Hundreds of e-cigarette products are likely be banned in North Carolina under new rules overwhelmingly approved by state lawmakers. The General Assembly gave its final approval Wednesday to legislation creating a vaping registry that only allows federally authorized vaping products to be sold in North Carolina. If Gov. Roy Cooper agrees, it would make most […]
Oneida County, Herkimer County and area BOCES will each receive hundreds of thousands of dollars to spend on programs to keep kids from vaping. The money comes from a $462 million multistate settlement with vape company JUUL Labs Inc., for its role in the rapid rise in vaping among underage youth nationwide. New York will […]
DENVER (AP) — U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert faces voters in Colorado’s GOP primary election Tuesday after she fled a tough reelection race to run in a more Republican-leaning district, harried along the way by accusations of carpetbagging and still bruised by an embarrassing video. Boebert, who planted her MAGA flag in the U.S. House of […]
Proposed new vaping rules could block hundreds of e-cigarette products from being sold in North Carolina. The state Senate Judiciary Committee backed legislation on Wednesday to create a vaping registry that allows only federally authorized vaping products to be sold in North Carolina. Most vaping products on the shelves have not been authorized by the […]
Fayette County Schools is installing vaping sensors in four Lexington middle schools to confront what school officials have called an “epidemic” leading to addiction and health issues for Lexington students. The district will use settlement money from a lawsuit against the vaping companies, Superintendent Demetrus Liggins said last week. District documents identify the middle schools […]
Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert was spotted vaping where it’s prohibited once again. The populist congresswoman smoked up at Wednesday’s Congressional Baseball Game for Charity in the nation’s capitol while wearing an autographed MAGA baseball cap, according to Politico. Washington D.C.’s Nationals Park calls itself “a completely non-smoking and tobacco-free facility per District of Columbia law,” […]
The Volusia County School District is dealing with a spike in vaping incidents and it’s not alone. District leaders compared the data with other central Florida schools and the trend is prevalent in many. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS In the first three months of 2023, Volusia County’s district handed out 289 referrals, compared […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Health and law enforcement officials are set to face congressional questioning over the rise of illegal electronic cigarettes in the U.S., a multibillion-dollar business that has flourished amid haphazard enforcement by regulators. Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee will hear from top officials at the Food and Drug Administration and Justice Department […]
May 21—SUPERIOR — Superior High School students will bring their concerns about vaping to Mayor Jim Paine during a special meeting May 28. The students, members of the Pledgemakers group, have put a focus on prevention this year. They hope to raise awareness in the community about the way vape products have affected their daily […]
Two women in Scotland have been charged after videos of a toddler vaping were posted on social media. Police Scotland said the infant involved is “safe and well”. The Daily Record reported the footage filmed in Ayrshire showed a toddler, thought to be aged between one and two, inhaling from a pink vape as adults […]
CASA Kane County Hands Around Courthouse set for April 4 CASA Kane County will mark Child Abuse Prevention Month with its annual Hands Around the Courthouse event at noon April 4 at the historic Kane County Courthouse in Geneva. The free event will include remarks from Chief Judge Robert Villa, CASA Executive Director Jim Di […]
A fire that destroyed a building which housed suppliers for the vaping industry caused multiple explosions that killed one person and injured a firefighter as the blasts rocked the US city of Detroit, sending gas canisters and debris shooting into the air, authorities said. The debris fell as far as a mile away, the Clinton […]