evidence in first public impeachment hearing MORE's (D-Calif.) six-committee persecution of the president from the basement of the Capitol dragged on for more than a month before the leadership had the courage to begin a formal House inquiry into the impeachment of America's duly-elected president.
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House Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Speaker Pelosi, it's time to throw American innovators a lifeline Why Americans must tune in to the Trump impeachment hearings MORE and her fellow Democrats have fully committed to pursuing a politically motivated coup against President TrumpDonald John TrumpGOP senators balk at lengthy impeachment trial Warren goes local in race to build 2020 movement 2020 Democrats make play for veterans' votes MORE by voting in favor of a resolution that formalizes the "official impeachment inquiry" that she declared on her own nonexistent authority several weeks ago in an effort to spare vulnerable Democrats the electoral consequences of voting to endorse the sham formal House proceedings.
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Jeff MerkleyJeffrey (Jeff) Alan MerkleyMystery vaping deaths in House spotlight Overnight Health Care — Presented by Partnership for America's Health Care Future — Walmart to stop selling e-cigarettes | Senators press FDA to pull most e-cigarettes immediately | House panel tees up e-cig hearing for next week Bipartisan group of senators urges FDA to pull most e-cigarettes immediately MORE (D-Ore.) and Mitt RomneyWillard (Mitt) Mitt RomneyThe Memo: Trump troubles deepen amid Ukraine storm Furor grows after White House releases readout of Trump call Overnight Defense — Presented by Huntington Ingalls Industries — Furor over White House readout of Ukraine call | Dems seize on memo in impeachment push | Senate votes to end Trump emergency | Congress gets briefing on Iran MORE (R-Utah) on Thursday introduced legislation that would ban all flavors of e-cigarettes except tobacco, effective within 90 days of the bill being enacted.
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Jeff MerkleyJeffrey (Jeff) Alan MerkleyMystery vaping deaths in House spotlight Overnight Health Care — Presented by Partnership for America's Health Care Future — Walmart to stop selling e-cigarettes | Senators press FDA to pull most e-cigarettes immediately | House panel tees up e-cig hearing for next week Bipartisan group of senators urges FDA to pull most e-cigarettes immediately MORE (D-Ore.) and Mitt RomneyWillard (Mitt) Mitt RomneyThe Memo: Trump troubles deepen amid Ukraine storm Furor grows after White House releases readout of Trump call Overnight Defense — Presented by Huntington Ingalls Industries — Furor over White House readout of Ukraine call | Dems seize on memo in impeachment push | Senate votes to end Trump emergency | Congress gets briefing on Iran MORE (R-Utah) have drafted legislation that would ban all flavors of e-cigarettes except tobacco, effective within 90 days of the bill being enacted.
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Jeff MerkleyJeffrey (Jeff) Alan MerkleyMystery vaping deaths in House spotlight Overnight Health Care — Presented by Partnership for America's Health Care Future — Walmart to stop selling e-cigarettes | Senators press FDA to pull most e-cigarettes immediately | House panel tees up e-cig hearing for next week Bipartisan group of senators urges FDA to pull most e-cigarettes immediately MORE (D-Ore.) and Mitt RomneyWillard (Mitt) Mitt RomneyThe Memo: Trump troubles deepen amid Ukraine storm Furor grows after White House releases readout of Trump call Overnight Defense — Presented by Huntington Ingalls Industries — Furor over White House readout of Ukraine call | Dems seize on memo in impeachment push | Senate votes to end Trump emergency | Congress gets briefing on Iran MORE (R-Utah) drafted legislation this week with a similar goal of banning flavors of e-cigarettes except tobacco.
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Committee Chairman Ron JohnsonRonald (Ron) Harold JohnsonSenators urge Trump to fill vacancies at DHS Hillicon Valley: TikTok faces lawmaker anger over China ties | FCC formally approves T-Mobile-Sprint merger | Silicon Valley lawmakers introduce tough privacy bill | AT&T in M settlement with FTC Cyber officials tout reforms with one year to Election Day MORE (R-Wis.) and Ranking Member Gary PetersGary Charles PetersSenators urge Trump to fill vacancies at DHS Overnight Health Care: Studies show teen e-cig users favor Juul products, mint flavors | Warren offers plan to reduce veteran suicide rate | WH official calls Pelosi drug plan 'unworkable' Poll: Gary Peters leads GOP opponent by 6 points in Michigan MORE (D-Mich.) sent a letter to Trump highlighting the need for Senate-confirmed leaders for the agency, in particular citing the need for a permanent secretary, which DHS has lacked since the departure of former Secretary Kirstjen NielsenKirstjen Michele NielsenSenators urge Trump to fill vacancies at DHS Trump taps Chad Wolf as new acting DHS secretary FBI chief warns of possible 2020 interference from Russia, China MORE in April.
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Dick DurbinRichard (Dick) Joseph DurbinHere are the Senate Democrats backing a Trump impeachment inquiry over Ukraine call Schumer throws support behind Pelosi impeachment inquiry Senate Democrats hesitant to go all-in on impeachment probe MORE (D-Ill.), Lisa MurkowskiLisa Ann MurkowskiOvernight Defense — Presented by Huntington Ingalls Industries — Furor over White House readout of Ukraine call | Dems seize on memo in impeachment push | Senate votes to end Trump emergency | Congress gets briefing on Iran Senate again votes to end Trump emergency declaration on border wall Mystery vaping deaths in House spotlight MORE (R-Alaska), Jeff MerkleyJeffrey (Jeff) Alan MerkleyMystery vaping deaths in House spotlight Overnight Health Care — Presented by Partnership for America's Health Care Future — Walmart to stop selling e-cigarettes | Senators press FDA to pull most e-cigarettes immediately | House panel tees up e-cig hearing for next week Bipartisan group of senators urges FDA to pull most e-cigarettes immediately MORE (D-Ore.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) sent a letter to acting FDA Commissioner Ned Sharpless urging him to pull all pod- and cartridge-based e-cigarettes.
