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Charlestown, Indiana football player Jase Emily died by suicide three days after a school vape-pen arrest and expulsion. His family sued the school and sheriff. Grandparents still press for change.

Kristal Trenkamp sued Edmond Public Schools after Principal Veronica Johnson made her 14-year-old daughter lift her shirt and spin during a vape search. No vape was found.

The FDA's PMTA denials threatened tens of thousands of independent vape shops while exempting Big Tobacco. The AEGIS Alliance's original reporting and video stay up.

The CDC tied EVALI to vitamin E acetate in illicit THC carts, not nicotine vapes. The AEGIS Alliance called out the AHA's Quit Lying campaign for collapsing that distinction.

A nationwide vape-flavor ban was never signed. State bans, PMTA paywalls, and a 2026 FDA reversal still shoved adult smokers toward cigarettes and the black market.

The AEGIS Alliance said the media collapsed vaping into one scare word. EVALI was later tied to vitamin E acetate in illicit THC carts. A nationwide flavor ban never passed.