E-cigarettes

Vape E-Cigarette Ban

Pennsylvania's ban on most e-cigarette products begins soon

Flavored vapes led to a major shake‑up at the FDA – here's the science behind the controversial products

Flavored Vapes

Embattled FDA Commissioner Marty Makary resigns after dispute over flavored vapes

Marty Makary FDA

Disposable vapes may have higher toxic metal levels than other cigarette products

Fewer teens are using alcohol, cigarettes and marijuana than before the pandemic

Teen Drug Use

Vaping, even without nicotine, can have harmful cardiovascular effects

Vaping Cardiovascular Effects

Vaping may have an adverse effect on the brains of college students

Teenagers who are depressed are twice as likely to vape, study shows

Teen Vaping Depression

LGBTQ people smoke cigarettes at higher rates, and they face barriers to quitting

LGBTQ Tobacco Use

Smoking cessation programs should combine behavioral interventions with medications, new guidelines say

WHO smoking

Many young adults who began vaping as teens can't shake the habit

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

Vaping Heart Failure

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

E-cigarette smokers have higher risk of stroke at younger ages, study finds

Electronic cigarettes and stroke risk

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

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

Vaping COVID-19

Smokers should begin cessation drugs, then decide when to quit

Smoking cessation guidelines

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

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

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

Children's Health

Philly health department busts 149 businesses for selling tobacco to minors

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

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

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?

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