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States hold joint summit on legal cannabis, vaping illness epidemic

By • Oct 18, 2019
New York State Governor's Office

The governors of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania met Thursday in New York City to try to hash out a multi-state approach to legalizing the adult recreational use of marijuana.

Juul Suspends Sales of Flavored Vapes And Signs Settlement To Stop Marketing To Youth

By Allison Aubrey • Oct 18, 2019

E-cigarette maker Juul Labs announced Thursday it will suspend sales of most of its flavored products, including mango, fruit and cucumber. These types of flavors are considered an on-ramp to vaping for teenagers.

The move comes as the industry faces immense scrutiny. Several states have instituted bans on flavored products, and the Trump administration has signaled that a federal ban may be in the works.

New York reports first vaping illness death

By • Oct 9, 2019
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New York has now reported the first death related to an epidemic of vaping-related illnesses, with the state health department saying the male victim is a 17-year-old from the Bronx. 


NY's ban on menthol-flavored vaping products put on hold

By • Oct 8, 2019

The New York State Health Department has decided to put off a ban on menthol-flavored nicotine vaping products until a court case challenging an earlier ban on other flavored e-cigarettes is resolved. 

Majority of NYers say vaping is a serious public health problem

By • Oct 7, 2019
File photo: Chris Caya/WBFO News

More than half of New Yorkers, 61%, according to the latest Siena Research Institute poll, support the emergency executive order banning the sale of flavored e-cigarettes. Institute Director Don Levy says a majority of New Yorkers feel vaping is a serious public health issue.
    

CDC Intensifies Warnings About Vaping Illness As Cases Top 1,000

By Allison Aubrey & • Oct 4, 2019

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intensified its warnings about the risks of vaping, as the number of patients with vaping-related illness continues to climb.

The case count has reached 1,080, the agency announced Thursday. There have been 18 deaths in 15 states, and more deaths are being investigated. All patients reported a history of vaping, and the majority reported using THC-containing products.

State appeals court blocks NY's ban on flavored e-cigarettes

By & • Oct 4, 2019
National Public Radio

A state appeals court has temporarily blocked New York from enforcing its new ban on sales of flavored e-cigarettes.

Vaping industry fired up as NY's flavor ban nears

By Marian Hetherly • Oct 2, 2019
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The vaping industry is putting pressure on New York State to quit its effort to ban the sale of flavored products. A ban approved by the Health Department's Public Health Council in September is set to take effect Friday, while a ban on menthol vaping products is being considered.

New York’s e-cigarette ban throws URMC research into question

By • Sep 30, 2019

Irfan Rahman’s laboratory sits at the end of a long hallway on the third floor of the University of Rochester’s School of Medicine and Dentistry.

Vaping still safer than tobacco, says Smokers' Quitline

By Marian Hetherly • Sep 30, 2019
Robert F. Bukaty / Associated Press

As an outbreak of severe lung disease and deaths among users of electronic cigarettes continues to spread to new patients and states, many may be wondering if the products are safe, especially smokers who may use e-cigarettes to get off tobacco. Andrew Hyland, chair of the Department of Health Behavior at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, says "yes, but...."

The Vaping Illness Outbreak: What We Know So Far

By editor • Sep 18, 2019

Updated on Sept. 27 at 7:06 p.m. ET to reflect the latest information from federal agencies

An outbreak of severe lung disease among users of electronic cigarettes continues to spread to new patients and states.

Vaping stores predict closure after Cuomo declares flavored e-cigarette ban

By • Sep 17, 2019
Karen Dewitt / WBFO Albany Correspondent

The vaping industry is reacting to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s upcoming ban on flavored e-cigarettes, saying that it is misguided and will force many small-business owners to close their shops and lay off employees. Some are predicting legal action.


Cuomo issues executive order to ban flavored e-cigarettes in NYS

By • Sep 15, 2019
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order to direct his health department to ban all flavored electronic cigarettes, in response to a vaping heath emergency that has sickened hundreds and killed six people.


Vaping illness among New Yorkers rises to 60 cases

By • Sep 13, 2019

There’s new scrutiny on vaping products of all kinds, as the number of New Yorkers sickened with a disease that is so far related to some black-market marijuana vaping products has now risen to 60. Hundreds of people across the United States have been sickened, and six have died.


