Vaping

Vitamin E acetate and marijuana vape products

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

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

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

Where there’s smoke, there’s fire: dispelling the safety myth of e-cigarettes, vaping

Michigan becomes first state to ban flavored vapes

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

Vaping Lung Failure Delco Teen

CDC investigating 215 cases of severe respiratory disease linked to vaping

CDC investigating severe respiratory cases tied to vaping

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

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E-cigarettes cause damage to blood vessels even when used without nicotine, Penn study finds

New Jersey issues health alert after 9 hospitalized with vaping-related lung problems

Teen warns peers about dangers of vaping after collapsed lung

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New Juul vape prevents teen use with facial recognition, age verification

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Juul e-cig flavors create chemical reactions that irritate airways, study finds

Juul accused by Congress members of marketing e-cigarettes in schools

Children's Health

Juul allegedly marketed e-cigarettes to children during school programs

Juul accused by Congress members of marketing e-cigarettes in schools

Children's Health

FDA launches first-ever teen-focused e-cigarette prevention TV ads

fda real cost vaping campaign

Amid teen vaping ‘epidemic,’ Juul taps addiction expert as medical director

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Children's Health

Juul CEO apologizes to parents for company's role in teen vaping epidemic

juul apology

San Francisco enacts ban on e-cigarette sales to curb youth addiction

Juul San Francisco

To combat teen vaping, Nebraska school district testing students for nicotine

Juul initiates research into the public health effects of e-cigarette use

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Flavored e-cigarettes may lead to heart disease, study finds

Walmart will no longer sell tobacco to people under age 21

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

e-cigarette lung toxins

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

Fake Juul pods

Alternative Medicine

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

Carroll - Medical marijuana and CBD products.

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

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

FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb

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

FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb

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

New Jersey beach

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

Children's Health

Teen vaping surged within the last year, survey says

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

Children's Health

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

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

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