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On Wednesday, the Pitkin County Board of Commissioners will consider raising the minimum age to purchase tobacco to 21. Under the new measure, the county…
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Just after Christmas, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration raised the nationwide minimum age to buy tobacco and nicotine vaping products to 21. Pitkin…
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Colorado has the highest rate of youth electronic cigarette use in the nation, and use among high schoolers in Pitkin County is among the highest in the…
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A 2017 survery reports over 50 percent of students in the Roaring Fork Valley have used an electronic vapor product, like an e-cigarette. Now, local…
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The Eagle County Board of Commissioners will vote on two resolutions Tuesday aimed at limiting the use of tobacco and nicotine products for younger…
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Wednesday, retailers and the public are invited to learn more about a proposed tobacco tax in Pitkin County. Pitkin County health officials are drafting…
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Most Aspen High School seniors have tried vaping, or using e-cigarettes, according to a survey. Teens throughout the Roaring Fork Valley vape at alarming…
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At their meeting tonight, Basalt’s Town Council is expected to stop collecting taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco and nicotine products. The tax was…
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Colorado's annual Healthy Kids survey shows the the Western Slope region has the second highest rate of teen electronic cigarette use in the state. The…
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Businesses are slow to get on board with a new law in Carbondale that increased the age to buy tobacco and vaping products to 21. Last summer, Carbondale…