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Vaping is ruining student athletes

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June 12, 2019 – “Why would they design a product that takes 8,000 flavors? They do it on purpose because they know that appeals to young people,” said Massachusetts Sen. John Keenan, a Quincy Democrat. He and Rep. Danielle Gregoire, a Marlborough Democrat, are pushing legislation to ban flavored tobacco products.

But school officials, pediatricians and parents say they’re already scrambling to treat a generation that’s quickly becoming hooked on e-cigarettes. More than 150 municipal health boards have passed restrictions on flavored nicotine sales, but students who are already exposed to e-cigarettes say they can easily drive 10 or 20 minutes to a town that doesn’t have a sales ban in place, said Reyad Shah, who works at Framingham High School with Spear.

Full Story @ MASSLive.com

Leonard Buschel

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