Leading med groups applaud Surgeon General’s report on e-cigs & youth

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The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Physicians, the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the American Medical Association join in support of "E-Cigarette Use Among Youth and Young Adults: A Report of the Surgeon General" and have made the following statement:

“As leading medical organizations representing, collectively, 630,000 physicians across the country, we join together today to applaud Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, for issuing the first comprehensive federal government review of the public health impact of e-cigarettes on youth and young adults in the United States.

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