As the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) nears a September deadline to decide on the legality of vaping products in the United States, abstinence-only advocates have been doubling down on their message: ban flavors.
Largely led by the influential Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK) and the Parents Against Vaping E-cigarettes (PAVE), these organizations cry for prohibition every chance they get.
On August 9, PAVE shot off an email to supporters, warning about a supposed risk of going back to school.
“As our kids return to in-person learning, e-cigarette use may not feel like our biggest concern,” the message reads, with unintended understatement. “But the youth vaping epidemic rages on, with almost 4 million middle- and high-schoolers vaping, the majority of them using flavors. Back among their peers, with COVID-fueled anxiety on the rise, kids will have much easier access to these dangerous devices.”
Evidence keeps emerging that prohibiting the sale of flavored vaping products actually makes youth smoking rates go up.
Alex Norcia – FilterMag -2021-08-10.
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