Ana B. Ibarra is a correspondent, Kaiser Health News.
Lucas McClain started smoking cigarettes in high school but switched to vaping after he heard e-cigarettes were a safer alternative.
His vape of choice became the Juul, the king of electronic cigarettes — which comes with a king-size nicotine hit.
Now 21, McClain wants to quit so badly that he’s turning back to the problem he fled in the first place: good old-fashioned cigarettes.
“Juul made my nicotine addiction a lot worse,” the …
During a 15-minute recess, the elementary school students trooped from the playground toward nurse Catherin Crofton’s office — one with a bloody nose, a second with a scraped knee and a third with a headache.
Kids quickly filled a row of chairs. Staffers brought paper towels for the bleeders and tried to comfort the crying.
“We’re here for first aid, emergency, counseling,” said Crofton of the Mount Diablo Unified School District. “There …
Get free updates delivered free to your inbox.
