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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.
(Score: 2) by weeds on Friday December 09 2016, @03:30PM
How about we do the non-overreactive thing for a change and ban the sale of nicotine-containing liquids to minors...
Can't disagree with that. But we have a history of banning drug paraphernalia :-/
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(Score: 2) by GungnirSniper on Friday December 09 2016, @03:43PM
We also have a history of the educated and wealthy looking down on the habits and favored vices of the lower classes, and passing laws to match.
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(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday December 09 2016, @04:50PM
Dude, please, this has nothing to do with class but everything to do with fucktards who think that everything that isn't prohibited should be mandatory; and those come from all walks of life.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by rondon on Friday December 09 2016, @08:05PM
I respectfully disagree. I don't believe I have ever met a truly poor person who cared enough to attempt to ban my vices. I have heard and read the words of many, many wealthy people who were absolutely concerned about my vices and were hellbent on making them illegal.
Anecdotal evidence is anecdotal, but it is still more than you have provided for your statement.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday December 09 2016, @08:42PM
That would be your own good fortune then. Go to church. Any faith or denomination. You'll meet them by the millions. The religious right does indeed exist even if it's not taken seriously by the Republican party anymore. But I do agree that limousine liberals are quite keen to legislate approved behavior as well.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.