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News Wrap: Major storms disrupt Thanksgiving travel
In our news wrap Wednesday, a major storm dumped heavy snow across the Midwest, disrupting travel on the day before Thanksgiving. As much as a foot fell in some places, delaying flights at Chicago O’Hare, while a separate system slammed…
WATCH: Massachusetts becomes 1st state to ban flavored tobacco and vaping products
The legislation immediately bans the sale of flavored vaping products and will outlaw sales of menthol cigarettes starting June 1, 2020.
Vitamin E acetate could be culprit in vaping illnesses, study suggests
Nearly 2,300 Americans who vape have gotten sick since March, many of them teens and young adults, according to a recent tally by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At least 47 people have died.
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Why are so many kids addicted to vaping — and what will Trump do about it?
With thousands sickened and 47 dead from a mysterious lung illness linked to vaping, teenage use of electronic cigarettes is still surging. As the health risks grow, pressure is building on President Trump to take action, with particular focus on…
Electronic cigarette use by teenagers has surged, but federal authorities have not finalized a plan for regulating e-cigarettes.
The bill would also place a 75% excise tax on vaping products and require health insurers, including the state’s Medicaid program, to cover tobacco cessation counseling.
The company was sued by California on Monday and North Carolina in May. Illinois, Massachusetts and several other states are also investigating the company.
Lobbyists, conservative groups and Republican lawmakers have warned Trump that a vaping crackdown could cost him with voters.
The team of medical experts that performed the procedure believes it is "the first double lung transplant in the world for a patient whose lungs were irreparably damaged from vaping," the health system said in a news release Monday.
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