The vaping illness comes amid a surge in teen vaping.
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Their wish list includes banning flavored tobacco and vaping products, tobacco and vaping advertisements directed at youths, and online sales of vaping products.
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Still, teens may not view vaping — even vaping nicotine — as risky.
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The vaping industry is also battling a more extensive ban of all vaping products in Massachusetts, which recently reported its first vaping-related death.
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She's best known for getting real about vaping and vaping-related illness.
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The ban is bad news for American vaping companies like Juul, the world's largest maker of vaping products with more than 70% of the vaping market.
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Known as the vaping congressman, the Republican has helped create pro-vaping legislation.
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"I wouldn't have quit smoking without vaping," he said while in fact vaping.
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There's nationwide concern over vaping-related lung injuries and the teen vaping epidemic.
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Seventy percent of African-American kids that are vaping are now vaping menthol.
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Vaping—especially mod vaping—is all about customization and it can be incredibly overwhelming.
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Wisconsin officials submitted 24 vaping products collected from patients with vaping-related lung injuries.
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Twenty-five percent of high schoolers are vaping, 5% of middle schoolers are vaping.
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Some studies have even suggested that vaping is creating new smokers, with teens who start vaping becoming more likely to eventually transition into tobacco than non-vaping teens.
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Yet – where vaping was once viewed as a fairly benign alternative to smoking – this issue with much vaping research hasn't held back regulators from taking stringent anti-vaping measures.
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If you shifted to vaping, now they're trying to ban vaping and keep you smoking.
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The move was intended to reduce teen vaping, but also spurned a vaping activism movement.
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Go deeper: Regulatory gaps are exacerbating the youth vaping crisis How marijuana laws may be contributing to vaping illnesses Health officials make "breakthrough" in search for cause of vaping illness
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Zeller said it is important that high youth vaping rates not be conflated with vaping illnesses.
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The move comes amid reports of thousands of vaping-related illnesses and 42 vaping-related deaths.
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A recent Times report on vaping attributes vaping partially to a decline in teenage cigarette smoking.
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The vaping industry is also battling a more extensive ban of all vaping products in Massachusetts.
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""Because the vaping industry is quickly evolving, new, additional, vaping-specific strategies may well be needed in the years ahead in order to keep vaping devices out of the hands of youth.
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Last month, the Trump administration instituted a partial ban on flavored vaping products after mounting criticism over teenage vaping numbers and a string of vaping-linked illnesses linked to illicit THC cartridges.
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By being synonymous with vaping, it finds itself embroiled in a multitude of different vaping-related incidents.
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Vaping an unknown alien mutagenDespite the FDA's best efforts, vaping is not and never will be cool.
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Here is what you need to know about vaping and vaping-related illnesses in the United States.
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There is some suspicion about the "thickeners" added to vaping liquids, Nick Kovacevich, CEO of KushCo Holdings, the largest US seller of vaping products and accessories (but not vaping liquids), told BuzzFeed News.
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"It is up to the vaping community to make a good name for the vaping industry," Richardson said.
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Throughout the election, vaping advocates were pushing candidates to state a position on the issue of vaping regulation.
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When you search "vaping" from an incognito account on YouTube, the top videos come back with vaping tricks.
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Vaping in combination with smoking traditional cigarettes was also more strongly connected to marijuana use than vaping alone.
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Vaping may hamper the lungs' ability to fend off infections The CDC is urging everyone to stop vaping.
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The American Vaping Association called it a "wake-up call" for anyone who has dismissed vaping as unhealthy.
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Toxic chemicals released from vaping fluids, or from the battery-powered vaping devices themselves, are among the suspects.
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Vaping disease: The lung damage observed in 17 people with vaping-related illnesses resembled chemical burns, doctors said.
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Now, Apple has made the controversial decision to remove all 181 vaping-related apps from its App Store — including those with news and information about vaping and even vaping-related games, Axios reported this week.
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Johnson became a folk hero on vaping websites after pushing back on proposed Food and Drug Administration vaping regulations.
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The FDA has said vaping among teenagers is an "epidemic", with 21% of US high schoolers vaping last year.
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Not just vaping himself occasionally, but promoting the idea that vaping and vapers will decide the future of America.
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The ban includes both flavored and non-flavored vaping products, making it the strongest vaping ban in the country.
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The ban includes both flavored and non-flavored vaping products, making it the strongest vaping ban in the country.
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Vaping products have recently come under scrutiny after a series of illnesses and deaths have been linked to vaping.
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Go deeper: More than 2,000 people report mysterious vaping illness Most Americans support a ban on flavored vaping products
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A mysterious vaping-related lung disease linked to vaping has sickened at least 530 people in 38 states, and its toll is expected to rise, federal health officials told a congressional hearing on vaping on Tuesday.
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Fuhrman ultimately ditched his vaping habit and focused his sights on becoming a teen anti-vaping advocate -- along with his friends and mother, Dorian Fuhrman, a co-founder of the group Parents Against Vaping e-cigarettes.
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The crackdown on vaping comes as two issues related to e-cigarettes have coalesced in recent weeks: new evidence that teen vaping is getting worse, and the spread of a mysterious lung illness linked to vaping.
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Maybe vaping on a plane is a bad idea, for example, but vaping in Central Park isn't a big deal.
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Vaping under scrutiny Michigan's temporary vaping ban went into effect last month, though retailers had until October 2 to comply.
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The FDA has also continued to crack down on vaping, issuing a ban against all flavored vaping pods in January.
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In the lead-up to that day, get rid of anything that reminds you of vaping, including all vaping products.
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"Our customers know that they can't be walking through a store vaping, or sitting at a bar vaping," he said.
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It's unclear if vaping definitely caused the problems, but a number of the victims seemingly used vaping products with THC.
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"The real problem with vaping is the illicit substances that are being introduced into the vaping," Wolf said that day.
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Does a combination of vaping ingredients, or the use of a certain vaping device, increase the likelihood of falling ill?
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Vaping activists are fighting not only for their right to smoke, but for the small businesses that sell vaping products.
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We already know enough to say that vaping is bad for you and vaping oil-based products is far worse.
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Vaping is catching up with Big Tobacco The US vaping crisis has turned into a global headache for tobacco companies.
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Massachusetts on Wednesday adopted the country's toughest ban on the sale of flavored tobacco and vaping products, including menthol cigarettes, in response to a rise in youth vaping and an outbreak of vaping-related serious lung injuries.
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Youth vaping rates have continued to climb and there's still a lot to learn about the long-term effects of vaping.
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"Vaping has become a culture," said Azim Chowdhury, an attorney who has represented the vaping industry for close to a decade.
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As much as Philip Morris may tout vaping as a healthier alternative to smoking, long-term effects of vaping are unclear.
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While I am encouraged by the FDA's anti-vaping ads, an ad campaign is clearly not enough to address youth vaping.
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From there, the article launches straight into a rehash of the basic stats on the vaping illnesses and teen-vaping rates.
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The announcement came amid continued concerns about rising levels of youth vaping and a mysterious outbreak of vaping-related lung injuries.
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The announcement came amid continued concerns about rising levels of youth vaping and a mysterious outbreak of vaping-related lung injuries.
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If you know your child is vaping, you can help them quit by educating them about the health risks of vaping, picking a start date to quit, and getting rid of their vaping devices together, according to Kids Health.
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If you know your child is vaping, you can help them quit by educating them about the health risks of vaping, picking a start date to quit, and getting rid of their vaping devices together, according to Kids Health.
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The first vaping-related illnesses appeared in April and rapidly increased beginning in July, even though consumers had been vaping for years.
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When it comes to public policy, it's therefore inevitable that Big Tobacco sometimes makes common cause with vaping groups and vaping companies.
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Both Juul and vaping in general have faced intense scrutiny in recent months, amid a flurry of deaths from vaping-related illnesses.
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Looking ahead, Gottlieb said concerns about youth vaping should take priority over concerns about smokers if adolescent vaping rates continue to rise.
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She said that she regretted buying the vaping device, but that Austin had quit vaping altogether even if his friends had not.
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Piper, who had been vaping for over two years, was diagnosed with Colorado's first case of severe lung illness linked to vaping.
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The CDC is also investigating whether the illnesses are caused by ingredients in the vaping products or by vaping habits in general.
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Virgin Islands Cases of vaping-related lung illness Vaping-related deaths 0 503 50 100 150 Mont. Minn. Ore. Mass. Mich. Wis.
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Vaping effects: Lung damage in some people who became ill after vaping nicotine or marijuana products resembles a chemical burn, doctors reported.
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Vaping epidemic tied to Juul The report points out that the rise in vaping coincided with the increasing market popularity of Juul.
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No love lost: The American Vaping Association, a nonprofit that advocates for sensible regulation of vaping products, had harsh words for Juul.
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Between the lines: Marijuana use is steady overall, but has shifted from smoking to vaping — and vaping THC products can be dangerous.
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Virgin Islands Cases of vaping-related lung illness Vaping-related deaths 0 10 22016 22017 22018 Mont. Minn. Ore. Mass. Mich. Wis.
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Virgin Islands Cases of vaping-related lung illness Vaping-related deaths 0 10 50 100 50 Mont. Minn. Ore. Mass. Mich. Wis.
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Vaping activists believe vaping saves lives by curbing cigarette use, and have become spurred into political action over their right to vape.
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You should also read: These teens who were hospitalized with vaping injuries are sharing their stories to help other teens quit vaping.
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But the vaping industry argues those deaths are likely tied to people who are vaping THC products purchased from the black market.
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As president of the nonprofit advocacy group American Vaping Association, Conley has helped shape public policy on vaping for almost a decade.
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While illicit THC vaping products are strongly linked to the vaping illnesses, per CDC, the agency has not ruled out nicotine products.
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The state currently has a 4-month ban on all vaping products, the harshest in the U.S. In Georgia, a patient with a history of heavy nicotine vaping, but no reported history of vaping THC, died, Georgia's Department of Health said.
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When stories began to surface about illnesses tied to vaping, Burns said in an interview with CBS last month that this was "worrisome," but vaping-related illnesses were probably the result of people sickened by vaping THC, not Juul products.
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Go deeper: GOP allies warn vaping ban will sink Trump in 2020 Editor's note: This story clarifies that while illicit THC vaping products are strongly linked to the vaping illnesses, the CDC has not ruled out not ruled out nicotine products.
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There's a pretty strong case that vaping is a different beast from quitting smoking — that it may actually be harder to stop vaping.
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No one wants kids to use tobacco, no one wants kids vaping, and no one wants vaping companies to target children with advertisements.
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After making headlines for vaping in the House of Representatives to protest anti-vaping legislation, Congressman Duncan Hunter is in the news again.
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It's likely that the rest of the videos—many from vaping "influencers"—were actually sponsored by vaping companies, said lead researcher Grace Kong.
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Apple said Friday it will ban vaping-related apps from its App Store and has removed all 181 vaping-related apps currently available.
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But its reputation has taken a dent, thanks to the rise of mysterious vaping-related deaths and the uptick of vaping among teens.
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Earlier this month, the FDA warned consumers to stop using THC vaping products as investigations into vaping-related lung injuries and deaths continue.
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This is the first time the survey has asked teenagers whether they've used any vaping device, like an e-cigarette or vaping pens.
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Because it does not burn organic material, vaping cannabis is considered safer than smoking, just as vaping nicotine is safer than smoking cigarettes.
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Read more:A woman got the incurable condition &aposcobalt lung&apos after vaping marijuana for just 6 monthsKids as young as 11 are vaping.
