Vaping: Does it help or harm?
Rob Roberts hasn’t smoked a cigarette in nine years.
Before his wife died of lung cancer in 2006, he smoked nearly two packs a day. After some “arm twisting” from friends and family, he turned to vaping instead about seven or eight years ago.
Mississippi confirms its 1st death connected to vaping
The Mississippi State Department of Health is confirming Mississippi’s first death related to vaping.
Discipline or treatment? Schools rethinking vaping response
A glimpse of student athletes in peak physical condition vaping just moments after competing in a football game led Stamford High School Principal Raymond Manka to reconsider his approach to the epidemic.
US investigates seizure risk with electronic cigarettes
U.S. health officials are investigating whether electronic cigarettes may trigger seizures in some people who use the nicotine-vaping devices.
US health officials move to tighten sales of e-cigarettes
U.S. health regulators are moving ahead with a plan designed to keep e-cigarettes out of the hands of teenagers by restricting sales of most flavored products in convenience stores, gas stations, pharmacies and other retail locations.
US surgeon general warns of teen risks from e-cigarettes
The government’s top doctor is taking aim at the best-selling electronic cigarette brand in the U.S., urging swift action to prevent Juul and similar vaping brands from addicting millions of teenagers.
Juul halts store sales of some flavored e-cigarettes
The nation’s leading e-cigarette maker is halting store sales of some flavors to deter use by kids.
2 million US teens are vaping marijuana
A school-based survey shows nearly 1 in 11 U.S. students have used marijuana in electronic cigarettes, heightening health concerns about the new popularity of vaping among teens.
Calling teen vaping ‘epidemic,’ officials weigh flavor ban
U.S. health officials are sounding the alarm about teenage use of e-cigarettes, calling the problem an “epidemic” and ordering manufacturers to reverse the trend or risk having their flavored vaping products pulled from the market.
Agency warns retailers not to sell Juul e-cigarette to kids
Federal health officials on Tuesday announced a nationwide crackdown on underage use of a popular e-cigarette brand following months of complaints from parents, politicians and school administrators.
Aldermen to hold public hearing on vape store exemption
Starkville’s board of aldermen will host a Nov. 7 public hearing on a proposed exemption to its recently-amended smoking ordinance that would allow smoking in standalone vape and smoking stores.
E-cigarette ordinance to address biz concerns
Starkville’s ban on using e-cigarettes in public places is now official, but the matter might not be over for stores that say the ban could hurt their business.
Starkville weighing e-cigarette ban
As Starkville aldermen consider an amendment to the city’s non-smoking ordinance to include electronic cigarettes and similar products, at least one business owner is worried the change might force him to shut his doors.
No longer the hot new thing? Teen vaping falls, study says
Teen vaping, which has been skyrocketing, fell dramatically last year in the United States.
FDA will require e-cigarettes and contents to be reviewed
The federal government announced sweeping new rules Thursday for electronic cigarettes that will for the first time require the devices and their ingredients to be reviewed, a mandate that could offer protection for consumers and upend a multibillion dollar industry that has gone largely unregulated.