e-cigarettes

The decision lends credibility to vaping companies’ claim that their products can help blunt the toll of smoking. Meantime, parents and anti-tobacco groups say the FDA has again “failed American families.”

A ban on the sale of flavored nicotine vaping devices in Florida is heading to Gov. Ron DeSantis. Protesters say it will hurt businesses and their employees.

Schools have invested millions of dollars, including federal COVID emergency relief money meant to help schools through the pandemic. It can surprise students that schools even have such technology.

About 10% of high school students said they had used e-cigarettes in the previous month, down from 14% from the same survey last year. However, vaping among middle schoolers was about the same.

The devices contain nicotine, lithium and other materials that cannot be reused or recycled. Under federal law they also aren’t supposed to go in the trash.

Popular e-cigarettes lack packaging that stops kids from consuming the hazardous nicotine inside.

The FDA cracked down on the nicotine devices, yet they're stocked on many store shelves. The reason has to do with burgeoning overseas production, lack of clear rules, and lax enforcement.

The FDA, Justice Department, and White House have failed to act as vapes with kid-friendly flavors like cotton candy or gummy bears proliferate.

The warning from the Food and Drug Administration is the latest attempt by regulators to crack down on illegal disposable vapes that have poured into U.S. stores in recent years.

Juul Labs has reached settlements covering cases brought by about 10,000 plaintiffs related to its vaping products. Buffeted by lawsuits, Juul announced hundreds of layoffs last month.