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Juul's public image also took a hit during last year's vaping-linked lung injuries, which prompted health warnings against vaping of any kind.
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To report on the mysterious vaping illness, Times reporters interviewed various stakeholders: doctors and health investigators, government regulators, patients and vaping company representatives.
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Though vaping of marijuana is on the rise, the overall rates of using the drug in all forms — smoking, vaping, edibles — were mixed.
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Regulators are already battling a surge in teen vaping, coupled with the vaping disease that's sickened more than 1,12.83 people in recent months.
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The group is a nonprofit organization that advocates for sensible regulation of vaping products but is sponsored by companies that make vaping products.
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This past summer, the Centers for Disease Control and prevention advised people to stop vaping entirely over the pulmonary lung disease from vaping.
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We'll start with vaping: Trump to meet with vaping industry as he considers flavors ban President Trump on Monday said he will meet with representatives of the e-cigarette industry as he considers a ban on the sale of flavored vaping products.
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Amid rising fears around the world that e-cigarettes and vaping products could be just as harmful as cigarettes, England's leading health agency has released its annual report on vaping, which argues that vaping nicotine is indeed a safer alternative to smoking.
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You probably already know that vaping companies have been under fire in recent months by critics who say they're to blame for an uptick in vaping among teens, as well as potentially connected to a rash of vaping-related deaths and illnesses.
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Tobacco companies have doubled down on vaping products in recent years to offset falling demand for cigarettes, but a spate of vaping-related deaths and concerns around a surge in teenage vaping have attracted intense regulatory scrutiny and hit e-cigarette sales.
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However, there is a population of students who have developed an addiction to vaping and punishments may result in students rebelling and vaping more.
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The looming question, as with so many vaping studies though, is whether the implied effects of vaping on the body amount to significant harm.
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But in what's perhaps a new high for lawmakers, a Congressman today started vaping in the middle of a discussion about anti-vaping legislation.
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The growing vaping problemOver the past few weeks, it's been worrisome to watch as the number of deaths connected with vaping continue to climb.
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The teen vaping epidemic comes as public health officials try to combat a vaping illness outbreak that has taken the lives of 42 people.
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Megan Constantino, 36, from St. Petersburg, Florida, quit vaping six days ago in response to reports of the illnesses and deaths related to vaping.
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"People who are vaping nicotine and having these reactions probably are vaping illegal products that are counterfeit," Gottlieb said in a "Squawk Box" interview.
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Massachusetts currently has the harshest vaping ban in U.S. 20 people have died from a lung-related illness linked to vaping as of Oct.
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But vaping proponents say flavors can help adult smokers switch to vaping from cigarettes, which cause cancer, lung disease, stroke and other deadly diseases.
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Go deeper: 7th person dies from vaping-related lung illness The anti-vaping tipping point Trump administration plans ban of most flavored e-cigarettes
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Several GOP members voiced concerns that the bill would not impose a tax on vaping products with THC, the main psychoactive compound in marijuana, despite the CDC's findings of a greater correlation between THC vaping products and the illnesses than with nicotine vaping products. Rep.
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USA-VAPING-CDC U.S. vaping-related deaths climb to 39, illnesses to 2,051 (Reuters) - U.S. health officials on Thursday reported 2,051 confirmed and probable cases and 2 more deaths from a mysterious respiratory illness tied to vaping, taking the total death toll to 39.
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"The authors of this paper tried some statistical voodoo to separate out the effect of vaping itself from what vaping tells us about the person, but they were found to have rigged the calculation to show vaping was the reason for the smoking," Bates said.
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Pressure has been mounting worldwide against the vaping industry, which includes nicotine and marijuana-based devices, since the first vaping-related death occurred in late August and the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported hundreds of related cases of lung disease caused by vaping.
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Since the start of this year's vaping-related deaths, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that people "consider refraining from using e-cigarette or vaping products" — although if they used vaping products to quit smoking, they shouldn't switch back to cigarettes.
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It also only shows that vaping affects the markers that are known risk factors, it doesn't show that vaping is connected to actual heart disease.
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If kids see vaping as rebellious, public health needs to take back that narrative and prove not vaping is the true rebellion, according to Siegel.
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A spike in teen vaping has prompted a Food and Drug Administration crackdown on e-cigarettes, including severe restrictions on the sales of vaping products.
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It could make it harder for smokers to access vaping products and potentially incentivize smoking over vaping when smoking among adults has hit historic lows.
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More than 450 potential cases of vaping-related lung illness have been reported across the U.S. Vaping marijuana is still typically safer than smoking it.
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From smoking to vaping When Mary Kerrie transitioned to vaping nicotine a few years ago, she stopped smoking cigarettes completely, her daughter, Maggie Davis, said.
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"We have a problem in our country, it's a new problem ... and it's called vaping, especially vaping as it pertains to innocent children," Trump said.
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A 28-year-old man listed in the report had, for a year, been vaping 20 to 30 cartridges a day and also vaping THC.
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Many patients with vaping illness also have stomach pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, and it is important to ask people with those symptoms about vaping.
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Vaping advocates say a flavor sales ban would curtail some adult smokers' efforts to quit, put small vaping companies out of business and eliminate jobs.
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Other studies have drawn a link between vaping and cigarettes, suggesting that vaping is a "first step towards becoming an established cigarette user," Miech said.
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Vaping once seemed like a less harmful alternative to smoking cigarettes, but a string of mysterious deaths have led to increased scrutiny of vaping technology.
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Christiani said that "efforts should be made to increase public awareness of the harmful effect of vaping, and physicians should discourage their patients from vaping."
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While medical experts agree that vaping is far better for health than smoking, Belluz wrote about how vaping might be more dangerous than we realize.
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The legal marijuana industry's revenue from sales of vaping products has dropped 15% amid health fears stemming from a vaping-related lung illness, AP reports.
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Wisconsin is also home to Juul vaping pod manufacturing sites, and one of its U.S. senators, Republican Ron Johnson, credits his win to vaping advocates.
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" Conley said "reasonable proposals to actually prevent youth vaping include stronger age verification, strict marketing standards, and increasing the legal vaping and tobacco age to 21.
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His pitch is pretty simple: Vapers love to vape, and Democrats are on the side of stricter regulations on vaping and higher taxes on vaping products.
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While the long-term effects of vaping are still unknown, there's little doubt that vaping won't go in your favor when it comes to life insurance.
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According to the Washington Post, the recent spike in lung injuries caused by vaping may be related to an inundation of dangerous black-market vaping products.
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Read more: Nearly 200 potential cases of vaping-related lung illness have been reported across the U.S. Vaping marijuana is still typically safer than smoking it.
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The changes in the airway from hookah smoking and e-cigarette vaping could also make smoking and vaping marijuana easier because of decreased sensitivity to irritation.
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Read more:More than 450 potential cases of vaping-related lung illness have been reported across the U.S. Vaping marijuana is still typically safer than smoking it.
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As the City's doctor, my advice to parents and young people is to stop using vaping products and learn more about the health risks of vaping.
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Many people who became sick have said they were vaping THC, the ingredient in marijuana that induces a high, but some patients reported vaping only nicotine.
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Health officials have announced there may be multiple causes for the vaping lung illness but have specifically pointed to vaping oils containing THC, a marijuana ingredient.
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Go deeper: Altria to take $4.5 billion writedown on Juul investment 37 reported dead from vaping-related lung illness Nearly 1,900 people report mysterious vaping illness
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Apple said many of the vaping apps it had removed were from stores showing off their vaping products, though users couldn't buy anything in the apps.
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He added that how Hahn deals with the vaping issue "is a pretty good test case" for non-vaping issues that could cause political divides. Sen.
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Many people who became sick have said they were vaping THC, the ingredient in marijuana that induces a high, but some patients report vaping only nicotine.
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They suggest that the presence of oil in the lungs may simply be a marker of vaping exposure and not the cause of vaping-related illnesses.
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Trump unexpectedly announced a plan for broad flavor bans in September, citing widespread teen vaping and concerns over the ongoing outbreak of vaping-linked lung illnesses.
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There have been 14 deaths traced to vaping after hundreds have experienced a lung illness after vaping, with many saying their e-cigarettes included THC products.
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The Trump administration plans to ban all flavored vaping products — although that's seemingly more an effort to stop kids from vaping, rather than prevent lung injuries.
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Vaping advocates rightly suspect that these nonprofits have exhibited mission-creep, as they abandoned their public health goals by lobbying to ban vaping and vapor products.
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Raising the vaping age to 21 Friday's meeting comes as the administration is working on a policy that could impact the sale of flavored vaping products.
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Vaping industry representatives have argued banning flavored products would curtail some adult smokers' efforts to quit and put small vaping companies out of business, eliminating jobs.
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"By glamorizing vaping, while at the same time downplaying the nicotine found in vaping products, JUUL is putting countless New Yorkers at risk," according to James.
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The chemical's presence could have been in either the vaping pod or vaping device used and caused chemical damage in his lungs that may be permanent.
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Eventually, Adam said that he went from vaping over-the-counter e-liquids to vaping THC or tetrahydrocannabinol, which is the main psychoactive component of marijuana.
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Vaping. "The vaping market emerged about four years ago, but it really only became popular about one or two years ago," Jeremy Ong, the 25-year-old co-founder of Vape Club MY, a vaping subscription box service based in Kuala Lumpur, told me via Skype.
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I began noticing people all around me vaping - the shocking part wasn't that they were vaping, rather that they would do it right underneath the teacher's nose.
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"Vaping did save a lot of people," added Nick Orlando, an ex-smoker who transitioned to vaping and owns a handful of shops not far from Tampa.
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Vaping among minors has been classified as an epidemic, and according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention more than 5,700 kids start vaping every day.
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Meantime, the FDA announced it is going after vaping company Eonsmoke LLC with a warning letter seeking to remove roughly 100 flavored vaping products from the market.
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As this data has emerged, the outbreak is looking less like a story about general vaping risks and more about the harms of vaping certain THC products.
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To understand the surge in vaping among youth, you need to understand Juul, the popular — and controversial — e-cigarette that many argue helped vaping nicotine go viral.
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Vaping advocates had kind of thought this amendment was their only hope, according to Gregory Conley, the president of the American Vaping Association, a nonprofit advocacy group.
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Juul's announcement comes as the Trump administration prepares a ban on the sale of flavored vaping products to combat a record spike in vaping rates among teenagers.
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Although most cases of the vaping illness have been linked to illicit THC, Dr. Schuchat said that did not mean other vaping products could be considered safe.
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Investigators at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suspect that vaping — and in particular, vaping with cannabinoid liquids like THC — may be part of the problem.
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Research on vaping is still scant, but some preliminary studies are starting to trickle out, suggesting that (like smoking) there may be serious health consequences to vaping.
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The study wasn't set up to study vaping, Gentner said, and researchers didn't find any of the compounds known to come from vaping emissions other than nicotine.
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The bottom line is that there's currently an epidemic of illnesses related to vaping; beyond that risk, the long-term safety of vaping is far from established.
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Vaping advocates have argued that a flavor sales ban would curtail some adult smokers' efforts to quit, put small vaping companies out of business and eliminate jobs.
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Los Angeles County health officials announced the vaping-related death of an older adult with chronic health issues hours after Indiana reported its first vaping-related fatality.
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"For me vaping is the canary in the coalmine, or better, the child in the vaping room," said Romney, who has introduced a bill to ban flavors.
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In 2017, the vaping landscape shifted again with Mr. Trump's appointment of Dr. Gottlieb, who had served on the board of Kure, a chain of vaping lounges.
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"Current efforts by the vaping industry, government agencies, and schools have thus far proved insufficient to stop the rapid spread of nicotine vaping among adolescents," researchers wrote.
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Initiation of vaping by teenagers should be discouraged, but policy makers should also realize that the risks of vaping pale in comparison to the risks of smoking.
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Meanwhile, reported health problems from vaping have soared in the last six months, with over 2,100 cases of EVALI, the vaping-related lung illness, across the country.
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Massachusetts currently has the harshest vaping ban in U.S. At least 18 people have died from a lung-related illness linked to vaping as of Oct. 3.
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Donna ShalalaDonna Edna ShalalaOvernight Health Care: Fireworks on health care expected at Dem debate | Trump FDA pick dodges on vaping ban | Trump to host meeting on youth vaping Friday | AMA calls for immediate vaping ban Congress feels heat to act on youth vaping Sanders doubles down on Bolivia 'coup,' few follow suit MORE (D-Fla.) agreed it's irrelevant what the transition is called, as long as elections are called.
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READ: The vaping crisis has a new villain: 'Dank Vapes' As vaping surged in popularity ― and as vaping-related health problems like burned lungs and the accidental ingestion of toxic metals surfaced ― a central fear was how little we knew about the long-term health effects on users.
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The fight against underage vaping The FDA revealed in November that vaping had increased nearly 80% among high schoolers and 50% among middle schoolers since the year before.
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Liz Thomson, a Democrat, lost her reelection bid to Republican Conrad James, a pro-vaping candidate who got a last-minute boost from Clark's CASAA and vaping groups.
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The predicted shift to vaping explains reports that Altria also plans to acquire JUUL, a vaping firm that has captured around 75% of America's growing e-cigarette market.
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Vaping—and vaping flavors they liked—was their right, and they would do anything to prevent that from changing, including reconsidering who they would vote for next November.
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Vaping illness spurs calls for federal marijuana changes Marijuana advocates are seizing on the recent outbreak of vaping illnesses to renew calls for clear federal rules on cannabis.
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But health concerns, such as 37 vaping-related deaths, coupled with an increased political backlash and regulatory bans following a surge in teenage vaping have clouded Juuls future.
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" Vaping: 'A real problem' This year is the second in which the Monitoring the Future survey asked high schoolers about vaping specific substances: nicotine, marijuana or "just flavoring.
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The vaping industry was prepared for the FDA's final rules governing the manufacturing and sale of e-cigarettes, e-liquid, and other vaping products, which were released Thursday.
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There is only limited scientific research on the safety of vaping, and almost no research on the possible safety hazards of making and vaping your own vape juice.
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The illnesses under investigation involve the broader use of vaping products — including those being used with substances like THC; e-cigarettes are considered one type of vaping product.
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A 2450-year-old Wisconsin man has been arrested in connection with a large-scale counterfeit vaping enterprise that allegedly sold THC oil in thousands of vaping cartridges.
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As these products have become more accessible, youth vaping rates have risen: Today, one in every four high schoolers report at least occasional use of a vaping device.
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"The fight against vaping is rapidly becoming the new reefer madness," American Vaping Association president Gregory Conley told BuzzFeed News in an emailed response to the Congressional letter.
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Recently, the CDC recently issued a warning about vaping modified e-cigarettes or using ingredients bought off of the street, after The spate of vaping-related lung disorders.
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"Current efforts by the vaping industry, government agencies and schools have thus far proved insufficient to stop the rapid spread of nicotine vaping among adolescents," the researchers said.
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"Current efforts by the vaping industry, government agencies, and schools have thus far proved insufficient to stop the rapid spread of nicotine vaping among adolescents," the researchers said.
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The report had some limitations, including that although the doctors obtained the patient's vaping history, no actual samples of the vaping products he used were available for analysis.
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TRUTH: Vaping is a young person problem While not everyone who vapes is a young person, vaping is a strong cultural commodity among teens and Gen-Z adults.
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The FDA runs campaigns emphasizing the potential harms of vaping to young people while failing to communicate the benefits of switching from smoking to vaping to adult smokers.
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WGN America said Monday the network has removed television ads for flavored vaping e-cigarettes and was in the process of reviewing its policy regarding vaping products generally.
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Go deeper: 50 states confirm cases of vaping-related illness Congress raises age to buy tobacco products to 21 Instagram to ban influencers from vaping and guns promotions
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Trump wants to ban flavored vapes, but that might just worsen the vaping lung injury crisisAn 18-year-old had surgery to remove blisters on his lungs after vaping, and his doctor says this could be just the beginning Vaping is leading to a spate of lung injuries, comas, and death.
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In an interview with Vice News on Monday, the longtime vaping aficionado argued resisting FDA regulation of the vaping industry could be the GOP's holy grail in future elections.
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Public health experts have worried about underage vaping for years, but last fall, the Surgeon General declared it an epidemic after vaping rates spiked dramatically between 213 and 2018.
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What may be the most effective approach to youth vaping is to take a page out of the industry's playbook and tailor anti-vaping ads to what motivates kids.
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On Wednesday, President Trump held a policy meeting at the White House to discuss national vaping guidelines amidst hundreds of cases of vaping-related illnesses across the United States.
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School responses to vaping spark some privacy concernsIn desperate attempts to quell teen vaping, schools around the country have sometimes blurred the line between security and invasion of privacy.
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But there were a range of other apps on offer related to vaping, for example allowing users to control vape pens or to access vaping-related games or content.
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After political advisers and vaping-industry lobbyists warned him of potential pushback from his supporters, Trump appears to have backed off from vaping restrictions, The New York Times reported.
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The Washington Post reports that federal investigators have pinpointed a chemical used in marijuana vaping products that's been tied to vaping-related illnesses in different areas of the country.
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For example, the technology can be used to lock vaping systems so they only work with authentic vaping pods, helping reduce the number of counterfeit pods on the market.
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Apple's actions come at a time when concerns about vaping products have ramped up in response to a mysterious vaping-related lung injury that's killed at least 42 people.
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"Current efforts by the vaping industry, government agencies, and schools have thus far proved insufficient to stop the rapid spread of nicotine vaping among adolescents," the survey team writes.
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SCOR recommends life insurers treat vaping like smoking, and exclude individuals who use vaping products considered by U.S. authorities likely to cause lung issues - namely, those containing THC (tetrahydrocannabinol).
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India, Thailand and China have imposed bans of varying degrees on vaping products amid rising fears about their safety and growing evidence that teen vaping is on the rise.
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The CDC's previous report on the outbreak of vaping-related lung injuries, released on December 12, recorded 2,409 hospitalized cases of lung injury linked to vaping and 52 deaths.
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As of December 3rd, 2,152 patients were hospitalized with vaping-related injuries, now known as EVALI (e-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury), in the United States.
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The legislation has gained momentum in the House as federal research showed teen vaping rates continuing to soar and as a vaping-linked lung disease swept across the country.
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Right now, the trend seems to be to just lasso smoking and vaping together, but as more research and information about vaping is revealed, that could gradually begin to change.
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The habit of vaping may also make the transition to smoking seem more natural, and teens in particular may gravitate toward friends who smoke once they try vaping, Soneji said.
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Emily Lane Player from Hoggard High School says vaping is a major issue at her school: Yes, I am included in the epidemic of vaping devices affecting teenagers today. Why?
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While vaping content on social media is often user-generated, a number of videos and posts have been sponsored by the vaping industry or shared by paid influencers, as well.
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As the outbreak of vaping-related respiratory illness keeps growing — with the death toll now at 26 — health officials are advising everyone to avoid vaping products (particularly those containing THC).
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And for some of those chemicals, that risk could build over time for people who start vaping at a young age and continue vaping for the rest of their lives.
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Edible cannabis products and vaping represent around 10-15% each, according to Trevor Stirling, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein, a research firm, but vaping pot is on the rise.
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But as a 39-year-old from California (home to a large portion of the vaping industry), Hunter seems a likelier candidate than Cole to hop on the vaping bandwagon.
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The letter follows reports that President Trump has backed off his pledge to remove all flavored vaping products from the market after pushback from the vaping industry and political advisers.
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Speaking of schools: Dr. Krishnan-Sarin also recommends that parents contact administrators not only to urge stricter policies toward vaping, but to insist that teachers and students receive vaping education.
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"We have a problem in our country, it's a new problem ... and it's called vaping, especially vaping as it pertains to innocent children," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
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"We have a problem in our country, it's a new problem ... and it's called vaping, especially vaping as it pertains to innocent children," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
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Just yesterday, Bloomberg reported that some of the first reports of seizures linked to vaping sent to the Food and Drug Administration involved products sold by the vaping giant Juul.
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In the interim, Trump has heard feedback from vaping industry executives, public health advocates and small business owners worried about the impact flavored vaping ban may have on their business.
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But a string of vaping-related deaths, coupled with increased bans following a surge in teenage vaping, has clouded Juul's future and shrunk its valuation since Altria bought the stake.
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The administration's crackdown is coming amid a massive spike in teen vaping and the spread of a mysterious vaping-linked illness that has sickened thousands of people across the country.
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Public scrutiny is also growing over vaping as the FDA and CDC continue to investigate a spate of mysterious lung injuries connected to vaping that have led to 37 deaths.
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As the authorities work to understand the spate of vaping-related lung illnesses, a small-town drug bust offers a closer look at the vast black market for vaping supplies.
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The Trump administration is dialing back a sweeping ban on flavored vaping products the president promised three months ago, following strenuous lobbying from his political allies and the vaping industry.
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While health officials said more than 70 percent of vaping deaths have been from people who used THC, the issue has also collided with a massive spike in teen vaping.
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Dozens of Young People Hospitalized for Breathing and Lung Problems After Vaping Patients, mostly teenagers, suffered severe respiratory problems in recent weeks, possibly from vaping marijuana, illicit drugs or nicotine.
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Without the ban, the vaping and tobacco industry boomed, as did the number of young people using vaping products, growing from 6900 million in 2628 to 28503 million in 22019.
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Truth Initiative reported that after two weeks of using the vaping support line, 60 percent of teens said they had decreased the amount they vape or had stopped vaping altogether.
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It did not specify the severity of those illnesses, what vaping cartridges might have led to those cases, the vaping habits of those sickened, or when people began falling ill.
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"We predict that next year that awareness that vaping of THC is associated with these acute lung injuries may lead to actually a reduction of vaping among teenagers," Volkow said.
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CNN won't run vaping ads, WHO says it is running out of money to fight Ebola and a national cannabis group is blaming lax regulation for the recent vaping deaths.
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MYTH: Everyone knows about vaping While vaping may be common on campuses and among groups of teens and smokers, in general there isn't a lot of awareness about the trend.
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But that's likely to create more problems, according to Dan Marchant, owner and founder of Vape Club, the UK's largest vaping retailer and founding member of the Vaping Industry Association.
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There was a blowup in July 2018 over some 500,000 anti-vaping comments submitted to the public comment section of a proposed FDA "Regulation of Flavors in Tobacco Products" that the pro-vaping website RegulatorWatch decried as "spam," or fake comments meant to overwhelm the 22,000 pro-vaping comments submitted to the docket.
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But while experts have long warned of a youth vaping epidemic, 86% of patients suffering vaping-related lung disease reported using THC-containing products, according to the CDC data released Thursday.
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Warnings from health officials about the dangers of vaping and actions by authorities on the product supply chain may be partly responsible for the ease in vaping lung cases, Schuchat said.
