As of February 1, 2020, many flavored e-liquid pods, including Juul and Juul-compatible products, can no longer be sold legally in the U.S., while the Federal Minimum Age to purchase tobacco products was raised from 18 to 21 at the end of 2019.<\/p>\n
These policies have been creating since vaping, or inhaling from an e-cigarette or other vaping device, has been linked to a spike in mid-2019 to hundreds of mysterious lung illnesses, hospitalizations and several deaths across the U.S.<\/p>\n
Launched in February 2019, KYCC\u2019s Tobacco Task Force, under our Prevention Education unit, is dedicated to ensuring policy changes related to the use and accessibility of tobacco products by minors. With an ongoing mission to protect youth from the effects of tobacco, the Tobacco Task Force has accomplished many of its goals by teaming up with partners such as the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Tobacco Control Prevention Program<\/a> and Community Coalition<\/a> (CoCo), along with other local health organizations and coalitions.<\/p>\n \u201cNow, the national average is 5,700 children beginning to vape every day,\u201d explains Lydia Lising, KYCC Prevention Coordinator. \u201cWithout sustained prevention efforts, we are looking at another entire generation of youth growing up addicted to nicotine. We hope with our public health campaign, the Tobacco Task Force can make a difference by advocating for safer policies in the community in order to protect youth from tobacco-related harms.\u201d<\/p>\n In the year since its inception, the Tobacco Task Force has:<\/p>\n In addition, the Tobacco Task Force will be traveling to Sacramento with two high school students for Youth Quest\u2014a single day event where young students will gather and rally at the Capitol, and speak with state senators about their thoughts and concerns on flavored tobacco.<\/p>\n In California, much progress has been made towards limiting the manufacturing and selling of e-cigarettes to minors and adults. In 2021, the City of Beverly Hills will be the first city in the U.S. to ban fully the sale of tobacco products (excepting a few cigar lounges and hotels).<\/p>\n Senator Jerry Hill (D13\u2014San Mateo) introduced legislation to the California State Senate in January 2020 that would prevent stores across California from selling any flavored, commercial tobacco product to consumers.<\/p>\n KYCC Tobacco Task Force has rallied for these legislative measures to be put into place, but is working diligently to reduce fully the use of tobacco by youth in L.A.<\/p>\n The team is focused on building their coalition, collecting more petition signatures and increasing community participation to show support at city council meetings.<\/p>\n Our Prevention Education aims to reduce the use of tobacco and alcohol by youth between the ages of 12 and 17 in the Koreatown and Greater Los Angeles area. Funding for Tobacco Task Force comes from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Tobacco Control & Prevention Program (TPCC).<\/p>\n For more information about the Tobacco Task Force or if interested in getting involved with the team\u2019s efforts, please contact Hilcia Guerra at hguerra@kyccla.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As of February 1, 2020, many flavored e-liquid pods, including Juul and Juul-compatible products, can no longer be sold legally in the U.S., while the Federal Minimum Age to purchase …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":78540,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[204,270,280],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82163","press-release","type-press-release","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category--es","category-news-article-es","category-prevention-education-es"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n