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Legal Age For Smoking Officially Raised To 21

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has officially raised the legal age to buy tobacco products in the United States from 18 to 21, reports The Hill.

The move applies to all tobacco products, e-cigarettes and vaping cartridges, and comes after President Trump last week signed a $1.4 trillion spending package that included a measure raising the tobacco-buying age.

Initially, it was unclear when the age change would take effect. The FDA had six months to amend their policies after Trump signed the bill into law and then 90 days to put the change in place.

However, the FDA said in a message posted on its website that the change is now in effect.

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News Round-Up: September 6, 2019

Some news items you might have missed: • InstaHunks: Woofy Dan Tai is heading to America next on his travels – presumably to put in place a Randy Report restraining order. 🙂 • The Guardian: Vice President Mike Pence was greeted by several rainbow flag displays this week as he landed in Reykjavik to meet with President Guðni Jóhannesson of Iceland. • KIT212: Click here for a round-up of what’s making news in LGBTQ publications around the country. • CNN: Major retailers have announced this week that they will respectfully ask customers not to openly carry guns into their stores in states where open carry is legal. Walgreens, CVS, and Wegmans announced the new policy Thursday afternoon, following announcements from Walmart and Kroger on Wednesday.  

• Washington Post: State and federal health officials investigating mysterious lung illnesses, which have caused two deaths and over 200 serious illnesses, linked to vaping. A chemical derived from vitamin E was found in samples of marijuana products used by people sickened in different parts of the country. In short – stop vaping, people are dying. • Politico: Four states are poised to cancel their 2020 GOP presidential primaries and caucuses, a move that would cut off oxygen to Donald Trump’s long-shot primary challengers. Republican parties in South Carolina, Nevada, Arizona and Kansas are expected to finalize the cancellations in meetings this weekend. • Towleroad: After recording a video for the virulently anti-LGBTQ group Focus on the Family, New Orleans’ Saints quarterback Drew Brees became defensive when called out for working with the organization which has opposed marriage equality, called transgender people ‘mentally ill,’ and advocates legalizing discrimination against gays. Brees eventually apologized claiming ignorance of the group’s anti-LGBTQ lobbying efforts. • The Daily Beast: Influential progressive news site ThinkProgress, which rose to prominence during the Bush administration and helped define progressivism during the Obama years, is shutting down. #SadDay • New Music: Randy Report favorite Mika drops his latest single, “Sanremo,” from his upcoming album My Name Is Michael Holbrook due out October 4. The breezy, sunbaked groove is perfect for that chill, end of summer vibe. Smooth. Hit play below.

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E-Cig Company Attempts To Sell Vaping Liquids Containing Erectile Dysfunction Meds

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We all know how popular vaping and e-cigarettes are these days, especially with young folks.

A prominent e-cig company, HelloCig Electronic Technology, has begun selling vaping liguids supposedly pumped with prescription erectile dysfunction drugs.

They even featured images of the brand name drugs, like Cialis and Viagra, in ads.

First of all, no vaping products are approved to contain prescription drugs.

The Food & Drug Administration’s Commissioner, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, on October 11 noting that “there are no e-liquid products approved to contain prescription drugs or any other medications that require a doctor’s supervision.”

“Prescription drugs are carefully evaluated and labeled to reflect the risks of the medications and their potential interactions with other medicines, and vaping active drug ingredients is an ineffective route of delivery and can be dangerous,” added Gottlieb. “There are no e-liquids that contain prescription drugs that have been proven safe or effective through this route of administration.”

The FDA reportedly tested HelloCigs e-liquids and found tadalafil (Cialis) and/or sildenafil (Viagra) in the products.

According to , the FDA has threatened HelloCig with “civil money penalties, criminal prosecution, seizure, and/or injunction” if HelloCig didn’t recall the products within 15 days.

Not only is it dangerous to put controlled drugs in products folks just buy at will, but think how this could impact young people thinking its “cool” to play with these drugs.

Gottlieb declared last month that vaping among young people has “reached nothing short of an epidemic proportion of growth.”

“I use the word epidemic with great care,” he wrote. “E-cigs have become an almost ubiquitous – and dangerous – trend among teens.”

It’s also worth noting that when folks are vaping, its a kind of casual puff here, puff there. How would you even know how much Viagra or Cialis you’re putting in your system? Next thing you know, you find yourself sitting in an emergency room with an erection that won’t go down.

Folks, there’s nothing wrong with using erectile dysfunction drugs. Just do it safely.

(h/t GayPopBuzz)