Tag: Vaping
Five Questions With: Matt Myers
The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is a national organization, but its president, Matt Myers, has been paying particular attention to Rhode Island ever since...
Budget deficit, lottery contract, minimum wage among controversial issues facing General...
As Rhode Island lawmakers return for the 2020 legislative session on Jan. 7, some of the most pressing questions they’re expected to face this...
R.I. suffers first vaping-related death
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has joined the list of states with a vaping-related death, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The...
Five Questions With: Lisabeth Bennett
Lisabeth Bennett is the clinical director of Tobacco Cessation Services of Rhode Island, a service offered through CODAC Behavioral Healthcare. As a board certified...
Will stronger regs save vape shops?
White Horse Vapor expanded quickly over the past six years, growing from a single store in North Providence to three in Rhode Island and...
U.S. is focusing on vitamin E as cause of vaping lung...
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – United States health officials are looking closely at vitamin E acetate as a potential cause of the severe lung injuries that...
R.I. firm offers tool for school to sniff out vaping students
Security Supply Inc. is selling schools a new tool in the timeless cat-and-mouse game with students: stopping them from smoking in bathrooms. Now the...
GoodFella Vapor closes Somerset shop due to sales ban on vaping...
SOMERSET – GoodFella Vapor announced it has closed its shop here due to Gov. Charlie Baker’s ongoing ban on vaping products, The Herald News...
RIDOH survey data shows rise of vaping in students
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health released data Thursday that revealed a sharp increase in high school students reporting having vaped.
RIDOH found that...
Baker administration estimates vaping ban costing stores up to $8M in...
PROVIDENCE – A three-month ban on retail nicotine and marijuana vaping products in Massachusetts has the potential to cost private businesses $7 million to...
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