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AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post Many Denver parents feel their children are learning less online than they would inside a classroom, and they’re worried their kids are falling behind, according to the results of two separate surveys — one of them a scientific poll — conducted by local advocacy groups. “Learning for my son from high school has been very difficult because there are many distractions at home that would not normally affect him when he is in person,” Denver Public Schools parent Liliana Lazos reportedly told the advocacy groups. “Schools made efforts to try to contribu...

The City of Denver is considering a flavored-tobacco ban that could end up prohibiting the sale of menthol cigarettes, flavored vaping products and flavored cigars, among other products. "The biggest area of concern for us is that one in five kids use vape products regularly," says Tristan Sanders, public-health manager at the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment, citing data from a Healthy Kids Colorado survey. And according to the Food and Drug Administration, eight in ten kids who vape use flavored products. "What these kids are interested in, and why they're using these pr...