General, Leading Stories
Maine cracks down on vaping at schools
By Eileen Weber
A new law in Maine is cracking down on vaping by prohibiting tobacco, cigarettes, and e-cigarettes on school grounds. The law went into effect on September 19. One day later, the Bangor Daily News reported that the state had its first reported case of vaping-related illness. And, Centers for Disease Control Director Nirav Shah, MD, JD, made it clear that if you haven’t vaped yet, don’t start now. “People who do not vape should not start,” he said, “and people who do should seriously consider the health risks in using e-cigarette products.” According to Maine’s CDC, nearly four percent of [More]
Tags: Maine, vaping, e-cigarettes, tobacco, cigarettes, vaping-related illness, TCH
Posted in General, Leading Stories | No Comments »
Psychologist Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin weighs in on vaping
By Catherine Robertson Souter
E-cigarettes were originally introduced as a tool to help cigarette smokers quit. It was probably a sign of things to come, though, when retailers set up booths in shopping malls to reach clients. Flash forward 13 years from when the products were introduced to the United States, to where the market for e-cigarettes has seen unparalleled growth, a new nickname, “vaping,” and devices that no longer resemble the cigarette of yore. With greater awareness around teens using the products in schools and a recent spate of as-yet-unexplained lung-related illness and deaths, vaping has been more in the news in the [More]
Tags: interview, treatment, teens, vaping, health issues, e-cigarette addiction, lung-related illness, Dr. Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin
Posted in Interviews | No Comments »
Vaping: More than just blowing smoke
By Phyllis Hanlon
In 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) conducted a National Youth Tobacco Survey and found that 2.39 million teens are “vaping” (i.e., using an electronic smoking device). As this trend continues to grow, parents, schools and health professionals struggle with ways to effectively address the problem. William T. Mautz, Ph.D, of Children’s Neuropsychological Services in Andover, Arlington and Newton, Massachusetts and Exeter, New Hampshire, indicated that his practice treats a large teen population from both public and independent schools and the problem of vaping cuts across all settings. He explained that teens don’t recognize the dangers involved [More]
Tags: Marijuana, kids, teens, vaping, electronic smoking device, flavors, dangers, getting high, Adolescent Substance Use and Addiction Program, cancer, e-cigarettes
Posted in Leading Stories, Articles | No Comments »