CDC: E-cigarette use triples in one year


April 21, 2015 at 12:00a.m.

CDC: E-cigarette use triples in one year

WASHINGTON

A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says e-cigarette use among high-school and middle-school students has tripled in just one year.

As a result, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, has urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to finalize tobacco regulations that would give the agency the same regulatory authority it has over cigarettes to other unregulated tobacco products, such as e-cigarettes and hookah.

According to the CDC, e-cigarette use increased from 4.5 percent in 2013 to 13.4 percent in 2014 among high-school students, and from 1.1 percent in 2013 to 3.9 percent in 2014 among middle-school students. In only a few years of being on the market, youth use of e-cigarettes has now surpassed youth cigarette smoking.

Wound Healing Center earns recognition

SALEM

Salem Regional Medical Center’s Wound Healing Center recently earned national recognition for maintaining outstanding patient satisfaction and wound-healing rates.

For the second-consecutive year, the WHC was recognized as a “Center of Excellence” by Healogics, Inc., becoming one of only nine wound-healing facilities in Ohio to receive this honor. SRMC’s Wound Healing Center also was named a Healogics “Center of Distinction” for the third-consecutive year.

Pa. Medical Society accepting applications

HARRISBURG, Pa.

The Foundation of the Pennsylvania Medical Society is accepting applications from students attending a fully accredited Pennsylvania medical school. Students must be a Pennsylvania resident for at least 12 months before attending medical school and not for the sole purpose of obtaining an undergraduate degree.

There are no application or origination fees; and individual loan awards up to $7,000 are available. No payments are required during school or graduate training.

Application submission deadlines are:

Students attending Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine: application should be sent directly to the Foundation’s office by June 1.

Students attending any other fully accredited Pennsylvania medical school must submit applications to the school’s financial-aid office by May 15.

For information, call 717-558-7852, or visit the Student Financial Services website at www.foundationpamedsoc.org.