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Flavored e-cigarettes sweetly lure kids into vaping and also mislead them to dismiss danger, studies suggest

  • Written by Leah Ranney, Director of Tobacco Prevention and Evaluation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Vaping flavors in a store in Biddeford, Maine, Sept. 3, 2019. Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo

New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced Sept. 15, 2019 that he plans to pursue emergency regulations to quickly ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes, making New York the second state to consider such a ban. Cuomo’s action came only days after the Trump...

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