ECU part of comprehensive tobacco and nicotine study for FDA
Published: Wednesday, July 5th, 2023 @ 2:53 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today launched an improved QuitlineNC, offering more services and ways for tobacco users to successfully quit smoking or stop using other tobacco products, including vaping and e-cigarettes.
Published: Tuesday, March 21st, 2023 @ 12:19 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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ECU researcher studies risks of lung injury from e-cigarette flavoring compound
Published: Saturday, February 20th, 2021 @ 9:40 am
By: ECU News Services
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On Sunday, October 25, 2020, the White House grounds will open to ghosts, fairies, superheroes, tiny goblins and other costumed trick-or-treaters as celebrations commence for the Trump Administration's fourth annual Halloween festivities at the White House. Gates will open to frontline workers, mili
Published: Sunday, October 25th, 2020 @ 5:04 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This fall, the White House will open its gardens and grounds to visitors. The grounds will be open on Saturday, October 17, 2020 from 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM, and Sunday, October 18, from 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM.
Published: Thursday, October 8th, 2020 @ 4:07 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Researchers will measure air quality inside vehicles, user behavior
Published: Saturday, September 19th, 2020 @ 8:19 am
By: ECU News Services
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United States Congress is getting ready to ban tobacco sales to anyone under the age of 21 as part of a year-end spending deal
Published: Tuesday, December 17th, 2019 @ 6:48 pm
By: LifeZette
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When her teenage son collapsed in a seizure, it hit High Point mother Kelly Kinard. Luka was addicted.
Published: Tuesday, December 10th, 2019 @ 12:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Remarks by President Trump in a Listening Session on Youth Vaping and the Electronic Cigarette Epidemic
Published: Monday, November 25th, 2019 @ 3:08 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mecklenburg County voters on Tuesday rejected a local quarter cent sales tax hike sold as a way to raise funds for area art projects and parks.
Published: Sunday, November 17th, 2019 @ 6:45 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Recently I asked my 14-year-old son to identify the biggest problem at the public school he attends in Wake County. He didn’t hesitate to answer.
Published: Friday, November 15th, 2019 @ 9:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Here’s a look at a few items which may not have attracted big headlines over the final 48 hours of a hectic week on Jones Street
Published: Wednesday, November 6th, 2019 @ 10:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The House Finance Committee sprung an amendment that would tax e-cigarette and vapor products on Senate Bill 557 in committee, Wednesday, Oct. 30.
Published: Saturday, November 2nd, 2019 @ 7:35 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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State legislators have sent a tax on vaping to the House.
Published: Saturday, November 2nd, 2019 @ 8:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The number of North Carolina cases of severe lung injury associated with e-cigarette use or vaping continues to rise with 61 cases in people ranging in age from 13 to 72.
Published: Thursday, October 31st, 2019 @ 4:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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With lungs already damaged by vaping, patients could face higher risks of complications from influenza.
Published: Friday, October 11th, 2019 @ 11:18 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Doctors expect more people to die of vaping-related illnesses in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, October 1st, 2019 @ 5:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The media and politicians tell us there is a "crisis," an "epidemic," an "outbreak," even a "catastrophe" gripping our country.
Published: Thursday, September 19th, 2019 @ 9:09 am
By: Daily Wire
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Remarks by President Trump in Meeting on E-Cigarettes
Published: Saturday, September 14th, 2019 @ 4:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is investigating recent reports of severe lung disease after vaping.
Published: Tuesday, August 20th, 2019 @ 4:15 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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High school students are at risk of becoming addicted to nicotine, a fact confirmed by a North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services analysis of vaping devices confiscated from students at seven schools in various parts of the state.
Published: Friday, April 19th, 2019 @ 3:35 pm
By: Daniel Bunting
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This spring, the White House will open its gardens and grounds to visitors.
Published: Wednesday, March 20th, 2019 @ 11:03 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein has launched an investigation into Juul, a fast-growing e-cigarette company, but a consumer freedom expert warns the attempted crackdown could backfire.
Published: Wednesday, October 24th, 2018 @ 11:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As North Carolina's tobacco-free schools law marks its 10th anniversary, the state has seen cigarette smoking reduce 50 percent among high schoolers since 2008
Published: Monday, August 27th, 2018 @ 6:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina teen tobacco use continues to climb, with youth use rising by 1.2 percent to 28.8 percent based on results of the 2017 N.C. Youth Tobacco Survey, released today by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Published: Saturday, June 9th, 2018 @ 1:34 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Two years ago, East Carolina University psychiatrist Vivek Anand documented adolescent use of and opinions on electronic cigarettes
Published: Monday, October 16th, 2017 @ 9:59 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Robert Graboyes' 93-year-old mother had a phone and an iPad, and she knew how to use them
Published: Friday, February 3rd, 2017 @ 4:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina is requiring new packaging and label requirements on electronic cigarette products sold in the state, effective Dec. 1.
Published: Sunday, October 25th, 2015 @ 10:45 pm
By: Chris Downey
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An East Carolina University psychiatrist has published research that shows what adolescents in eastern North Carolina think of electronic cigarettes and how they're using them.
Published: Saturday, June 6th, 2015 @ 4:42 am
By: ECU News Services
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The 2013 N.C. Youth Tobacco Survey, released today, delivers both good and bad news to those working to prevent tobacco use among North Carolina students. Results show the lowest teen cigarette smoking rates ever recorded, along with a significant increase in teen use of certain non-cigarette...
Published: Saturday, September 20th, 2014 @ 6:35 pm
By: Chris Downey
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This legislative session has reminded me of watching my in-laws fight. It was loud, boisterous, impassioned, argumentative, at times totally unreasonable, accusatory, crazy, painful, and yet sometimes funny to watch — predictable and surprising.
Published: Thursday, August 7th, 2014 @ 9:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina lawmakers should "make history" by becoming the first legislative body to repeal a state tax targeting electronic cigarettes. John Locke Foundation researchers make that recommendation in a new Spotlight report.
Published: Sunday, July 27th, 2014 @ 1:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Senate on Thursday passed a revised version of H1224 (Local Sales Tax Options/Econ Devpt Changes) that changes county sales tax authority.
Published: Sunday, July 27th, 2014 @ 12:53 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina lawmakers should "make history" by becoming the first legislative body to repeal a state tax targeting electronic cigarettes.
Published: Friday, July 18th, 2014 @ 12:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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