Wisconsin to receive $14 million from JUUL settlement
Wisconsin will receive $14 million as part of a settlement with the e-cigarette company JUUL.
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Wisconsin will receive $14 million as part of a settlement with the e-cigarette company JUUL.
The U.S. House passed a bill earlier this week that bans the sale of all flavored vaping products. The current FDA ban prohibits retailers from selling flavored e-cigarette pods or cartridges.
President Donald Trump has backed away from a proposal to ban flavored e-cigarettes, The New York Times reported Sunday.
While e-cigarettes have been in the spotlight for their popularity among kids and an ongoing outbreak of lung injury, many have also looked to them as a potentially less harmful alternative to smoking cigarettes.
La Crosse County Health Department Educator Judi Zabel knows the vaping epidemic all too well.
Smoke from the US vaping crisis has blown across the Atlantic.
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has called for a temporary statewide ban on the sale of all e-cigarettes and vaping products in response to a nationwide outbreak of lung injuries associated with vaping.
Vaping was supposed to be a healthier alternative to cigarettes.
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the US Food and Drug Administration would be putting out "some very strong recommendations" regarding the use of flavored e-cigarettes in "a couple of weeks."
Milwaukee's city health department is urging residents to immediately stop using vaping products after 16 people were hospitalized this month with a severe lung disease.