Going back to school may lead to more vaping – here’s what educators and communities can do about it

As students return to campuses nationwide, schools and communities can help prevent vaping from making a big return alongside them. With Vaping: Know the truth, a free curriculum from Truth Initiative and Kaiser Permanente in collaboration with the American Heart Association, students can learn the facts about e-cigarette use and access resources to help themselves and their peers quit.

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The startling connection between smoking and hearing loss

The many health risks of smoking are well-known, such as increased risk for cancer, heart disease, and lung disease. But there are lesser-known consequences of smoking, including hearing loss. A study of over 8,500 people regularly exposed to occupational noise found a significant association between smoking and hearing loss even after controlling for potential confounding variables. Similar results were reported in a study of nearly 165,000 adults between the ages of 40 and 69 in the UK. Notably, the study also found that passive smokers – those who involuntarily inhale smoke from other people’s cigarettes, cigars, or pipes – were also at significant risk of hearing loss.

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This week in tobacco policy news

Honolulu, Hawaii - The city council is considering a bill that would prohibit the sale of flavored tobacco products in the city and county of Honolulu if and when a state law that preempts localities from regulating or restricting the sale and use of tobacco products is overturned or suspended. If that law were to disappear, Bill 46 would enact a so-called trigger ban on flavored tobacco products.
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