Tag: tobacco

The vaping epidemic

February 18, 2025 / 0 Comments / 221 views

How e-cigarettes are endangering the youth BY JAMIE GHOLSON, CULTURE EDITOR As the clock struck zero signifying the beginning of a new year, people cheered around LA’s famous “Smoking Deaths” billboard. The number of people on the board who died…

Will Raising the Minimum Age for Tobacco Stop Underage Use?

April 29, 2019 / 0 Comments / 2320 views

BY OWEN FERGUSON, STAFF WRITER On Feb. 21, Virginia governor Ralph Northam signed HB 2748 into law. This bill changed the minimum age for the sale and possession of tobacco and nicotine vapor products to 21, excluding active duty military personnel….