The Program funds Reality Check, the youth engagement component for New York State teens, ages 13-18, to increase support for New York State's tobacco-free and vape-free norms through youth action and community engagement
Torch lighters, which produce a focused and powerful flame, are generally preferred because they offer a more even and controlled burn
Since 1978, American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/AN) have had the highest use of commercial tobacco compared to people of other races or ethnicities
These groups already disproportionately bear the burden of tobacco use and related health harms, in part due to past policy decisions
Although vaping elicited increased cough, chest tightness, and mucous in a subset of subjects (including healthy volunteers), there were no significant differences in group responses and no decreases in lung function, exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO), or C-reactive protein (CRP), a serum marker of inflammation
The law taking effect this summer does not bar companies from making light cigarettes, only from using words like light in marketing