Hitting back at Big Vape:
The New York Times has a released a story covering President Trumps talks on the ban of flavored e-cigarette pods. Read the full article here . Trump is not the only one taking on Big Vape this week. Billionaire Mike Bloomberg is offering up $160 million towards the fight- learn more about Bloomberg's plan here in the Huffington post.

Busy week for Vaping in the news

The Indiana State Department of Health confirmed last week the first death in the state of Indiana as a result of lung injury in a patient that was linked to a history of e-cigarette use. The ISDH also noted that as of September 9th 2019, there are thirty cases being investigated with eight confirmed as having links to e-cigarette use. Most of the cases being investigated the patients are between the ages of 16-29 years of age.  You can read the official report here. Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb and State Health Commissioner Kris Box, MD announced the states first plan to address youth vaping which includes a three-pronged approach including youth education, cessation texting tool and parent/youth media plan. The Indiana Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Commission's website houses one of the education tools with a dedicated web page on vaping. vapefreeindiana.isdh.in.gov
JUUL is being investigated by the Federal Trade Commission for their use of social media influencers anyone surprised by that? You can read the article by the Wall Street Journal by clicking here. Lastly Governor of Michigan Gretchen Whitmer made an emergency action by suspending the sales of all flavored e-cigarettes in the state. If only she had control over the internet! Head over to the Truth Initiate website and check out the full details here.

Indiana Youth Vaping Plan

Governor Holcomb Teams up with Indiana State Department of Health

On August 29th the Governors office announced it's new three pronged plan to help curb the vaping epidemic in the state of Indiana. What exactly does that mean for us here in Dearborn County? Well here are the main points to take away.

• School education programming- to provide all schools with the “Catch My Breath” curriculum. It is FREE to schools, consists of three 30-40 minute online modules.
• The School Vaping Toolkit- is getting an update and will be out soon. The first step is still a district wide- comprehensive policy that includes vaping. Updating those “No smoking” signs on the grounds and throughout the campus to include vaping is also important. 
• A partnership with the Truth Initiative for the youth “text to quit” program- The Indiana specific code will come at a later date. 
• Over the next year an Adult and Youth media campaign will be presented to cover education on Vaping

Here is the official announcement: