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posted by CoolHand on Friday December 09 2016, @01:01PM   Printer-friendly
from the vape-em-if-you-got-em dept.

The U.S. surgeon general has warned against surging e-cigarette use among teenagers, calling it a "major public health concern" in a new report:

The U.S. surgeon general is calling e-cigarettes an emerging public health threat to the nation's youth. In a report being released Thursday, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy acknowledged a need for more research into the health effects of "vaping," but said e-cigarettes aren't harmless and too many teens are using them. "My concern is e-cigarettes have the potential to create a whole new generation of kids who are addicted to nicotine," Murthy told The Associated Press. "If that leads to the use of other tobacco-related products, then we are going to be moving backward instead of forward."

[...] Federal figures show that last year, 16 percent of high school students reported at least some use of e-cigarettes - even some who say they've never smoked a conventional cigarette. While not all contain nicotine, Murthy's report says e-cigarettes are the most commonly used tobacco-related product among youth. Nicotine is bad for a developing brain no matter how it's exposed, Murthy said. "Your kids are not an experiment," he says in a public service announcement being released with the report.

It's already illegal to sell e-cigarettes to minors. Earlier this year, the Food and Drug Administration issued new rules that, for the first time, will require makers of nicotine-emitting devices to begin submitting their ingredients for regulators to review.

Also at USA Today, NYT, The Hill, and The Washington Post.


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  • (Score: 2) by weeds on Friday December 09 2016, @03:24PM

    by weeds (611) on Friday December 09 2016, @03:24PM (#439185) Journal

    However when you literally condemning a billion people to death...

    Literally? Really? Trying to stop kids from vaping nicotine is going to kill a billion people?

    Since coffee, soda, and chocolate already can have a negative effect on the developing brain, let's add another one.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 09 2016, @03:38PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 09 2016, @03:38PM (#439189)

    How disingenuous of you.

    If the regulations were only to ban sale to minors (which has already happened at the state level, so completely unnecessary), there wouldn't be any argument except for why is this needed at the federal level?

    But that's not what the regulations say. You're even quoting the other parts of the regulations, so you should really know better.

    So yes, a billion deaths under the smokescreen of saving your children.

    Best of luck with your caffeine ban. I'm sure you'll be writing your congressman short to get this enacted.

    • (Score: 2) by weeds on Friday December 09 2016, @04:09PM

      by weeds (611) on Friday December 09 2016, @04:09PM (#439211) Journal

      Why is what needed at the federal level? Did he say, "I'm going to start passing federal laws."? No, the article says,

      Murthy's report calls on parents and health workers to make concerns about e-cigarettes clear to young people. He said local officials should take action, too, such as including e-cigarettes in indoor smoke-free policies.

      Is there something wrong with this?
      We are all pissed off because the surgeon general said that vaping nicotine is not a good idea for young people and they should know the dangers?

      Did I suggest a caffeine ban? That wasn't very bright of me. Oh wait. I didn't.