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The findings: teens vaping on e-cigs with higher nicotine concentrations were more likely to keep smoking e-cigs and regular tobacco cigarettes after six months; they were also vaping more.
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In an email to VICE, the North Vancouver school board said the increase in vaping has become a "serious safety issue" that is scaring non-vaping students away from the bathrooms.
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"The main advantages of vaping DMT are the ease and the control you have whilst vaping," Sean*, a 35-year-old seasoned DMT and psychedelics user from the UK tells me.
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The government has warned against the use of e-cigarettes as vaping-related illnesses have grown, though many of those cases have involved vaping THC products, which Juul doesn&apost sell.
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But with vaping-related illness reports numbering near 1,500 around the country, Rose says he worries that "anti-vaping forces" are being given the "cover" they need to undercut e-cigarettes.
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According to Scott Weaver, an epidemiologist at Georgia State University who has studied vaping trends, some of the fault could lie in the black-market nature of vaping cannabis and THC.
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Vaping is most popular with young adults and teens, with the CDC's data showing about 3.6 million middle and high school students reported vaping in the past 30 days in 2018.
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Ninety-five percent said that vaping should be illegal for children under the age of 22020, and the poll is split 50-50 on whether vaping should be allowed for adults.
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Charlie Baker has called for a temporary statewide ban on the sale of all e-cigarettes and vaping products in response to a nationwide outbreak of lung injuries associated with vaping.
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The two developments are the latest in an escalating nationwide backlash against vaping, as the number of people who have developed severe lung illnesses after using vaping devices continues to climb.
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After more than 1,000 vaping-related injuries were reported across the United States, and 18 deaths in 15 states, officials are warning consumers not to use any vaping products with THC.
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The cases mark the first time legal marijuana vaping products in Massachusetts have been linked to the outbreak of a vaping illness that has sickened nearly 2,300 people in every state.
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The outbreak of vaping-associated lung injuries this summer and fall can officially be attributed to vitamin E acetate in THC-containing vaping products, the Centers for Disease Control said today.
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But many Republicans have balked at more extensive measures like menthol flavor bans, arguing it goes too far and would not solve the youth vaping epidemic or vaping-linked lung disease.
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We'll start with vaping news... Walmart to stop selling e-cigarettes Walmart announced Friday it will stop selling e-cigarettes as federal and state governments crack down on the vaping industry.
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The government has warned against the use of e-cigarettes as vaping-related illnesses have grown, though many of those cases have involved vaping THC products, which Juul does not sell.
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Gavin Newsom said this week that his administration would boost enforcement efforts against illicit and counterfeit vaping products and fund a $20 million public service campaign highlighting the dangers of vaping.
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In the wake of seven vaping-related deaths in the US, federal agencies, politicians, and health advocacy groups share the same widespread concern: They say vaping is dangerously addictive and deadly.
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That announcement was a response to growing rates of teen vaping and an ongoing outbreak of vaping-linked lung illnesses that has killed at least 47 and sickened nearly 2,300 people.
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Vaping warnings: Still, federal and state health officials say they don't want to take any chances and are advising people to stop using any vaping products, whether it's nicotine or marijuana.
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Flavored e-cigarettes have fueled what government regulators are calling a teen vaping epidemic, with data showing that more than 5 million U.S. teenagers are now vaping, with many preferring flavors.
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The cases mark the first time legal marijuana vaping products in Massachusetts have been linked to the outbreak of a vaping illness that has sickened nearly 85033,300 people in every state.
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When you look at the … KS: Those vaping things?
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Donna ShalalaDonna Edna ShalalaOvernight Health Care: Fireworks on health care expected at Dem debate | Trump FDA pick dodges on vaping ban | Trump to host meeting on youth vaping Friday | AMA calls for immediate vaping ban Congress feels heat to act on youth vaping Sanders doubles down on Bolivia 'coup,' few follow suit MORE (D-Fla.), said its passage was even more important as the Trump administration backs off of its promise to ban flavored e-cigarette products.
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"The most salient finding, in my brain at least, is the very marked increases in vaping that we're seeing in teenagers, and it's vaping both for nicotine and vaping for THC, which is the active ingredient in marijuana," said Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, which funded the report.
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He said there are also other ways to curb the use among youth, like banning the sale of vaping products to minors (already in effect in Vermont) and prohibiting vaping in public.
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The biggest question mark will be consumer demand for vaping products amid the concerns surrounding the recent lung illnesses in the US, where suspicion has fallen on black market THC vaping products.
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Across the U.S., vaping surged 78% among high school students from 2017 to 2018, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a spike driven largely by flavored vaping products.
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The surgeon general issued a rare public health advisory about teen vaping earlier this month and called for more restrictions, like increased taxes and indoor e-cigarette bans, to combat teen vaping.
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WASHINGTON, Nov 11 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he will be meeting with vaping industry officials as well as medical and political officials to discuss vaping and e-cigarettes.
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WASHINGTON, Nov 11 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he will be meeting with vaping industry officials as well as medical and political officials to discuss vaping and e-cigarettes.
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The vaping industry is coming under intense scrutiny from the FDA, and commissioner Scott Gottlieb has threatened to remove the products from store shelves if the youth vaping epidemic isn't significantly curtailed.
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The surgeon general issued a rare public health advisory about teen vaping late last year and called for more restrictions, like increased taxes and indoor e-cigarette bans, to combat teen vaping.
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Go deeper: CDC probes 153 possible cases of lung illness associated with vaping Editor's note: This headline was changed to clarify that 1 person has died from vaping (not 1 in 193).
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A source told Axios that Azar was defensive of the vaping policy after Trump expressed regret, but that the president&aposs regret was more about his personal involvement in the vaping policy.
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While there are a lot of unknowns about the safety of vaping, the current study results suggest that at least from a stroke prevention standpoint, there's no advantage to vaping, Desai said.
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Go deeper: Age to purchase tobacco, e-cigarettes raised to 21 in New York Apple to remove vaping apps from store Health officials make "breakthrough" in search for cause of vaping illness
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In September, in response to the rise in vaping-related illnesses, the governor instituted an emergency ban on the sale of all vaping products; that ban is set to expire next month.
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Much of the concern over vaping has sprung from a nationwide outbreak of vaping-related lung injuries, now more than 2,200 cases in every state but Alaska, with at least 47 deaths.
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Meredith Berkman and Dorian Fuhrman are two of the co-founders of Parents Against Vaping e-cigarettes (PAVe), a national grassroots organization created in response to the troubling rise of youth vaping.
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Major media companies have dropped Juul's advertising in recent weeks as deaths from a mysterious vaping-related illness climb and health regulators around the world pull flavored vaping products off their shelves.
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The current debate over a flavor ban was set off by youth vaping and the recent outbreak of severe lung injuries largely related to vaping THC, the high-inducing ingredient in marijuana.
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Don't use any vaping products with THC — that's the latest warning issued by federal health officials on Friday since more than 1,000 vaping-related injuries have been reported across the United States.
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For the first time, the survey measured the daily vaping of marijuana and found that 3.5% of 12th graders, 3% of 10th graders and 0.8% of eighth graders reported vaping marijuana daily.
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THC-containing vaping products sold under the name Dank Vapes are the most common brand associated with vaping-related injuries, according to a new update from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
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Charlie Baker called for a temporary statewide ban on the sale of all e-cigarettes and vaping products in response to the outbreak of lung injuries associated with vaping across the country.
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CBS and WarnerMedia, which owns CNN, have decided to pull all e-cigarette advertisements as states across the country and the federal government look to combat vaping-related illnesses and youth vaping.
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The logic here of why vaping is not getting captured as a patient behavior is extremely simple to follow; vaping has been literally marketed as a healthier alternative to smoking traditional cigarettes.
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A nationwide vaping lung injury crisis over this past summer and fall in the US killed at least 52 people and sickened 2,400 more, causing widespread concern about the safety of vaping.
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There has been a dramatic rise in youth and teenage vaping over the past few years, and the outbreak of mysterious vaping-related lung illnesses have brought new attention to the field.
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As the U.S. government and states take action to address fears about vaping in the country, Cronos CEO Mike Gorenstein told Cramer that there is a difference in vaping tobacco and marijuana.
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Among other steps, FDA should require that vaping coils — which heat the vaping liquid into an aerosol — be set in a way to prevent high temperatures that allow dangerous compounds to form.
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Read more:A viral tweet blames vaping for a teen's collapsed lung, but experts say it's not that simpleThe mysterious rash of vaping lung illnesses is hitting young marijuana users especially hard, and experts still don't know whyMysterious vaping-related lung illnesses are spreading across the US. Doctors say these are the symptoms to watch out for.
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Vaping manufacturers and advocates have argued these experiments were flawed because they relied on heating up the e-liquid to unrealistic temperatures and causing chemical reactions that wouldn't be seen while vaping normally.
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Teenagers are still vaping at epidemic-like levels, and a mysterious spike in vaping-related illnesses dominated headlines before the federal government was able to pin the problem mainly on illicit THC cartridges.
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Though vaping is largely considered a healthier alternative for people who smoke regular tobacco cigarettes, some in the medical community fear that vaping could be a gateway to tobacco smoking, especially among teens.
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"Will be meeting with representatives of the Vaping industry, together with medical professionals and individual state representatives, to come up with an acceptable solution to the Vaping and e-cigarette dilemma," Trump tweeted.
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"Just be aware that from the lungs' perspective, vaping doesn't seem to be better than smoking," Professor Robert Tarran, who studies vaping at the University of North Carolina Marisco Lung Institute, told Insider.
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That contributed to a youth vaping epidemic that has left more than a million new young people hooked on e-cigarettes, according to US health officials, who've since launched a crackdown on vaping.
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Read more:The creator of the nicotine patch says that 'anti-vaping forces' are trying to kill the life-saving e-cig industry33 people have died from a mysterious lung illness linked to vaping.
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Parents should talk to their kids about vaping health concerns before it's too lateWilson said parents should explain these devices' dangers early on since kids are picking up vaping at alarmingly young ages.
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The FDA—now conducting product testing to work out the source of the problem—has advised consumers to avoid buying vaping products on the street and to stop vaping with products containing cannabis.
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One 18-year-old in Illinois, Adam Hergenreder, told CBS News from his hospital bed that he picked up a cannabis vaping products from a drug dealer after vaping for about two years.
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Because of an editing error, an article on Monday about representatives of vaping technology companies attending the World Health Organization's tobacco treaty negotiations misstated the terms of Israel's regulation of Juul vaping products.
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A Pennsylvania teen is currently fighting for his life after his lungs became so damaged from vaping that they were almost entirely blocked with solidified vaping oils, which doctors compared to bacon grease.
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When the vaping industry and its allies launched a major push to dissuade President Donald Trump from banning flavored e-cigarettes this fall, they pointed to a newly identified demographic group: vaping voters.
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Faced with growing fear about the risks of vaping, New Jersey last month became the second state to adopt legislation outlawing all nicotine vaping liquids other than those flavored to taste like tobacco.
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A mysterious lung disease linked to vaping has sickened at least 530 people in 38 states, and its toll is expected to rise, federal health officials told a congressional hearing on vaping Tuesday.
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The person in Georgia had a history of "heavy nicotine vaping," but did not report a history of vaping other substances, such as THC, the Georgia Department of Public Health announced on Wednesday.
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"Without knowing the specific cause of the vaping-associated illness, discontinuing use of e-cigarettes and vaping devices is the best prevention against becoming ill," according to a press release from the department.
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Cannabis trade group: Vaping deaths result of 'failed prohibition policies' The mysterious vaping illness that has resulted in the deaths of six people could spell trouble for the federal push to legalize marijuana.
