FDA Sen. Chuck Schumer wants ban on flavored e-cigarettes that appeal to kids
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From the CDC:
While we're at it, a study published in the American Journal of Public health found:
Those of you in New York should lobby Schumer to include the banning of flavors in food and alcohol to his bill, to ensure that it truly protects children from every possible ill due to flavorings.
- Childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents in the past 30 years.
- The percentage of children aged 6–11 years in the United States who were obese increased from 7% in 1980 to nearly 18% in 2012. Similarly, the percentage of adolescents aged 12–19 years who were obese increased from 5% to nearly 21% over the same period.
- In 2012, more than one third of children and adolescents were overweight or obese.
While we're at it, a study published in the American Journal of Public health found:
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 25, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Consuming super-sized, flavored alcoholic beverages greatly increases underage drinkers' risk of injury, a new study finds.
"These findings raise important concerns about the popularity and use of [flavored alcohol beverages] among youth," wrote Alison Albers of Boston University School of Public Health and colleagues.
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Those who said they drink super-sized versions of flavored alcohol beverages were more than six times as likely to say they'd suffered alcohol-related injuries as those who did not consume such beverages, the researchers noted.
We need to ban flavorings of any type in alcohol, as it is attracting underage drinking and is directly attributable to "injuries". Alcohol is also an addictive substance, so by attracting youth with flavored alcohol we are setting them up to battle a lifelong addiction with potentially dire consequences (liver disease, death by driving while impaired, etc)."These findings raise important concerns about the popularity and use of [flavored alcohol beverages] among youth," wrote Alison Albers of Boston University School of Public Health and colleagues.
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Those who said they drink super-sized versions of flavored alcohol beverages were more than six times as likely to say they'd suffered alcohol-related injuries as those who did not consume such beverages, the researchers noted.
Those of you in New York should lobby Schumer to include the banning of flavors in food and alcohol to his bill, to ensure that it truly protects children from every possible ill due to flavorings.
Chuck Schumer supports the federal government; first, foremost, and always. If the little-voter-people get in the way of the government he has no problem with essentially legislating their argument into non-existence without regard to context. It's what he does, and he's very good at it. There are others like him 'on the hill' but he's a lot smarter and sneakier than the rest.
He's honestly one of the scariest people I've ever met face-to-face, and I'm not easily frightened.
He's honestly one of the scariest people I've ever met face-to-face, and I'm not easily frightened.
So your post prompted me to Google Chuck Schumer.
I did not know he was a senior Democratic senator from New York.
At this point I'll just keep my mouth shut.
rofl, I have a completely different experience. I had some NA beer once (don't drink and drive reason) and I found it so disgusting that I couldn't touch real beer for a while.
I'd have probably felt the same, except it had been 10+ yrs since I'd had a real one, when I tasted it, and it really seemed authentic-tasting, from that perspective -- a real one would probably taste nasty after all this time, with the actual alcohol in it -- just like real cigarettes taste nasty once we've been off them long enough. But I know how insane this alcoholic brain can be, and I didn't want to tempt/tease it -- much as some vapers don't want tobacco flavors, because it might make them crave the real thing, disgusting as they are.
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