State health department issuing subpoenas to 3 vaping companies

By • Sep 10, 2019
WBFO file photo

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state health department are continuing to urge New Yorkers to refrain from using any vaping products while an investigation continues into the cause of a mysterious vaping-related lung ailment that has now sickened 41 New Yorkers.


Vapers urged to stop as deadly lung disease reaches Western New York

By • Sep 9, 2019
File photo / WBFO News

The serious lung disease blamed on vaping and the use of electronic cigarettes has hit Western New York and research scientists are racing to figure out what's going on.


Buffalo considers moratorium on new vape shops

By • Sep 4, 2019
Mike Desmond / WBFO News

Buffalo lawmakers are considering a six-month moratorium on the opening of new vape shops, the stores that sell e-cigarettes and supplies.

Assembly votes to raise smoking, vaping age

By • Mar 7, 2019
Ayhan Yildiz / freeimages.com

Lawmakers in the New York state Assembly have voted to raise the smoking age from 18 to 21.

Vaping retailers rally against proposed restrictions

By & • Mar 2, 2019
WBFO File Photo

With new restrictions being proposed for the sale of e-cigarettes in New York, the vaping industry fought back Friday. Store owners, workers and others rallied in downtown Buffalo to present their side of the story.

Robots not just blowing smoke in $20M vaping study

By • Feb 19, 2019
Frank Franklin II / AP Photo

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers are using robot smoking machines from back in the day for a new use.

Erie County proposing raising the age for buying tobacco, e-cigs

By • Feb 15, 2019
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Erie County lawmakers are pushing legislation to raise the age for buying tobacco products and electronic cigarettes to 21.

County lawmakers hear about vaping's addictive properties, marketing to youth

By Michael Mroziak • Jan 10, 2019
Michael Mroziak, WBFO

Erie County lawmakers are considering ways they may regulate electronic cigarettes, in order to keep them away from the hands of minors. On Thursday in downtown Buffalo, members of the Legislature's Health and Human Services Committee heard testimony from experts and advocates who say vaping is not a safer alternative to traditional tobacco. They also explained how vaping is being marketed to young people.

Little opposition to proposed new smoking bans in Erie County

By • Nov 30, 2018
Zach Hirsch / NCPR News

There wasn't much opposition Thursday evening to a proposed Erie County law that would further restrict smoking and vaping in vehicles and outdoor spaces.

The truth about flavored e-cigarettes focus of $19M study

By Marian Hetherly & Brett Dahlberg • Sep 24, 2018
National Public Radio

What role does flavor play in e-cigarettes? How does it impact our health and our behavior? Those are a couple of the questions researchers at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and University of Rochester Medical Center will be investigating over the next five years thanks to a $19 million federal grant.

FDA's e-cigarette crackdown hits three local retailers

By Brett Dahlberg • Sep 13, 2018
National Public Radio

Federal officials called it a blitz — “the largest coordinated enforcement effort in the FDA’s history” in response to concerns that e-cigarette use has become an “epidemic” among youths.

Schumer calls for immediate ban on e-cigarette flavors

By • May 6, 2018
National Public Radio

Sen. Chuck Schumer says the Food and Drug Administration should immediately ban e-cigarette flavors like candy and cookies that can appeal to young people in the wake of warnings that teens and children are increasingly using e-cigarettes.

New law adds smoking restrictions to vaping

By • Oct 24, 2017

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed legislation that bans electronic cigarettes from places in New York State where smoking tobacco is already prohibited.

Ballpark now 100% tobacco and smoke-free

By WBFO STaff • May 22, 2017
Buffalo Bisons

Going to a baseball game this season? Leave your cigarettes at home.

Vaping could prove promising for quitting smoking

By • Aug 18, 2016
File photo

Smokers who switch from traditional tobacco cigarettes to electronic cigarettes may ingest the same level of nicotine, but their exposure to harmful chemicals is significantly reduced - so much so that it is like the person quit smoking. Those are the results of new research from Roswell Park Cancer Institute.

FDA Acts To Regulate E-Cigarettes And Cigars For The First Time

By • May 5, 2016

The Food and Drug Administration is banning the sale of electronic cigarettes to minors as part of a broad set of regulations the agency finalized Wednesday.

With the rules that were more than two years in the making, the agency is expanding its authority over e-cigarettes, cigars and hookah tobacco, in much the same way it already regulates traditional cigarettes.

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