E-cigarettes

Vaping Injuries THC Informal Sources

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

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

Children's Health

Philly health department busts 149 businesses for selling tobacco to minors

Philly Tobacco permits suspended

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

Are 'vaping' and 'e-cigarettes' the same?

Vaping E-cigarette difference

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?

Vaping and e-cigarettes as smoking cessation tools

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

E-cigarettes are as dangerous to smokers' hearts as traditional cigarettes – maybe more so

e-cigarettes harm heart more tobacco

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

Flavored e-cigarettes lead to heavier use among teens, study says

Vaping teen epidemic flavored e-cigarettes

Lehigh County residents sue Juul claiming company marketed e-cigarettes to teens

Lawsuits Lehigh County Juul

Philly bill proposed to restrict city sales of vaping products

Vaping Philly Bill

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

Camden Freeholder: Ban vaping products until we understand the risks

New Jersey vaping ban

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

Youth vaping epidemic

New Jersey confirms first death tied to national vaping epidemic

vaping death new jersey

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

THC Vaping-related Illnesses

Vaping-related lung disease deaths hit double-digits

Vaping related deaths reach double digits

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

Counterfeit e-cigarette pods seized in Philly amid vaping illnesses across U.S.

Eonsmoke vaping philly

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

How – not what – a person vapes may play a big role in health effects

Vape Woman Hands 09132019

Pennsylvania has at least 17 vaping-related lung disease cases

vaping death lungs

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