e-cigarette policy news The FDA announced its first authorization of fruit-flavored electronic cigarettes intended for adult smokers, a major shift that comes after months of appeals to President Donald Trump from the vaping industry Public Health Consequences of E-Cigarettes

A letter sent to Kroger states, "Health care costs and productivity losses attributable to smoking cost the nation at least $289 billion each year." More from the letter: "There is a contradiction in having these dangerous and devastating tobacco products on the shelves of a retail chain that services health care needs

Nicotine replacement therapy Your doctor may suggest nicotine replacement therapy (NRT)

Compared with non-users, vaping users were 56 percent more likely to suffer a heart attack and 30 percent more likely to suffer a stroke

The technical working groups, in their findings, said the government loses more than P28 billion to agricultural smuggling and another P60 billion to illicit tobacco every year

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