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Facing 'Certain Death,' Teenager With Vaping Injury Gets Double Lung Transplant The surgery on the 17-year-old was the first transplant reported in the recent nationwide outbreak of vaping-related lung injuries.
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While e-cigarettes are not new, CDC officials say the past several months have brought an "alarming epidemic" in vaping-related illnesses as well as 47 deaths in the U.S. linked to vaping.
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I'm extremely alarmed for the health and safety of Kansans who are using vaping products and urge them to stop until we can determine the cause of vaping related lung injuries and death.
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Go deeper: U.S. investigates fatality from vaping as lung-related illnesses rise Editor's note: This post has been updated to reflect the fact that 9 people have died from vaping-related lung illnesses.
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Vaping has a THC loss rate of about 46 percent.
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Vaping viagra that just might turn your eyesight permanently red!
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That includes the wildly popular vaping products by Juul Labs.
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There are certainly legitimate reasons to be wary of vaping.
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Meanwhile in China, vaping had just begun to catch on.
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IQOS isn't vaping, so it might win customers from Juul.
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If teens are already vaping, they aren't going to stop.
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Vaping is similar to smoking, except there is no combustion.
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Vaping is a source of increasing concern for health officials.
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Go deeper: Regulatory gaps are exacerbating the youth vaping crisis
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So what to do if you want to stop vaping?
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Go deeper: The FDA's formal vaping proposal is finally here
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Oh, she's just vaping with a "mystery man" in NYC.
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Which is why we have a fantastic guide to vaping.
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A surge in teen vaping forced Gottlieb to change course.
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Nicotine use is now skyrocketing among teens due to vaping.
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That vaping can be very dangerous is hardly a secret.
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Even still, teen vaping continues to see a staggering spike.
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Vaping has become pretty popular because it's easier than smoking.
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It can't be because flavored vaping products are more dangerous.
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Instead, everyone seems to be going crazy over vaping alcohol.
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By controlling your vaping temperature, you can moderate your high.
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"I knew [vaping] was going to blow up," he said.
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The future of vaping, at the current moment, is hazy.
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Most patients have reported vaping THC, according to the CDC.
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Vaping oils typically include other additives, solvents and flavor enhancers.
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Conley is President, American Vaping Association View the discussion thread.
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Planned meetings with stakeholders were also canceled, angering vaping advocates.
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Some vaping advocates are pushing for exemptions of those flavors.
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Others have been hospitalized for lung injuries related to vaping.
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Vaping has been recently linked to lung infections and seizures.
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The company says it's now working to fight youth vaping.
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SPONSORED CONTENT - JUUL LABS Underage vaping is a serious problem.
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Vaping could be seen as the lesser of two evils.
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Researchers also didn't examine the health outcomes associated with vaping.
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Juul is widely blamed for fueling a teen vaping epidemic.
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In my opinion, vaping is worse, because we are scared.
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This is a proven fact that vaping is killing people.
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And then, on top of that, the vaping crisis hit.
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Why do you think vapers are so passionate about vaping?
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Read This Next: Everyone Calm Down About Teens and Vaping
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If you're smoking or vaping, the heat causes the decarboxylation.
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Hunter is not the only advocate of vaping devices. Reps.
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""If you or a loved one is vaping, please stop.
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The mysterious lung disease isn't the only risk of vaping.
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Kevin didn't know Mary Kerrie had been vaping THC cartridges.
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" The doctors told Nelson that it "was definitely from vaping.
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Immune problems have been connected to vaping anecdotally for years.
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Once that happens, Juul believes, people will switch to vaping.
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This is a pretty common problem in research on vaping.
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Go deeper: Health officials probe lung illness linked to vaping
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Vaping is generally understood to be less risky than smoking.
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How companies are working around Apple's ban on vaping apps
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She insisted that he tell the doctors about his vaping.
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Gretchen Whitmer, have announced temporary bans on flavored vaping products.
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Whenever she thinks about vaping again she looks at it.
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Never mind plain old vaping — now, it's all about dripping.
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Underage vaping has reached what health officials call epidemic levels.
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Converting smokers to vaping is still a public health win.
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Smoking cigarettes still kills more people than vaping each year.
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Do you know anyone who vapes or has tried vaping?
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Vaping activist Jack Wolf remembers when smoking ruled his life.
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Teen vaping doesn't follow the old patterns of cigarette use.
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Vaping industry officials also ratcheted up pressure on Mr. Trump.
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"He also said of vaping: "It's not a wonderful thing.
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That's likely related to the increase in vaping, says Miech.
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Walmart announced it would stop selling vaping products last week.
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Since 2016, teen vaping rates have risen by almost 30%.
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And there's similar risk for vaping cartridges that contain nicotine.
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The organization calls for a ban on all vaping products.
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Some schools, like Plainedge High School, are installing vaping detectors.
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The state also will investigate tax policy regarding vaping pods.
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"A lot of people think vaping is wonderful," Trump said.
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"There is a perception that [vaping] is safe," Blaha says.
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A deal would create an electronic cigarette and vaping giant.
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Students were divided on how harmful occasional vaping could be.
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But 13 percent of patients reported only vaping nicotine products.
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Most patients reported vaping THC, the psychoactive element in marijuana.
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Surveys show vaping among teenagers has hit a record high.
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But the recognition of the difference between the two is meaningful for the vaping industry, where advocates hope a greater understanding of the distinction may open the door for more nuanced regulations for vaping.
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There's been more concern about vaping this year as the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed more than 1,600 vaping-related injuries while states and Washington, DC, have reported 36 deaths.
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In one study, even dual users, those who vape and smoke, were more skeptical than smokers about anti-vaping ads that focused on health risks since they already believed vaping was healthier than smoking.
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Gottlieb, speaking on a panel discussion on vaping that was arranged by Axios, said that the agency will release its next steps on e-cigarettes as well as data on teen vaping in November.
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Though the research we have so far shows vaping to be much less harmful than smoking, it's most likely not completely harmless—and nobody wants kids who never would have smoked to start vaping.
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"Just be aware that from the lungs' perspective, vaping doesn't seem to be better than smoking," Professor Robert Tarran, who studies vaping at the University of North Carolina Marisco Lung Institute, previously told Insider.
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Many small and mid-size vaping companies say this will put them out of business, which means the selection and variety of vaping products will be drastically cut as the regulations come into effect.
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As 33 states investigate roughly 450 lung illnesses that may be associated with vaping, the billionaire former New York City mayor and founder of Bloomberg, Michael Bloomberg, is committing $160 million to combat vaping.
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Azar said the Trump administration sees the lung illness from vaping as a "separate issue" because most people who are sick are thought by public health officials to have smoked THC-based vaping products.
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Public health officials believe there are more cases like Mr. Steffen's, people who were sickened by vaping before the outbreak emerged in August, but whose doctors had probably not considered vaping as a cause.
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The FDA is finalizing plans to ban most flavored e-cigarette cartridges from the market, Azar said in September, in an attempt to discourage youth vaping amid reports of vaping-related deaths and illnesses.
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The Trump administration announced this week that it would seek to ban all nontobacco flavors of e-cigarettes amid a spike in teen vaping and a series of deaths over vaping-related lung illness.
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The vaping industry is facing a critical stretch, as the epidemic of youth addiction to e-cigarettes has collided politically and publicly with an outbreak of a severe lung disease linked to vaping products.
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But, as authorities are starting to crack down on vaping, specifically with black market or flavored products, a recent investigation by The Associated Press has also found vaping dangers in products marketed as CBD.
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Once seen as a healthier alternative to smoking, the consequences of vaping were thrust into the spotlight this fall as thousands of people across the US were sickened after vaping cannabis and nicotine products.
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The CDC's previous report on the outbreak of vaping-related lung injuries, released on December 31, recorded 2,561 hospitalized cases of lung injury linked to vaping and 55 confirmed deaths -- the youngest being 17.
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We'll start in Massachusetts... Massachsetts governor signs groundbreaking vaping flavor ban into law The fate of a federal ban on vaping flavors is unknown, but Massachusetts is taking matters into its own hands Gov.
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Facing an explosion of vaping-related illnesses — linked to 805 cases and 13 deaths as of Thursday — state officials from coast to coast are banning e-cigarette sales and telling people to stop vaping.
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But the backlash to vaping has only escalated since, culminating with the FDA's September 9 decision to crack down on the company's marketing to younger users and ban certain types of flavored-vaping products.
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But rather than limiting access using a medical model — allowing vaping only by prescription and with strict controls against youth use — vaping was introduced on a market model, which aims to maximize sales volume.
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ELSEWHERE ➔ Vaping illnesses: Cases in the United States of breathing sickness tied to e-cigarette vaping soared to 530 across 85033 states and one territory, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Legal vaping manufacturers (particularly in the marijuana variety) are rushing to make sure their product doesn't get mistaken for the bootlegged cartridges that officials believe are causing some of the vaping-related lung illnesses.
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Schools have tried to crack down on this problem but at the end of the day, there are so many people vaping that I believe that ending the vaping in schools is a lost cause.
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This week, New York became the first to report a teen had died from a vaping-related lung injury, and it's the latest in a rash of vaping-related illnesses and deaths across the country.
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One important caveat is that the tobacco information only refers to traditional combustible cigarettes and doesn't take into account the spike in underage vaping (though vaping alone doesn't account for the lower levels of smoking).
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In the last year alone, we've seen a 78% increase in high school students vaping and a 48% increase in middle school students vaping -- the largest single year increase in youth tobacco use ever. Why?
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Vape Free Youth is a collective of vaping companies committed to finding ways to reduce youth vaping, including child-proof lids, changing logos to be less cartoonish, and being more subtle about candy-flavored liquids.
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In what amounted to the vaping world equivalent of a tribunal, the Dr. Crimmy's team fielded questions and criticisms from well-known vaping reviewers, who puffed on custom mods and squirmed uneasily at their explanations.
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"Will be meeting with representatives of the Vaping industry, together with medical professionals and individual state representatives, to come up with an acceptable solution to the Vaping and e-cigarette dilemma," he tweeted Monday morning.
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"Will be meeting with representatives of the Vaping industry, together with medical professionals and individual state representatives, to come up with an acceptable solution to the Vaping and E-cigarette dilemma," he tweeted last week.
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A few weeks later, Dr. Gottlieb called youth vaping an epidemic, and gave e-cigarette makers 60 days to show how they would curb youth vaping, or risk having their products pulled from the shelves.
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Gregory Conley, the president of the American Vaping Association, which supports what he calls "fair and sensible" regulation of e-cigarettes, said that number indicated that most students who are vaping are not becoming addicted.
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While it may seem counterintuitive for an e-cigarette company to help users quit vaping nicotine, Juul has been under intense criticism for how its products may have contributed to a rise in youth vaping.
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Mr. Steffen's death deepens the medical mystery surrounding vaping-related illnesses, since most people who have been sickened by vaping have used products containing THC, but Mr. Steffen is believed to have exclusively vaped nicotine.
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Axios reported that Trump expressed regret that he personally got involved in vaping policy, with two sources saying he remarked "I should never have done that f---ing vaping thing" on an impromptu phone call.
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After initial plans for a widespread crackdown on flavored e-cigarettes, the Trump administration announced a more limited ban on sales of flavored vaping pods besides tobacco and menthol varieties, excluding open-tank vaping devices.
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The increase in teenage vaping, along with the outbreak of a mysterious vaping-related lung disease, led the Trump administration in September to announce that it would ban flavored e-cigarettes, preferred by teenagers, imminently.
