Oregon Medical Association

Last week, the Oregon Supreme Court declined to review a challenge to Multnomah County’s ban on flavored to***co and ni****ne products, leaving in place a 2025 Oregon Court of Appeals ruling that upheld the county’s authority to restrict the sale of flavored to***co products. The decision follows a similar Oregon Supreme Court ruling in May that upheld Washington County’s flavored to***co ban.

The OMA endorses the ban on flavored to***co. Courtni Dresser, OMA Vice President of Government Relations, told the Oregonian: “Physicians and other clinicians see the toll of ni****ne addiction in their patients every day, and we support communities’ right to go beyond the state’s baseline protections to safeguard kids from these products. We hope other Oregon counties do the same.”

Read more:
https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2026/07/flavored-to***co-ni****ne-bans-in-oregons-most-populous-counties-inch-closer-to-implementation.html

When patients choose to leave against medical advice (AMA), clinicians face complex communication and documentation challenges. The latest article from OMA endorsed partner MagMutual, Managing AMA Conversations: Supporting Informed Patient Decisions, highlights key strategies to reduce risk, support patient understanding and document informed refusal effectively:

theoma.org/AMAconversations

Controlling blood pressure is one of the 10 healthy habits for optimal brain health. Medications, physical activity, and diet are just a few of the ways to help manage blood pressure. The OMA Steering Toward Health initiative provides hypertension resources for both clinicians and patients, including information on self-measured blood pressure (SMBP) monitoring.

Hypertension resources:
theoma.org/hypertension

10 Healthy Habits for Your Brain:
www.alz.org/help-support/brain_health/10-healthy-habits-for-your-brain

Self-Measured Blood Pressure (SMBP) monitoring is an evidence-based option to help patients manage high blood pressure. In Oregon, Medicaid covers automatic blood pressure devices to ease the burden on patients. To learn more about eligibility and clinical support, download the coverage guidelines developed by the American Medical Association (AMA) and OMA:

theoma.org/SMBP