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Dick DurbinRichard (Dick) Joseph DurbinHere are the Senate Democrats backing a Trump impeachment inquiry over Ukraine call Schumer throws support behind Pelosi impeachment inquiry Senate Democrats hesitant to go all-in on impeachment probe MORE (D-Ill.), Lisa MurkowskiLisa Ann MurkowskiOvernight Defense — Presented by Huntington Ingalls Industries — Furor over White House readout of Ukraine call | Dems seize on memo in impeachment push | Senate votes to end Trump emergency | Congress gets briefing on Iran Senate again votes to end Trump emergency declaration on border wall Mystery vaping deaths in House spotlight MORE (R-Alaska), Jeff MerkleyJeffrey (Jeff) Alan MerkleyMystery vaping deaths in House spotlight Overnight Health Care — Presented by Partnership for America's Health Care Future — Walmart to stop selling e-cigarettes | Senators press FDA to pull most e-cigarettes immediately | House panel tees up e-cig hearing for next week Bipartisan group of senators urges FDA to pull most e-cigarettes immediately MORE (D-Ore.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) sent a letter to acting FDA Commissioner Ned Sharpless urging him to pull all pod- and cartridge-based e-cigarettes.
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Dick DurbinRichard (Dick) Joseph DurbinHere are the Senate Democrats backing a Trump impeachment inquiry over Ukraine call Schumer throws support behind Pelosi impeachment inquiry Senate Democrats hesitant to go all-in on impeachment probe MORE (D-Ill.), Lisa MurkowskiLisa Ann MurkowskiOvernight Defense — Presented by Huntington Ingalls Industries — Furor over White House readout of Ukraine call | Dems seize on memo in impeachment push | Senate votes to end Trump emergency | Congress gets briefing on Iran Senate again votes to end Trump emergency declaration on border wall Mystery vaping deaths in House spotlight MORE (R-Alaska), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Jeff MerkleyJeffrey (Jeff) Alan MerkleyMystery vaping deaths in House spotlight Overnight Health Care — Presented by Partnership for America's Health Care Future — Walmart to stop selling e-cigarettes | Senators press FDA to pull most e-cigarettes immediately | House panel tees up e-cig hearing for next week Bipartisan group of senators urges FDA to pull most e-cigarettes immediately MORE (D-Ore.) wrote in a letter last week to acting FDA Commissioner Ned Sharpless.
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Ron JohnsonRonald (Ron) Harold JohnsonOvernight Health Care: Trump officials making changes to drug pricing proposal | House panel advances flavored e-cig ban | Senators press FDA tobacco chief on vaping ban Why Republicans are afraid to call a key witness in the impeachment inquiry Lindsey Graham basks in the impeachment spotlight MORE (R-Wis.) and Chuck GrassleyCharles (Chuck) Ernest GrassleySpeaker Pelosi, it's time to throw American innovators a lifeline Barr: Inspector general's report on alleged FISA abuses 'imminent' Pelosi aide hopeful White House will support drug-pricing bill despite criticism MORE (R-Iowa) — the chairmen of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Finance Committees, respectively — sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike PompeoMichael (Mike) Richard PompeoProtests serve as backdrop to Erdoğan's visit to White House Chris Wallace: Taylor testimony 'very damaging to President Trump' The Hill's 12:30 Report: Democrats open televised impeachment hearings MORE seeking details on former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenGOP senators balk at lengthy impeachment trial 2020 Democrats make play for veterans' votes 2020 Dems put focus on stemming veteran suicides MORE's son, who has emerged as a top target for Republicans.
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Susan CollinsSusan Margaret CollinsRepublicans warn election results are 'wake-up call' for Trump The Hill's 12:30 Report: Public impeachment hearings to begin next week Senate Republicans struggle to coalesce behind an impeachment strategy MORE (Maine), Joni ErnstJoni Kay ErnstGOP lawmakers fear Trump becoming too consumed by impeachment fight Juan Williams: Republicans flee Trump Democrats will win back the Senate majority in 2020, all thanks to President Trump MORE (Iowa), Cory GardnerCory Scott GardnerIt's time for Congress to establish a national mental health crisis number Overnight Health Care: Studies show teen e-cig users favor Juul products, mint flavors | Warren offers plan to reduce veteran suicide rate | WH official calls Pelosi drug plan 'unworkable' Juan Williams: Republicans flee Trump MORE (Colo.), Martha McSallyMartha Elizabeth McSallyTucson elects first Latina mayor Juan Williams: Republicans flee Trump Democrats will win back the Senate majority in 85033, all thanks to President Trump MORE (Ariz.), and Thom TillisThomas (Thom) Roland TillisJuan Williams: Republicans flee Trump Democrats will win back the Senate majority in 2020, all thanks to President Trump Former state senator gets DSCC endorsement in North Carolina Senate race MORE (N.C.).
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