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Students, prevention group urge stronger enforcement and youth supports to curb vaping in Egg Harbor Township
Summary
A coalition of students and Atlantic Prevention Resources urged the Egg Harbor Township Committee to strengthen enforcement of New Jersey's flavor ban, expand school- and community-based prevention programs, and increase treatment access after describing widespread vaping in schools and flavored products sold locally.
Scores of students and a local prevention agency told the Egg Harbor Township Committee that youth vaping has surged in schools and neighborhoods and urged the township to use local tools to enforce the state's flavor ban and expand prevention and treatment supports.
"Public health campaigns had been very effective in reducing cigarette use among teens for decades, and our generation was on track to be the first generation to stop tobacco use entirely," said Mita Choudhury, a junior from Egg Harbor Township High School, during the public-comment section. She and other students described vaping'related disruptions to school instruction and social life and said products are being marketed in flavors and…
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