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Vaping Philly Bill

Philly bill proposed to restrict city sales of vaping products

Vapers accuse officials of overreach as investigation into deadly lung illness lags

Vaping Advocates

Alaska remains the only state without a vaping-related illness

Vaping Illnesses Alaska

Pennsylvania confirms first death linked to vaping-related lung illness

Vaping death Pennsylvania

Vaping-related illnesses now surpass 1,000

Surge of vaping illnesses expected to continue

Delaware confirms first death linked to vaping-related lung illness

Vaping Delaware

New Jersey confirms first death tied to national vaping epidemic

vaping death new jersey

Here's what you need to know about the youth vaping epidemic

Youth vaping epidemic

DEA authorized greater opioid production as deaths mounted, report finds

D.E.A. opioid Inspector General

FDA, DEA target websites illegally selling opioids

FDA,DEA target illegal opioid sellers online

THC products the 'most prominent link' among vaping-related illnesses

THC Vaping-related Illnesses

Chester County parents arrested after 11-month-old ingests, overdoses on heroin while they slept

infant heroin overdose

Will Pennsylvania be the next state to raise the smoking age to 21?

smoking cigarette

Vaping-related lung disease deaths hit double-digits

Vaping related deaths reach double digits

Juul CEO stepping down amid vaping public health crisis

juul apology

Camouflaged vaping devices are hoodwinking parents and schools

Vaping hoodie

TV broadcast companies shun vaping ads, Walmart to stop carrying e-cigarettes

Walmart e-cigarette ban

FDA opens parallel criminal investigation into vaping-related lung illnesses

Vaping may make your lungs more vulnerable to infections, study finds

Eye surgeons prescribed more opioids as procedures became less invasive, study finds

Eye Surgery Opioid Prescriptions

Longtime crusader against OxyContin begins to see the fruits of her struggle

Barbara Van Rooyan CSPAN 09182019

Vaping-related death count now at seven

vaping death lungs

Potential carcinogen in menthol e-cigarettes exceeds safety levels, study finds

Vaping pulegone carcinogen cancer

Pennsylvania has at least 17 vaping-related lung disease cases

vaping death lungs

South Jersey teens sue Juul for deceptive marketing

Juul sued by South Jersey Teens

Flavored e-cigarettes more likely to turn youth into regular users, study finds

Vape Pen 09112019

Trump administration to ban flavored e-cigarettes

Trump to ban flavored e-cigarettes

A sixth person has died of a vaping-related lung illness

Vaping Pen THC FLickr 09102019

Tobacco sales to minors in Philly skyrocketed in 2018, health department says

Cigarettes Philly minors

‘Crackhouse’ or ‘safehouse’? U.S. officials try to block Philly’s supervised injection site

Stock_Carroll - Somerset Street in Kensington

Fifth person dies from lung illness caused by vaping, CDC confirms

CDC fifth death lung illness

What is vitamin E acetate, the compound linked to vaping-related illnesses?

Vitamin E acetate and marijuana vape products

CDC: Third death from vaping lung illness reported in Indiana

Lungs Smoke 09062019

Vaping may make your lungs more vulnerable to infections, study finds

Vaping may make your lungs more vulnerable to infections, study finds

More than 50 donation-based yoga classes are being offered this September

Yoga mats Stock_Carroll

Michigan becomes first state to ban flavored vapes

E-cigarettes Vaping Ban 09042019

Vaping habit caused Delco teen's severe lung illness, family warns

Vaping Lung Failure Delco Teen

Jim Kenney, IBX kick off National Recovery Month in Philly

Jim Kenney National Recovery Month

Liberation Way employees plead guilty in Bucks County addiction treatment scheme

Liberation Way

First U.S. death caused by vaping confirmed in Illinois

vaping death lungs

Penn, Yale researchers looking at opioid use disorder under a different light

penn yale opioid use center

Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $518 million in Oklahoma opioid case

Johnson & Johnson opioids

Among hurdles for those with opioid addictions: getting the drug to treat it

Carroll - The elevated Market-Frankford Line in Kensington

Hepatitis A races across the country

Homeless Man 08162019

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