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Y.) introduced the Providing Resources to End the Vaping Epidemic Now for Teenagers (Prevent) Act in the House to help combat a youth vaping trend that has been dubbed an epidemic by federal health officials.
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Former Commissioner of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, discussed the vaping crisis, including bans on certain flavored cartridges, as well as the differences in the open tank and cartridge systems of vaping.
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The vaping lung disease that has sickened about 1,500 people and killed at least 33 has given urgency to efforts to stop youth vaping, although THC-containing vapes are responsible for much of the epidemic.
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Montana is placing a temporary ban on the sale of e-cigarette flavors in the wake of rising youth vaping addictions and a vaping-related lung disease linked to at least 18 deaths nationwide. Gov.
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Police found the 2 men with vaping cartridges labeled with flavors like strawberry and peaches and cream, flavors that President Trump plans to ban as a way to curb the dramatic rise in youth vaping.
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This is no easy feat when dealing with teenagers who may not want to admit to vaping in front of their parents — especially when it comes to vaping THC oil, the psychoactive chemical in marijuana.
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There haven't been a ton of conclusive studies about vaping essential oils, flavorings, and propellants that can be in vaping fluids, but a preliminary study on cells suggest that some flavorings might cause cell damage.
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But the long-term health effects of vaping are largely unknown.
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The ban also includes vaping and the use of electronic cigarettes.
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But teen vaping is up—and not just a little bit.
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More than 26% of those who'd tried vaping also reported dripping.
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He estimates Juul now accounts for 70% of his vaping business.
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Some states temporarily banned the sales of vaping tools or flavors.
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Vaping activists have already claimed success in a handful of races.
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The American Vaping Association, a nonprofit advocacy organization in Stratford, Conn.
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Gretchen Whitmer taking vaping case to Supreme Court (WXYZ) Massachusetts Gov.
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Background reading: John Steffen trusted vaping could help him quit smoking.
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Ironically, foes of vaping fans have their own suspicions of fakery.
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We notice some other things: Billie Lee is vaping a Juul.
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Vaping, even in a gold-encrusted device, is dangerous and deadly.
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But that hasn't stopped some vaping advocates from claiming they have.
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At least 17 people nationwide have died from vaping-related illnesses.
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The vaping industry has been enormously successful at getting kids hooked.
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By Wednesday evening, police identified the object as a vaping device.
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And vaping is still certainly riskier than inhaling nothing at all.
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But cannabis-laced treats are slower to take effect than vaping.
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All images: Alex Cranz/GizmodoIt is not easy getting into vaping.
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A flight attended told him to stop vaping, and he did.
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But that's not what vaping with the Firefly 2 is like.
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Krishnamoorthi said he's particularly concerned about the rise of youth vaping.
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I'd like a Gif of her vaping during the play immediately.
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So say goodbye to whatever the Joe Cool of vaping is.
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Illustrations by: Angelica AlzonaThe world of vaping doesn't make immediate sense.
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Do you have information about vaping, e-cigarette marketing, or Juul?
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I was JUULing not vaping' and he let me back in.
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About 2,500 participants said they had tried vaping at least once.
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Student Opinion Do you vape or have you ever tried vaping?
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There's no doubt that vaping is becoming increasingly popular among teens.
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What's worse is teenagers who have never tried cigarettes are vaping.
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Public health officials blame Juul for a spike in teen vaping.
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Is it time to start producing after school specials about vaping?
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Jerry Brown, said vaping products would be regulated as tobacco products.
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Like it or not, vaping has become an unavoidable cultural phenomenon.
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But the incident was illustrative of a pervasive problem in vaping.
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"The Food and Drug Administration has called teen vaping an "epidemic.
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Traditional smoking is less socially acceptable – and vaping is gaining traction.
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Juul is largely blamed for fueling an epidemic of teen vaping.
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In his latest attempt, he's made it two months without vaping.
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In the fall of 255, teen vaping became a national story.
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Doctors don't know exactly why vaping seems to be so dangerous.
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Kroger will stop selling all vaping products, the company said Monday.
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Kroger said Monday that it would stop selling all vaping products.
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In most cases, vaping marijuana is still safer than smoking it.
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Following Bills' life-threatening experience, Tiffani too has sworn off vaping.
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"I think it's a serious issue," Hahn said about youth vaping.
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The first evidence is emerging that vaping may negatively impact fertility
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If vaping isn't fleek I don't wanna know what is pic.twitter.
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Maybe these lung illnesses have been happening ever since vaping began.
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At least eight people across the US have died after vaping.
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At least 42 people have died from vaping-related lung injuries.
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"It's really not wonderful," President Trump said of vaping in September.
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Like so: Him: I want to talk with you about vaping.
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Would I prefer that none of my children ever trying vaping?
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Vapers spend more time vaping than people in monasteries spend praying.
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Photo by George Nelson Can anyone honestly say vaping is enjoyable?
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Cook got into vaping by word of mouth, which is common.
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In fact, the DIY spirit runs deep in the vaping community.
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Officials are investigating a spate of lung illnesses tied to vaping.
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Vaping has become a popular mechanism for using marijuana and nicotine.
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They're all among the reported symptoms of vaping-related lung disease.
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There have already been three confirmed vaping-related deaths in Georgia.
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Gottlieb labeled teen vaping an "epidemic" almost exactly a year ago.
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Yesterday, another study revealed that vaping increases infections like the flu.
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That hints that something else is happening here, beyond typical vaping.
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The cartridge, or "pod," contains the mouthpiece and the vaping liquid.
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That plan backfired last year, when teen vaping reached epidemic proportions.
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Rocky makes spaced-out chillout rap, an ideal counterpart to vaping.
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The vaping industry exploits everything Big Tobacco was already good at.
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Even when he was vaping every day, Andrew preferred premium cigars.
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The American Medical Association has urged all consumers to avoid vaping.
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She also pointed to the popularity of vaping among young adults.
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Fifty-six percent reported vaping only on one to five occasions.
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Massachusetts has some of the toughest vaping regulations in the country.
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The Checkup As vaping deaths rise, quitting has a new urgency.
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"At the time, I don't think vaping really existed," he said.
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One possibility is that the patients may have started vaping again.
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Lung illnesses linked to vaping were first recognized during the summer.
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After about two years, friends suggested that he try vaping THC.
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Vaping made it easy to take in more and more THC.
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An outright ban on flavored vaping products likewise will not work.
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Juul has been largely blamed for creating a teen vaping epidemic.
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Go deeper: American Medical Association calls for ban on vaping products
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Health officials have since narrowed their focus on THC vaping products.
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Go deeper: All 50 states confirm cases of vaping-related illness
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Convincing millions of addicted teenagers to stop vaping is quite another.
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There are now 12 deaths linked to vaping-related lung injuries.
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Around 1,100 cases of vaping-related illness had been reported nationwide.
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Despite the headwinds for vaping, America is clearly becoming cannabis country.
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Some have reported the use of vaping products containing only nicotine.
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"Do not use vaping products that contain THC," the FDA said.
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Share what you know about the possible health risks from vaping.
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The ban is meant to curb the rise in teenage vaping.
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The first study definitively linking vaping to cancer was published yesterday.
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It's unknown whether teens will quit vaping or try other products.
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Smoking experts are worried a vaping ban will increase cigarette sales.
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While they investigate, the CDC is recommending that people stop vaping.
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Last year, the US surgeon general declared youth vaping an epidemic.
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Vaping-related illnesses have officially made it not cool to JUUL.
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There's also a looming federal ban on flavored vaping products generally.
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Massachusetts banned the sale of all vaping products for four months.
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On Friday, Apple removed 181 vaping apps from its online store.
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The panel's request comes amid an outbreak of vaping related illnesses.
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Vaping has been increasingly linked to health issues, including cancer risk.
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The panel's request comes amid an outbreak of vaping related illnesses.
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The poll did not measure the interest in vaping among minors.
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As the illnesses and deaths proliferated, so too did vaping bans.
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The vaping kit options colorfully advertised online are fashionable and many.
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Vaping The Trump administration is working to ban flavored e-cigarettes.
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Even greater numbers of kids reported vaping in the past year.
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Even greater numbers of kids reported vaping in the past year.
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Between the lines: Vaping concerns have largely focused on young people.
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There are also a few physical characteristics of a vaping addiction.
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Some of the patients, however, were only vaping nicotine, she said.
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The big picture: Things are looking bleak for the vaping industry.
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Join us Wednesday, March 6 to notice and wonder about vaping.
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At least 8 people have died from mysterious vaping-related illnesses.
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Go deeper... NYT: The Mysterious Vaping Illness That's 'Becoming an Epidemic'
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He is leading the congressional investigation into the youth vaping epidemic.
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Health officials identified 234 unique vaping products across 87 brand names.
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Until recently, vaping was marketed as a safer alternative to smoking.
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OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY SAYS SECOND VAPING-RELATED DEATH IN OREGON CONFIRMED
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ANDRE CALANTZOPOULOS: But we should not be conflating vaping in general.
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Nobody around the world really knows what to do about vaping.
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Meanwhile, in the US, vaping laws are only getting more strict.
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The new rules mark a monumental jolt to the vaping industry.
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More From Tonic: Sacha's route into cannabis vaping was slightly different.
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More research will be needed to evaluate that, particularly for vaping.
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The hearings are the latest in a recent wave of congressional scrutiny over the e-cigarette industry amid a teen vaping epidemic and an outbreak of a vaping-related lung disease that's killed at least 26 people across the U.S. Public health officials are grappling with a surge in vaping among underaged teens, even as smoking rates have been falling for years.
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While these tragic events have prompted legitimate conversations about the future of vaping — the Trump Administration has vowed to remove flavored vaping products from the market — they have also revealed an unsettling truth: There is a lot we don't know about vaping, and despite a growing awareness in the medical community, it may be a while before its effects are fully understood.
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The two sides — public health officials concerned about vaping teens, and ex-smokers scared to death of vaping bans — are talking past each other with language borrowed from the 20203-year fight over cigarettes, he said.
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That's because the current scientific literature shows vaping is much less harmful than smoking—as much as 95 percent less harmful, according to England's public health agency—and vaping can be an effective smoking cessation tool.
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This has legislators concerned, because while vaping has been shown to be much less harmful than smoking, it's still not harm-free, and it's not a habit anyone—including the vaping industry—wants teens picking up.
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Behind drinking alcohol, vaping was the second-most common form of substance use, the study showed, with 17.6% of eighth-graders, 32.3% of 10th-graders and 37.3% of 12th-graders reporting vaping in the past year.
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At the time, Trump cited a massive spike in teen vaping and the spread of a mysterious vaping-linked illness that has now sickened more than 2,85033 people across the country and resulted in 40 deaths.
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Lawmakers are responding to news reports this week that Trump, pressured by the vaping industry and worried about conservative opposition to tougher regulation, backed off a Food and Drug Administration proposed ban on flavored vaping products.
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During that same time, to the relief of the vaping industry, the C.D.C. reported that the vast majority of patients who developed the vaping-related lung disease had vaped THC, the high-inducing chemical in marijuana.
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The ban on flavored vaping products will be effective immediately, while the outlawed sale of menthol cigarettes starts June 1, 2020 in the wake of the vaping epidemic, resulting in illnesses and deaths across the country.
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Almost 1,500 cases of vaping related illnesses have been reported in the U.S. in recent months, with 33 deaths associated with vaping, according to figures released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last month.
