Mission: To protect the residents of Wichita/Sedgwick County from the adverse effects of tobacco.
The American Association of Poison Control Centers released new data which shows that poisoning incidents involving e-cigarettes and liquid nicotine have increased by 156% in the past year (an increase of more than 14 times since 2011). Over half of the calls involved a child under the age of six. A child’s death last month in New York was attributed to nicotine poisoning. Click on the
Read moreMore U.S. Teens Used E-Cigarettes than Traditional Cigarettes in 2014 WASHINGTON, DC — A respected national survey of teen substance abuse has truly shocking news that should sound an alarm at the FDA: Significantly more teens reported recent use of e-cigarettes than traditional cigarettes in 2014. Released today, the government-sponsored Monitoring the Future survey is the first national survey to
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