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Marijuana and public health

In this week’s episode: As more states legalize recreational use of marijuana, we examine the potential public health benefits and concerns, plus the growing body of evidence about the negative health effects of synthetic chemicals known as phthalates.

New FDA regulations on e-cigarettes a “mixed bag”

May 9, 2016 -- E-cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, and hookah tobacco will soon be regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and their sale will be banned to anyone under age 18, it was announced May 5.…

E-cigarette ads targeting millions of teens

More than 18 million middle and high school students in America—7 out of 10—saw electronic cigarette ads in 2014, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Many of these ads,…

E-cigarettes: potential benefits, harms

E-cigarettes may help reduce smokers’ exposure to toxins, but they also may cause harm, according to Vaughan Rees, deputy director of the Center for Global Tobacco Control at Harvard School of Public Health. Interviewed on KUOW (Puget Sound…