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"This is a critical part of our response to the youth vaping epidemic and the outbreak of vaping associated lung injury in Washington and throughout the country," Secretary of Health John Wiesman said in a statement.
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"Prior to the outbreak of lung injury associated with vaping in Wisconsin and Illinois this past August, vaping-associated lung injuries were unreported and not tracked by public health agencies," said Tom Safranek, Nebraska's state epidemiologist.
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Vaping on Campus: No Parents, No Principals, a Big Problem Despite a growing health crisis that has killed more than 50 people, vaping has become an irresistible — and addictive — part of life for many college students.
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Meanwhile, pressure from tobacco and vaping industry lobbyists didn't help, including a poll commissioned by none other than the vaping industry showing repercussions at the polls for Trump in battleground states, the New York Times reported.
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The first explanation offered was that the vaping mixtures were off, containing too much propylene glycol or glycerol oils that vaping flavors or ingredients are suspended in, or else burning it at too high a temperature.
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In Wisconsin, one of the first states to report lung illnesses related to vaping, police have arrested two men in connection with a large counterfeit operation that allegedly sold THC oil in thousands of vaping cartridges.
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Responding to the 11 deaths and hundreds of lung injuries caused by vaping-related illnesses, governors in Massachusetts, Michigan, New York and Rhode Island have rapidly moved to ban flavored e-cigarettes or all vaping products.
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San Francisco (CNN Business)The recent rash of vaping-related illnesses and deaths could represent a crisis for the legal cannabis industry, which relies on vaping for an estimated quarter of its business in some states.
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More than 600 vapor retailer and manufacturers sent a letter to Congress this month pressing different reforms they say will curb teen vaping — and laying blame for the teen vaping crisis at the feet of Juul.
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But teen vaping is obviously going to get the most media attention as traditional tobacco companies continue to pivot to vaping as a means of shoring up profits that may be lost as older smokers die off.
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The schools need to make the punishment harsh by suspending the students they catch vaping, confiscate the vape, and make the students do something like community service or even clean the school just because they were vaping.
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Hoping to identify risk factors for the vaping illness, health officials in Illinois conducted a survey of 4,631 adults 18 and older who vaped and were healthy, and compared them with those who got sick from vaping.
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But vaping seems to have helped hook millions of teens on nicotine Separately, vaping appears to have helped hook lots of new young people on nicotine — in some cases, young people who otherwise would not have smoked.
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CDC says stop vaping as mystery lung condition spreads The government's mobilization efforts come just one day after former New York City mayor and billionaire philanthropist Mike Bloomberg announced a $160 million effort to combat youth vaping.
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The new data on youth vaping in New York City also coincides with alarming news from across the country of more than 380 probable or confirmed cases of severe lung illness associated with vaping, including six deaths.
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Medical experts are now investigating a fourth death linked to vaping in Minnesota, and national health officials urged people on Friday to stop vaping until they can figure out what's causing users to have serious breathing issues.
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"Each day of this crisis brings more evidence that street vapes containing THC or other illegal drugs are responsible for these illnesses, not nicotine vaping products," said Gregory Conley of the American Vaping Association, in a statement.
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Alarm bells have been rung on the safety of vaping in the United States after health officials reported more than 2,000 cases of vaping-related lung illness and 47 deaths linked to its use in the country.
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At the time, Trump cited a massive spike in teen vaping and the spread of a mysterious vaping-linked illness that has now sickened more than 85033,000 people across the country and resulted in nearly 50 deaths.
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As first reported by The Wall Street Journal, the FDA plans to prohibit the sale of all flavored vaping pods except tobacco and menthol varieties as part of an attempt to curb the rise of youth vaping.
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Also on Tuesday, the California Department of Public Health released an advisory urging people "to refrain from vaping, no matter the substance or source, until current investigations are complete" regarding vaping-related lung illnesses across the country.
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"By glamorizing vaping, while at the same time downplaying the nicotine found in vaping products, Juul is putting countless New Yorkers at risk," Attorney General Letitia James of New York said in a statement announcing the lawsuit.
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Experts have long cautioned that vaping may not be much safer than smoking, and now, a three year-long study is backing them up with hard evidence about the dangers of vaping on long-term lung health.
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California weighs steeper vaping pod taxes California, meantime, will focus on spreading the word about vaping risks while also boosting enforcement efforts on counterfeit products and weighing stricter package warning rules, Newsom said during a news conference.
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Why it matters: It reflects tobacco industry tumult over the Trump administration's proposal to ban flavored vaping products, although the two companies still plan to launch a joint, FDA-approved, "heat-not-burn" vaping product called IQOS.
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But Juul has 70 percent of the market share of vaping devices.
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And this NAS finding suggests vaping may have negative health consequences here.
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Both decisions were made to curtail the popularity of vaping among teens.
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Meanwhile, the FDA's crusade against nicotine isn't likely to stop at vaping.
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Vaping, this report says, is potentially a great way to do that.
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Based on his post-smoke review ... vaping has cured him of that.
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Researchers are still undecided on the long-term health effects of vaping.
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The safest option, according to Russell, may be to avoid vaping altogether.
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Kids these days love all kinds of things, like YouTube and vaping.
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The lawsuit also claims that Ptacek peer pressured their daughter into vaping.
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Story favors regulation and dislikes the fact that underage teens are vaping.
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If we regulate vaping products too loosely, these products may harm people.
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Once promoted as an aid to quit smoking, vaping has become trendy.
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Inside of a vaping cartridge is a flavored nicotine and other chemicals.
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We also know that vaping might increase your risk of heart disease.
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Makers are going to keep right on DIYing their own vaping liquids.
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I do not feel that vaping is a problem at my school.
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"This is what happens when you ban vaping flavors," Hannah C.M. tweeted.
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Ask about their vaping habits and whether they show signs of addiction.
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I then switched over to vaping to prevent myself from smoking cigarettes.
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I stopped regularly vaping but will use it occasionally in social settings.
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Kids are vaping, and Juul is the biggest source of e-cigarettes.
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And many teens may not even know they're vaping highly addictive nicotine.
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For many, vaping isn't just a habit, it's a way of life.
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State and federal health officials are interviewing patients about what they're vaping.
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Current anti-vaping campaigns are often based on successful anti-smoking campaigns.
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But, he says, to say vaping is perfectly safe also isn't true.
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Sales violations were more common with vaping products than with traditional cigarettes.
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Regardless, if you choose vaping or smoking, remember to take it slow.
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Go deeper: A surge in youth vaping is driving the FDA's crackdown
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One proud vaping advocate, however, had a far different reaction: Cautious optimism.
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Americans are hesitant to accept vaping as a healthier alternative to smoking.
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It's unclear what kind of vaping rig the man had been customizing.
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There are vape modders who like to use "unregulated" mods for vaping.
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This was one of the most confusing aspects of vaping for me.
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One vaping pod can equal roughly one pack of cigarettes for nicotine.
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Unbeknownst to the representative, Fuhrman was already addicted to vaping, he testified.
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Is secret shopper busting going to put the kibosh on teen vaping?
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Kamler, the young founder of a St. Louis-based vaping company called
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So, scientists do not understand all the ways vaping can harm health.
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Knowing what you know now, do you feel any differently about vaping?
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It would have become the first vaping business to float in London.
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Just like cigarettes, it is illegal to sell vaping products to minors.
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A lot of vaping and lobbying can be done in three years.
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Unfortunately for the vaping evangelists, this kind of analysis has its limitations.
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And can vaping ever escape the stigma of the proverbial garage lab?
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Two volunteers tested positive for pot after a single episode of vaping.
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"He was vaping and he was biking," D'Andrea said in an interview.
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At present the only advice offered has been to stop vaping altogether.
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Walmart is getting out of the vaping business, but still sells cigarettes.
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The company is largely blamed for fueling an epidemic of teen vaping.
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The announcement also followed an outbreak of vaping-related illnesses and deaths.
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That said, teenage vaping numbers have fallen steeply after years of growth.
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Vaping increases exposure to heavy metals, such as nickel, tin, and lead.
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There was a 78% increase in youth vaping between 2017 and 2018.
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The dangers of vaping are real and this can happen to you.
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Among 12th-graders, 29.7% reported vaping nicotine, 32.53% flavoring and 13.1% marijuana.
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The federal government has been grappling with the spike in teen vaping.
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The mysterious crop of deadly vaping-related lung illnesses continues to grow.
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Further, vaping may be an entry point to other drug/tobacco use.
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The act of vaping has even become a verb among youth: Juuling.
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Vaping improves health, saves health-care costs and adds to economic productivity.
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The Canadian health care system openly endorses vaping to help smokers quit.
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Good or bad, the vaping industry is about to look very different.
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" No one claims that vaping can "guarantee any end to tobacco addiction.
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The alternative [to vaping], by the way, is not not having nicotine.
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Many places that ban smoking don't explicitly do the same for vaping.
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But smokers trying to switch to vaping face a host of obstacles.
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When he asked them about vaping, three kids pulled out their Juuls.
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The mysterious spate of vaping-related illnesses and deaths continues to grow.
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And several studies have shown that vaping is far healthier than smoking.
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Vaping supporters and conservative groups have pressured Trump to abandon the effort.
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Some states, such as Pennsylvania and Florida, only allow vaping medical cannabis.
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U.S. FDA SAYS CONSUMERS URGED TO AVOID BUYING VAPING PRODUCTS ON STREET
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Juul's vaping devices have never been submitted to the FDA for review.
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Vaping among teenagers predominantly involves nicotine, but marijuana can also be used.
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Like most countries, India has yet to solidify its laws on vaping.
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And it has already taken a toll on India's nascent vaping community.
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We learned that vaping among young people is a growing national problem.
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As a discerning user, how can you know if you're vaping responsibly?
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Are they scavenging debris in the lungs that was introduced through vaping?
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He could be watching "Narcos," which he loves, and vaping all day.
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Altria, meanwhile, bought a 35% stake in vaping company Juul last year.
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This ban came after illicit vaping products caused a public health crisis.
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Nineteen percent reported vaping on 40 or more occasions during that period.
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Yet, out of 53 suspensions last year, 40 were for vaping devices.
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A deadly lung illness linked to vaping has further intensified the debate.
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The C.D.C. says that nearly 1,300 people have become ill after vaping.
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Vaping businesses are waging court battles against the restrictions in some states.
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Twenty-nine people have died from vaping-related illnesses, health officials said.
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Utah and Massachusetts officials confirmed their states' first vaping deaths this week.
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About 70 percent had a history of vaping marijuana or cannabis oils.
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Other Harvest customers said they once embraced vaping but now have doubts.
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Still, 13% with the illness who reported only using nicotine vaping products.
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The researchers said vaping is likely "very harmful" to humans as well.
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Policies aimed at youth vaping may have negative effects on adult smokers.
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The result has been a flurry of policy action to regulate vaping.
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Why is vaping such an addictive part of life for many students?
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There's also been an uptick in how often the students are vaping.
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But vaping industry representatives have sought to stop the regulation in court.
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The company said it had never allowed apps that sold vaping products.
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Youth vaping rates have spiked in recent years, according to government data.
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Kids will keep Juuling until we make vaping as uncool as smoking.
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Missouri reported the eighth death linked to vaping during this summer's crisis.
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And the nicotine liquids used in vaping are derived from tobacco leaves.
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Eventually, all vaping products will need to undergo the same premarket review.
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Vaping products make up a huge share of business for some dispensaries.
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Massachusetts last week announced a four-month ban on all vaping products.
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No one actually wants dangerous vapes, or dangerous additives in vaping products.
