AMA calls for total ban on all e-cigarette, vaping products

The American Medical Association on Tuesday called for an immediate ban on all electronic cigarettes and vaping devices.

The group adopted the sweeping stance at a policy-making meeting in San Diego. It aims to lobby for state and federal laws, regulations or legal action to achieve a ban, but the industry is sure to fight back.

The outbreak has “shined a light on the fact that we have very little evidence about the short- and long-term health consequences of e-cigarettes and vaping products,” Harris said. About 2,100 people have gotten sick; 42 have died.

Posted: 11/20/2019 at 08:51AM

AMA calls for total ban on all e-cigarette, vaping products -- EDGEMAN 11/20/2019 08:51AM

Have they ever called for a total ban on tobacco products or alcohol? -- HokieNoVA 11/20/2019 12:52PM

Yeah, I didn't want to get into anything here... -- `lag 11/20/2019 2:21PM

But if they ban it, how will we ever get long-term research? -- MP4VT2004 11/20/2019 12:39PM

First, if you use pot from other sources in those things -- fordham 11/20/2019 10:21AM

Good..... ** -- vt_mughal 11/20/2019 09:15AM

The president said he is going to ban flavored vapes. Oh, wait. Never mind ** -- 81_Hokie 11/20/2019 09:08AM

Too much of an uproar from the opposition. ** -- EDGEMAN 11/20/2019 09:25AM

The opposition being the vaping industry, in this case ** -- Beerman 11/20/2019 2:51PM

Aren’t most of the deaths related to black marked cannibis vapes? -- two91hokies 11/20/2019 09:01AM

That's my understanding as well, as it pertains to the recent deaths. -- King Jaffe Joffer 11/20/2019 09:46AM

Don't think anything has been determined yet -- EDGEMAN 11/20/2019 09:04AM

Oh, and the fact the "legitimate" manufacturers started targeting kids... -- EDGEMAN 11/20/2019 09:07AM

Nicotine the most addictive substance known to man...the hook rate is -- Tuckahokie 11/20/2019 09:32AM

Would say opiods are higher. ** -- EDGEMAN 11/20/2019 09:45AM

I recently attended a speech by an MCV neuro-scientist that studies -- Tuckahokie 11/20/2019 10:03AM

Not to be cute, but did he mention sugar? -- `lag 11/20/2019 10:12AM

I'd be curious to know how psychology plays a role in addiction. -- MP4VT2004 11/20/2019 12:50PM

Probably 99% addictive. ** -- EDGEMAN 11/20/2019 12:02PM

Vape places opened up everywhere a couple of years ago. -- two91hokies 11/20/2019 09:13AM

So all the folks newly hooked on Nicotine can now switch to cigarettes ** -- Tuckahokie 11/20/2019 08:54AM

Seems to me to be an industry that needs regulation, not banination. -- Late 80s Hokie 11/20/2019 09:28AM

AMA calls for total ban on all e-cigarette, vaping products

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