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FDA pushes nicotine pouch makers to use child-resistant packaging

By Brett Rowland | The Center Square
Sep 2, 2025

(The Center Square) – The Food and Drug Administration is pushing nicotine pouch manufacturers to use child-resistant packaging in response to an increase in accidental exposures among children.

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Oregon House passes bill to tax oral nicotine products, direct funds to wildfire mitigation

Mia Maldonado
Updated Jun 23, 2025

The Oregon House in a 37-8 vote on Monday passed a bill to create a new tax on oral nicotine products and use those funds to combat wildfires. House Bill 3940 would impose a $0.65 tax on nicotine pouches with 20 units or less, with an additional 3.25 cent tax for each additional unit, rounded […]

Enespanol

El parque municipal de Grass Valley se convierte en un lugar libre de tabaco y vaporizadores

Martha McInnes, Directora del Distrito de Salud del Norte Central
Updated Nov 17, 2024

Grass Valley ha adoptado una política de parques libres de humo y vaporizador, y pronto se exhibirán en todo el parque cuatro nuevos carteles …

News

State responds to vaping crisis

Updated Aug 27, 2020

In response to the nationwide vaping injury crisis, the state of Oregon has launched media campaigns aimed at encouraging people who vape to quit and preventing others from starting.

Opinion

E-cigarettes and vaping: What you need to know

Ross McLeod
Jun 1, 2019

In 2018, 480,000 people died from the greatest cause of preventable death — cigarette smoking — in the United States, according to the Centers…

News

WSV Schools to modify tobacco policy, prohibit e-cigarettes on campus

Amber Marra
Apr 3, 2014

The White Salmon Valley School District is taking steps to keep electronic cigarettes and smoking devices off of school property.

Gorge Life

Ask Dr. K: Safety of e-cigarettes has yet to be proved

Updated Aug 27, 2020

DEAR DOCTOR K: After smoking for more than 15 years, I finally quit eight months ago. But I still miss my cigarettes. I recently heard about electronic cigarettes. Are they safe?

Gorge Life

Ask Dr. K: Use teen’s motivation to help him stop smoking

Updated Aug 27, 2020

DEAR DOCTOR K: I recently discovered that my teenage son is smoking. How can I help him quit?

Letters to the editor

Letter to the Editor: Workers suffer

Tom Somerville
Updated Aug 27, 2020

To the editor: The cherry fruit fly will be contained in an established control area, by an appointed inspector, according to ORS 570.405 and 570.420. The migrant workers are suffering that first week of harvest from the last round of malathion spray; their faces show discomfort.

FDA pushes nicotine pouch makers to use child-resistant packaging

Oregon House passes bill to tax oral nicotine products, direct funds to wildfire mitigation

El parque municipal de Grass Valley se convierte en un lugar libre de tabaco y vaporizadores

State responds to vaping crisis

E-cigarettes and vaping: What you need to know

WSV Schools to modify tobacco policy, prohibit e-cigarettes on campus

Ask Dr. K: Safety of e-cigarettes has yet to be proved

Ask Dr. K: Use teen’s motivation to help him stop smoking

Letter to the Editor: Workers suffer

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