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Gwen Smith

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Editor, writer + co-owner of @AllergicLiving website. Used to earn keep at Globe, TorStar, CBC Radio.
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Food Allergy Community Up in Arms Over Epinephrine on Planes

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By Gwen Smith Verified, Lianne Mandelbaum
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A proposed new U.S. federal rule governing airline emergency medical kits has sparked an outpouring of public comments from the food allergy community. Over 700 people have now raised concerns that the kits – called EMKs for short – are not being required to carry modern epinephrine devices in case of severe allergic reactions at 35,000 feet.
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Back-to-School with Food Allergies: 8 Tools for Success

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By Gwen Smith Verified
| Allergic Living Magazine Verified
Updated July 2026 – Back-to-school season is a big deal in every student’s life. But when a child has food allergies, a parent must be highly organized and communicate well to ensure the school is on top of anaphylaxis prevention measures and safety protocols. Also essential is that your student gets to be a full participant in school life, including class activities or outings.
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Stock Epi at School: Why Laws are Changing Across the U.S.

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By Gwen Smith Verified
| Allergic Living Magazine Verified
About a decade ago, it took a lot of advocacy to achieve state laws allowing stock epinephrine at school in nearly every U.S. state. And now, “stock epi” advocacy is underway again – this time revising these laws to cover needle-free epinephrine. The original stock epi laws were written when epinephrine meant only one thing: an auto-injector. So now much work is being done to broaden the language of stock epinephrine.
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