2025

CBS News | "Doctor discusses the FDA approval of marketing formerly banned Juul e-cigarettes"


Dr. Michael Ong, a UCLA Fielding School professor, was interviewed by CBS News about e-cigarettes and health risks.

Ong_CBS News_interview_07232025

Dr. Michael Ong, a professor in the UCLA Fielding School Department of Health Policy Management and of medicine at UCLA, was interviewed by CBS News about e-cigarettes and their associated health risks.

“Traditional cigarettes are definitely the worse thing possible to potentially use; (and while e-cigarettes) don’t have as many carcinogens and as many health harms as traditional cigarettes, they still have health harms – nicotine is one of the most addicting substances that we know,” Ong said. “We also know that there are cardiovascular effects from nicotine, and particularly for youth, there are brain effects that also happen, particularly developmentally, and they also affect memory. They are not a benign product overall.”

Watch the CBS News (KCBS-TV/KCAL-TV) report:

In the news

Ong_Interview_CBS News_07232025
July 23, 2025
CBS News | "Doctor discusses the FDA approval of marketing formerly banned Juul e-cigarettes"

Dr. Michael Ong, a professor in the UCLA Fielding School Department of Health Policy Management, was interviewed by CBS News about e-cigarettes and their associated health risks.

Read Full Article
AIAN_Report_CHPR_500x500
July 23, 2025
Mental health inequities observed across American Indian and Alaska Native subgroups in California, study finds

Data in the report, published by the UCLA Fielding School's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, also showed that many are struggling with day-to-day activities and not receiving care.

Read Full Article