Experts warn that continued use of tobacco products, including e-cigarettes or vapes, significantly increases the risk of developing fatal respiratory illnesses

Four years after Gov. Dunleavy vetoed a similar measure, lawmakers passed a bill imposing state’s first tax on electronic cigarettes and related products. The legislature’s approval of Senate Bill 24 was a victory for Senate President Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak. It was the third such bill sponsored by Stevens, who is retiring this year. “This bill […]

'A generation shaped by algorithms cannot simply outscroll nicotine marketing. I did not fully understand this until I was close to purchasing a vape.'

They're using cigarettes to fit in and deal with discrimination.

We’ve complained a great deal about RFK Jr.’s stint running HHS and its effects on the health of Americans in the short and long term because, well, there’s a lot to complain about. His anti-vaxxer stances have begun infecting national vaccine policy, of course, and his stance of essentially ignoring an ongoing 17 month measles […]

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Health Secretary Wes Streeting launches new e-cigarettes crack team at Trading Standards and on-the-spot fines for sellers of illicit vapes and illegal tobacco

Nicotine pouches are revered among tech workers, who tout them as the perfect brain-boosting, productivity-jacking stimulants.

Companies hope that biometric age-verification tech in cartridges could put flavored vapes back in business. But it's unlikely to solve the real problems.

Calling vape products 'poison,' the Department of Health urges lawmakers to prohibit — not just regulate — vaping in the Philippines