Vaping

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Walmart will no longer sell tobacco to people under age 21

Harvard study finds lung-damaging toxins in popular e-cigarette products

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Children's Health

Do e-cigarettes contain nicotine? Teens don't always know

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U.S. Customs officers seize more than 1,000 fake Juul pods in Philly

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Alternative Medicine

Medical marijuana and CBD are taking off: can it help you?

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FDA warns public that seizures are a potential side effect of vaping, launches investigation

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Temple University to ban smoking and vaping in fall

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Disney parks to ban smoking, vaping beginning May 1

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Study links e-cigarette use to cardiovascular disease, heart attacks

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Vaping scourge Scott Gottlieb resigns as FDA commissioner, report says

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Children's Health

Driven by vaping, youth tobacco use surged in 2018

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Here's what doctors want you to know about vaping

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FDA ramps up threat to ban e-cigs as teens keep on vaping

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Smoking ban at New Jersey beaches and parks takes effect this month

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Philly bans tobacco use at addiction treatment programs

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U.S. Surgeon General issued an advisory on e-cigarette use, regulation and policies

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Children's Health

Teen vaping surged within the last year, survey says

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With FDA's imminent crackdown on e-cigarettes, manufacturers already playing defense

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Millennials are now vaping vitamins — here's why that's kind of pointless

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About 1.9 million vapers in the United States – and numbers growing

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Children's Health

Eat, toke or vape: Teens not too picky when it comes to pot’s potpourri

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Vaping, e-cigarettes can mutate users’ DNA, cause cancer, new research says

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Children's Health

Vaping, hookah may lead to marijuana use among teenagers, study finds

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He started vaping as a teen and now says habit is ‘impossible to let go’

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Bubble pop? Brownie batter? Vapes’ added flavors fuel e-cig debate

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Juul: Why a trendy e-cig is causing a social – and public health – commotion

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South Jersey police seize thousands of THC-laced vaping cartridges

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The Juul’s so cool, kids smoke it in school

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Surgeon general to young people: Stop vaping

In effort to save Pa.'s vape shops, house committee repeals 40% tax

FAQ: How the FDA’s new tobacco rule affects consumers

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