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News Articles: e-cigarettes

Flavored varieties of disposable electronic cigarette devices are on display in a shop in Brussels on Dec. 12, 2024, ahead of Belgium's ban on the sale of disposable vapes as of Jan. 1, 2025.

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  • Europe

Belgium will ban sales of disposable e-cigarettes in a first for the EU

The ban, which will take effect on Jan. 1, is based on health and environmental grounds and is a groundbreaking move for European Union nations.

December 29, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Esco Bar disposable vaping pen

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  • Children's Health

Youth tobacco survey shows illegal flavored e-cigarettes are still the most popular

The most popular brands of e-cigarettes among underage smokers are illegal disposables, specifically Elf Bar/EB Designs (56.7%) and Esco Bars (21.6%), according to this year's National Youth Tobacco Survey.

November 07, 2023
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Disposable vapes in many kid-friendly fruity flavors, are displayed for sale at a shop in Pinecrest, Fla., Monday, June 26, 2023. Since 2020, the number of different vaping devices for sale in the U.S. has exploded, driven by a wave of disposable models from China.

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  • Health

They're illegal. So why is it so easy to buy the disposable vapes favored by teens?

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.

July 14, 2023
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By:
  • Yuki Noguchi
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration campus in Silver Spring, Md., is photographed on Oct. 14, 2015.

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  • Health

FDA warns stores to stop selling Elf Bar, the top disposable e-cigarette in the U.S.

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.

June 23, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Juul products are displayed at a smoke shop in New York on Dec. 20, 2018.

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  • Business

Juul settles more than 5,000 lawsuits over its vaping products

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.

December 07, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Nearly two years after the FDA issued a policy denouncing the marketing of fruit-flavored vape juice and other vape products to young people, the products are still widely available in stores. But experts hope that could be about to change.

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  • Health

The chase is on: Regulators are slowly cracking down on vapes aimed at teens

The advent of vaping revived nicotine addiction among young people after a dramatic decline. The FDA seems poised to at last yank some products aimed at teens from the market. Will it work?

November 29, 2022
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By:
  • Yuki Noguchi
Packaging for an electronic cigarette and menthol pods from Juul Labs is displayed on Feb. 25, 2020, in Pembroke Pines, Fla. In a deal announced Tuesday, Juul will pay nearly $440 million to settle a two-year investigation by 33 states into the marketing of its high-nicotine vaping products.

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  • Business

Juul will pay nearly $440 million to settle states' investigation into teen vaping

The electronic cigarette maker has agreed to settle a two-year investigation by 33 states and Puerto Rico into the marketing of its vaping products, which have been blamed for a surge in teen vaping.

September 06, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Packages of Juul mint-flavored e-cigarettes are displayed at a smoke shop in 2019.

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  • Health

The FDA orders Juul to pull all of its vaping products from the U.S. market

The company "will finally be held accountable for creating the youth vaping epidemic," the advocacy group Parents Against Vaping e-cigarettes told NPR. Juul said it plans to fight the decision.

June 23, 2022
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  • Bill Chappell
A person uses an e-cigarette

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  • Children's Health

Vaping Risks To Youth Continue Despite Age Increase, Tax

The use of e-cigarettes by teens has seen an exponential increase of 135% over the last two years, equating to 2.4 million new teens using e-cigarettes.

September 02, 2020
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Vaping has been linked to more than 40 deaths and 2,000 illnesses in the U.S.

Are ‘Vaping’ And ‘E-cigarettes’ The Same, And Should All These Products Be Avoided?

As concerns over vaping continue to grow, researchers and public health officials are investigating the causes of more than 40 deaths and 2,000...

April 29, 2020
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  • The Conversation and
  • Allison Kurti

Countering E-Cigarettes, Alcohol Use Among Children

In this week’s Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University,...

April 27, 2020
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  • Drew Dawson
Electronic cigarettes came into the US market in 2007. Now over 90 million Americans vape regularly.

Juuling: The New Threat Of Nicotine Addiction

E-cigarettes hit the market not too long ago as an aid to quit smoking. The CDC reported in 2015 that more than 9 million American adults vape regularly...

July 13, 2018
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Summer Evans

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