Articles tagged with 'E-Cigarettes' | Checkup Newsroom

Anna Carey, 16, spoke at a roundtable discussion about e-cigarettes and vaping on Friday, Dec. 6, 2019, at the UNT Health Science Center. Anna was an invited guest of U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and was joined by Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price, Karen Schultz...

It's hard to turn on the news and not see a story about the dangers of e-cigarettes or vaping.  As of Aug. 28, 2019, there have been nearly 200 reported incidents of vaping-related illness in 22 states, resulting in at least one death.  Earlier...

In one year, 1.5 million young people began using e-cigarettes according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC looked at tobacco product use among U.S. youth from 2017 to 2018 and the results are alarming, wi...

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Two new studies emphasize the dangers of teens using e-cigarettes. The studies published in Pediatrics magazine showed teens who only vape have the highest level of cancer causing chemicals in their bodies and the e-cigarettes are associated with ...

The U.S. Surgeon General  Food and Drug Administration urged all parents to "take a stand against e-cigarette use by our nation's young people" at a press conference on Thursday, Dec. 8. Dr. Vivek H. Murthy said e-cigarettes are the most commonly ...

“A Skittle Party” isn’t about candy and “Molly” isn’t only a girl’s name anymore. Welcome to today’s drug culture of “code names” and “street terms.” You may not know what those words mean, but more than likely your kids do. Russell Johnson, a ...