Vaping

Vaping Heart Failure

Vaping increases risk of heart failure by nearly 20%, study suggests

Children's Health

Doctors sound alarm about child nicotine poisoning as vapes flood the U.S. market

E-cigarette sales surged during the pandemic, CDC says

Children's Health

High school athletes are more likely to vape than their peers, despite making otherwise healthy choices

Juul e-cigarettes must be taken off the U.S. market, FDA orders

E-cigarettes are not an effective tool for smoking cessation, study suggests

The COVID-19 pandemic has made it tougher to quit smoking

Smoking during pandemic

Vaping marijuana may be worse for teens than using e-cigarettes or smoking

Vaping marijuana

Youth vaping threatens to wipe out gains in cigarette use, health experts warn

Philly sues e-cigarette maker JUUL for sparking youth vaping epidemic

Children's Health

Vaping rates among teens declining, but addiction appears to be on the rise, according to CDC

Vaping down among teens

Vaping increases COVID-19 risk among teens, young adults, Stanford study finds

Vaping COVID-19

Smoking doubles young adults' risk of severe coronavirus complications

Smoking COVID-19 risk

Smokers have greater risk of severe coronavirus complications, research shows

Smokers are at greater risk of severe illness with COVID-19, researchers find

Juul pitches locked e-cigarette that blocks underage users

Juul Age Lock FDA

More stringent regulations are reducing tobacco retailers in Philly, study finds

Tobacco retailers Philly

Pennsylvania A.G. sues Juul for 'cynically' marketing vaping to teens

Vaping lawsuit Pennsylvania

Bucks County D.A. sues e-cigarette maker JUUL over teen vaping epidemic

Bucks County JUUL

Many vaping-related lung injury victims used THC products from 'informal sources,' CDC says

Vaping Injuries THC Informal Sources

Toddler inhaled from vaping device as Pittsburgh-area teens recorded video, police allege

Toddler Vaping Video Pittsburgh Teens Charged

New Jersey nears ban on flavored e-cigarettes – including menthol products

New Jersey bans e-cigarette flavors

As vaping-related deaths slow, Texas teen becomes youngest to die in outbreak

Vaping-related deaths Texas teen

U-Haul adopts policy to stop hiring smokers, e-cigarette users in 21 states

U-Haul truck lineup

Trump administration unveils tamer ban on flavored e-cigarette pods only

Vaping ban

Ten defining health care achievements of the 2010s, from artificial intelligence to immunotherapy

Affordable Care Act Obama 2010s

Don't toss that e-cig: Vaping waste is a whole new headache for schools and cities

Vaping Waste

CDC: Evidence growing that vitamin E acetate was behind vaping-related lung injury outbreak

Teen popcorn lung vaping

Nearly as many teens are vaping marijuana as nicotine, NIH reports

Vaping Marijuana

Congress considers restricting tobacco sales to anyone under age 21

New US smoking age limit

Vaping increases risk for lung disease, first long-term study finds

Vaping chronic lung disease

As e-cigarette popularity surges, 6.2 million American youth are using tobacco products

Teen Smoking 2019

New Pennsylvania law boosts minimum age to buy tobacco, e-cigarettes

Tobacco age 21 pennsylvania

More evidence links vitamin E acetate to vaping injuries

Vaping Vitamin E acetate

Some smokers credit e-cigarettes with saving their lives – does that matter?

Teen develops lung injury related to vaping that resembles 'popcorn lung'

Teen popcorn lung vaping

Trump reportedly reverses course on vaping ban

Donald Trump vaping ban

Cigarette smoking at lowest level in 55 years, but more adults are vaping

Cigarette smoking declining among American adults

More vapers are making their own juice, but not without risks

DIY Vaping Danielle Jones Kaiser Health News

Detroit doctors perform first double-lung transplant on patient with vaping injury

Vaping Double Lung Transplant Detroit

Vitamin E acetate may have caused some vaping illnesses, CDC says

Vaping crisis breakthrough Vitamin E acetate

Most high school vapers prefer Juul e-cigarettes

High school students prefer Juul e-cigarettes, survey finds

Diabetes drug found to reduce symptoms of nicotine withdrawal

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