RFK Jr.'s MAHA report on children's health leaves something out: nicotine

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September 14, 20258:53 AM ET
Heard on Weekend Edition Sunday
Yuki Noguchi


Frances Daniels, a Baltimore mother of three, read the Trump administration's 20-page report called "Make Our Children Healthy Again," and noticed some notable words were missing from it: "Smoking" and "nicotine."

The word "tobacco" is mentioned once in the document, in a reference to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.

"I was horrified," Daniels says. "It never once mentioned substance usage. Specifically: nicotine."

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. presented a strategy report of the Make America Healthy Again Commission intended to tackle childhood chronic disease.

The MAHA plan for healthier kids includes 128 ideas, but few details
That was of grave concern to Daniels, because nicotine and the chemicals vaped with it, hooked and nearly killed one of her children three years ago. Her child spent six brutal weeks in the hospital with EVALI, a lung injury caused by e-cigarette use. "They had about six tubes in their lungs at one point, draining fluid out — three on each side with machines on either side of the bed."

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/14/nx-s1-5536979/maha-children-chronic-disease-nicotine-smoking-vaping


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[Irish_Dem]

1. RFKJr is now a serial killer, a legal one.

Paid for by the US taxpayer.

[Hekate]

2. Didn't the NotRFK report on children's deaths also leave out gun violence?

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3. Yes.

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5 days ago — One notable absence in the report was any mention of how gun violence and firearms, the leading cause of death among U.S. teens and children, ...

[womanofthehills]

4. Interesting- Covid Long Haulers saying nicotine patches helpin them

It’s more about inhaling nicotine and the toxic chemicals and pesticides on the nicotine which are horrible.

Now - even Yale University is studying nicotine patches for help in LongCovid.

Seems like we have nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and nicotine can sometimes improve how they work. Who knew?

Many who never smoked are using nicotine patches for depression as it ups dopamine.

I bought some to try - I’m not depressed but could be happier.

[Hekate]

5. Fascinating