{"id":11245,"date":"2020-01-10T18:23:33","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T18:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=11245"},"modified":"2020-01-10T18:23:33","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T18:23:33","slug":"kicking-e-cigarettes-urged-as-new-years-resolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=11245","title":{"rendered":"Kicking E-Cigarettes Urged as New Year\u2019s Resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11246\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11246\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11246\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/gr-68734-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/gr-68734-1-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/gr-68734-1-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/gr-68734-1-1-405x270.jpg 405w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/gr-68734-1-1-60x40.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11246\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In a 2018 survey, nearly one in five high school students, and 6% of middle-school students, said they used e-cigarettes in the past 30 days. Photo: Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>by Eric Galatas<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>AUSTIN, Texas \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Several fatal incidents linked to e-cigarette use made headlines in 2019, and health advocates are hoping young people in Texas and across the United States will consider making a New Year\u2019s resolution to kick the habit.<\/p>\n<p>Marina Hench, senior government relations director for the Texas chapter of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fightcancer.org\/\" target=\"parent\">American Cancer Society\u2019s Cancer Action Network<\/a>, said it\u2019s never too late to stop vaping or smoking, and making a New Year\u2019s resolution would be a good first step.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople need help in quitting,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s an addictive substance, and can be a challenge, and so having support is really important from family, from friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hench said state and federal governments also can do more to help young people kick the habit and stop tobacco companies from recruiting new users. E-cigarette companies have said the product is not intended for kids, and that they primarily market vaping to people trying to stop smoking traditional cigarettes.<\/p>\n<p>According to Texas\u2019 health department, e-cigarettes have been the most popular tobacco product for minors since 2014. Hench said it\u2019s clear the industry has had success targeting young people, in part by flavoring tobacco in ways that appeal to youths, from bubble gum to cotton candy and blueberries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have seen evidence that the tobacco industry is marketing e-cigarettes to youths,\u201d she said, \u201cin the way that they\u2019ve used social media, the way they\u2019ve used public events and free giveaways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hench noted that Texas lawmakers are considering raising taxes on e-cigarettes, one of the most effective ways to reduce smoking and other tobacco use, especially among young people. She said the state also can fund evidence-based prevention and cessation programs to help people quit, and stop people from getting hooked in the first place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Eric Galatas AUSTIN, Texas \u2013\u00a0Several fatal incidents linked to e-cigarette use made headlines in 2019, and health advocates are hoping young people in Texas and across the United States will consider making a New Year\u2019s resolution to kick the habit. Marina Hench, senior government relations director for the Texas chapter of the\u00a0American Cancer Society\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11245"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11247,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11245\/revisions\/11247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}