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Vaping can mean nicotine, but it can also mean products that include the illegal psychoactive ingredients in marijuana. Schools and law enforcement must take that kind of activity seriously.
Teens who use e-cigarettes may be twice as likely to smoke pot as their peers who never try vaping, a U.S. study suggests.
In 2003, 8.4% of students had consumed marijuana during the previous twelve months, and in 2014, 17% had. [13] The typical user at this age was much more likely to be male than female. There are many concerns about this increase in cannabis use, which is why new prevention strategies are being suggested, such as drug education courses. [12]
Herald-Leader investigation: Many Kentucky stores ignore law and illegally sell tobacco and vape products to minors
Ultimately, e-cigarettes may play the role of a ‘gateway drug’ to smoking traditional cigarettes. [21] A new trend among youth is using e-cigarettes to vaporize liquid marijuana which can increase the potency of strain of THC increasing the potential consequences to adolescent brain development. [21]
FDA's tobacco chief, Brian King, said the agency has been slowed by millions of applications submitted by vape companies seeking to obtain approval, which regulators are legally required to review. “The sheer volume of this product landscape requires that we take the time to conduct scientifically and legally defensible reviews of the 27 ...
The problem is the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) failure to enforce regulations.
Though the city-wide smoking ban remains intact, the vaping ban itself was lifted in 2016 due to a state law which was passed then, prohibiting e-cigarettes and vape products from being regulated in the same way as tobacco. In 2019 the city-wide vaping ban was reinstated, via a separate ordinance, by a unanimous vote from the City Council. [19 ...