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Indiana scored failing grades in most categories included in the State of Tobacco report 2024 by the American Lung Association.

E-cigarettes are the most commonly used tobacco product among Indiana high school students. Twenty percent of high school Hoosiers reported e-cigarette use in 2021.

Indiana will receive more than $15 million from the e-cigarette manufacturer – Juul. The money is part of a multistate settlement over allegations that the company drove a nationwide youth vaping crisis.

Gov. Eric Holcomb signed a bill this week that included provisions cutting the 25% tax that wholesalers were to be charged for closed-system vaping cartridges such as Juul devices to 15%

Anti-smoking advocates are arguing against a proposal that would reduce Indiana's new tax on electronic cigarettes before it even takes effect.

Indianapolis Public Schools has become the latest Indiana school district to join a lawsuit that accuses e-cigarette giant Juul Labs of marketing its vaping products to young people.

Mishawaka High School enacted a policy this year allowing resource officers to issue tickets to students caught vaping at least twice.

Attorney General Curtis Hill says the investigation will look into the company's marketing practices and safety claims. It will also review whether the company has attempted to market tobacco products to children.

The 2018 Indiana Youth Tobacco Survey found nearly 20 percent of high school students and more than 5 percent of middle school students had vaped, and the American Heart Association says that number shot up in the last two years.

The Terre Haute campus is largely tobacco free under a policy that took effect in 2009, although the school has some designated outdoor smoking areas and it allows people to smoke in private vehicles.