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Before vaping damaged his lungs, Ament was a dedicated runner and sailor.
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"I always heard vaping was a healthy alternative to cigarettes," Ament said.
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Our new Opinion series looks at the spectrum of views on vaping.
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Do you know if vaping has affected their health in any way?
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Nine deaths from the vaping-related ailments have been reported so far.
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She faced suspension last fall over vaping and was put on probation.
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In recent months, mysterious vaping-related illnesses have been on the rise.
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A seventh death linked to vaping was reported in California this week.
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The substantial levels of daily vaping suggest the development of nicotine addiction.
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Ultimately, they discovered 21 vaping-related entities, some offering multiple scholarship types.
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Refillable vaping may be growing in popularity among young e-cigarette users.
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Vaping-related injuries have now been confirmed in every state but Alaska.
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The approaching flu season complicates efforts to diagnose vaping cases, Schuchat said.
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Juul's lobbying against government efforts to curb teen vaping should stop immediately.
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The antibiotics used to clear up pneumonia don't help the vaping illness.
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The company still controls nearly two-thirds of the U.S. vaping market.
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Kids now addicted to nicotine because of vaping might turn to cigarettes.
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She recommended that U.S. consumers avoid all vaping products in the meantime.
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An outbreak of a mysterious lung disease has hit the vaping industry.
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Their discovery follows a multistate outbreak of lung injuries associated with vaping.
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She started vaping because her partner kept a Juul in their bedroom.
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Go deeper... Expert Voices: Regulatory gaps are exacerbating the youth vaping crisis
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But the illnesses highlighted how widespread vaping has become among American teenagers.
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The vaping industry's lobbying efforts have also been strenuous, if less successful.
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Ultimately, focusing on the concept of "vaping cessation" may enlighten the debate.
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New federal data released this week show youth vaping rates are soaring.
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It's beat only by the increase in nicotine vaping between 2017–23.
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Vaping rose to prominence quickly and has proven difficult to effectively regulate.
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This isn't surprising since we know vaping has surged in this group.
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While teen smoking rates are at record lows, teen vaping is soaring.
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By night, he educates his children on the potential risks of vaping.
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But when removed from the wrist band, it is a vaping device.
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All but a handful pertain to the liquids used in vaping devices.
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"It's a matter of being responsible about how you're vaping," Barretta said.
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Some people use them interchangeably, but there's more to vaping than nicotine.
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Black market products have been linked to most of the vaping casualties.
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The concern is that long-term vaping might lead to breathing problems.
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Youth vaping has reversed decades of declining nicotine use among the young.
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The F.D.A. has not approved vaping as a way to quit smoking.
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The initiative comes in response to a massive increase in youth vaping.
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Not unlike the cryptocurrency industry, the vaping industry could encounter tough regulators.
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"A delay of execution," said Gregory Conley of the American Vaping Association.
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Broken's vaping episode focuses on JUUL products and their use among adolescents.
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Still, Ms. Caudle said she is trying to cut back on vaping.
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But she said she also feels like her vaping habit controls her.
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Go deeper: Vitamin E acetate is "strongly linked" to the vaping illnesses
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They, in turn, support her brother, who has opened a vaping store.
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He decided to switch definitively to vaping and hasn't turned back since.
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"I began vaping exclusively and now I vape every day," Sacha recalls.
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Raja KrishnamoorthiSubramanian (Raja) Raja KrishnamoorthiOvernight Health Care — Presented by Johnson & Johnson — Virginia moves to suspend Medicaid work rules | Powerful House panel sets 'Medicare for All' hearing | Hospitals sue over Trump price rule | FDA official grilled on vaping policy FDA official dodges question on future of Trump administration's vaping flavors ban Oversight Subcommittee to question FDA tobacco director over status of Trump's vaping ban MORE's (D-Ill.) November letter to the White House and FDA in which he demanded to know the status of the proposed vaping-flavor guidance.
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Gregory Conley, president of the American Vaping Association, told Gizmodo in a statement by email that "there is room for better enforcement" to keep teens from vaping but criticized the reported ban for its potential impact on adults.
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Gottlieb presented his vaping proposal to the White House just last week, so even though he's sticking around for about another month, the vaping industry will have more opportunities to soften or kill his plans once Gottlieb leaves.
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"We are heartened to see signs that the Trump administration is beginning to recognize that its rush to judgment on flavors was misguided," said Gregory Conley, president of American Vaping Association, a nonprofit that advocates for vaping companies.
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Executives from five of the largest e-cigarette companies are set to be grilled by House lawmakers on Wednesday about rising youth vaping rates, the first hearing since the Trump administration announced a limited ban on vaping flavors.
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Nor is it out of the realm of possibility that a ban on legitimate vapes will lead to even more vaping injuries, as there is almost no evidence that legal vaping is a cause of the current epidemic.
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Juul, the dominant e-cigarette company, is increasingly in hot water in the US, as state and federal health officials crack down on vaping, citing skyrocketing rates of youth e-cigarette use and mysterious vaping-related lung illnesses.
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"I think there's an emerging consensus that the immune cells of the lung are a little bit upset by vaping," Professor Robert Tarran, who studies vaping at the University of North Carolina Marisco Lung Institute, previously told Insider.
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The CDC said that they have not yet determined exactly what types of vaping products are causing the severe lung illnesses, but that the cases include people who used cannabis vaping products and others who used nicotine vapes.
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And police officers have had to learn the difference between vaping cartridges for THC, which are illegal for recreational use in most states, and devices for vaping nicotine, which are legally sold at many drugstores and gas stations.
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Massachusetts lawmakers passed the toughest ban on flavored tobacco and vaping products in the country on Thursday, proposing a 75% excise tax on vaping products and requiring the state's Medicaid program to cover tobacco cessation counseling, AP reports.
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Public health officials have said that many of the people who became sick were vaping THC, the ingredient in marijuana that induces a high, although some people have reported getting ill from vaping nicotine through e-cigarettes, too.
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Health officials have identified one potential cause of the mysterious vaping-related illness that has sickened more than 450 people and claimed at least three lives: vitamin E acetate, an oil found in some marijuana-based vaping products.
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While most attention on vaping&aposs health risks has focused on the lungs, which can become filled with fluid from vaping aerosols and make breathing difficult or impossible, there are also brain-related concerns, especially for young brains.
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As you may recall, Apple earlier made a controversial decision to remove all 181 vaping-related apps from its App Store in wake of news from the CDC about the 47 vaping deaths and thousands of lung injuries.
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Apple removed all vaping apps from the App Store, citing CDC health concerns The CDC says 42 people have died due to vaping product use and thousands more cases of lung injuries have been reported from 49 states.
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Read more here Trump hints at softening of vaping flavor ban Public health advocates clashed with representatives of the tobacco and vaping industries, as well as conservative groups, during a "listening" session at the White House on Friday.
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Baker and public health advocates have touted the legislation as a way to stop the epidemic of teen vaping, as well as a response to a vaping-related illness that has sickened thousands of people across the country.
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The agency emphasized that people who admit to vaping illicit substances aren't at-risk of being charged — a fear that's apparently kept people from telling investigators and health officials what they might've been vaping before they fell ill.
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READ: A 40-year-old is the 7th person to die from a vaping illness Meanwhile, researchers in Illinois and Wisconsin said Friday that they took it upon themselves to interview 86 people who reported illnesses after vaping.
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The impact: Massachusetts lawmakers passed the toughest ban on flavored tobacco and vaping products in the country on Thursday, proposing a 75% excise tax on vaping products and requiring health insurers to cover tobacco cessation counseling, AP reports.
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Although most of the lung injuries this year have been attributed to vaping products containing THC, the high-inducing ingredient in marijuana, the new research also suggests that nicotine vaping may be causing health problems in young people.
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Discovering the vaping link Although isolated cases of vaping-related respiratory problems were spotted elsewhere, including as early as 2015 in West Virginia, a new wave of cases began popping up across the country starting in mid-April.
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Major media companies including Viacom, WarnerMedia and CBS said they would be dropping e-cigarette advertising as deaths from a mysterious vaping-related illness climb and health regulators around the world pull flavored vaping products off their shelves.
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Wisconsin Health Officials Urge People to Stop Vaping After a Sudden and Mysterious Rise in Lung…More people hospitalized with serious lung problems linked to vaping have been found, Wisconsin…Read more ReadAnd on Friday, the AP reported that health officials and doctors in three other states—New York, California, and Indiana—have found similar cases of lung illness in people with a recent history of vaping.
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Tim WalzTimothy (Tim) James WalzOvernight Health Care: CDC warns against using e-cigs after vaping-related deaths | Minnesota reports fourth nationwide death tied to vaping | Top Dem demands FDA chief take action | Marianne Williamson under fire over controversial health remarks Minnesota reports fourth nationwide death tied to vaping Three people shot, one hit by car at Minnesota State Fair MORE (D) said in a statement.
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Young people's extraordinarily rapid uptake of nicotine-delivery devices is one of the reasons Surgeon General Jerome Adams issued a rare advisory this week, calling for new regulations that might curb youth vaping, including taxes and indoor vaping bans.
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These vaping devices, equipped with disposable cartridges also known as pods, are shaped like discreet USB flash drives, come in a variety of fruity and other sweet flavors, and carry more nicotine per puff than other vaping models.[FDA]
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Congressional hearings about vaping regularly feature laments from lawmaker parents and grandparents about vaping among their offspring, even as public health officials struggle to explain that millions of adults have shifted from smoking with the help of e-cigarettes.
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While regulators like the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have declared the rapid rise in youth vaping to be a "public health emergency," vaping advocates are fighting back — arguing that e-cigarettes give adult cigarette addicts a safer alternative.
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The number of possible vaping-related illnesses continues to grow, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announcing that at least 450 total possible cases of vaping-related lung illnesses had been reported across 33 states this year.
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Professor Robert Tarran, who studies vaping at the University of North Carolina Marisco Lung Institute, told Insider that Ammirata's injury may not have been caused by vaping and said it's "very hard" to prove a cause and effect relationship.
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But many vapers—the official term for one who vapes, not to be confused with the byproduct of vaping, vapor—are passionately advocating for a shift in public opinion, which they believe to be critical in keeping vaping legal.
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Earlier in September, the Centers for Disease Control issued a warning against vaping as several deadly instances of lung-related illnesses cropped up among vape users (although no solid link between the lung condition and vaping has been identified).
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Since June, nearly 200 cases of lung illnesses or injuries apparently linked to vaping have been brought to the federal government's attention, and health officials revealed this week that there has been at least one death linked to vaping.
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The Obama-era FDA tried to ban flavored vaping products in order to protect kids, but White House officials blocked the plan following aggressive lobbying from the vaping industry, according to hundreds of documents obtained by the LA Times.
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By the second half of the year, however, the cannabis bubble burst and stock prices fell, giant mergers collapsed, and thousands of vaping-related illnesses in the US prompted some state-wide bans on the sale of vaping products.
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Vaping products account for only a small portion of Walmart's revenue, but e-cigarette shoppers tend to be younger and more loyal customers who shop regularly and often buy other items when they come to replenish their vaping supplies.
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The Center for Tobacco Products has been under increasing scrutiny for how it regulates e-cigarettes amid several major public health threats, such as growing rates of vaping among youth and a national outbreak of vaping-related lung injury.
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"Every smoker who does not quit because of a lack of availability of flavors is a public health failure for the state of New Jersey," said Gregory Conley, president of the American Vaping Association, a pro-vaping advocacy group.
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Juul's move to stop flavor sales comes as the firm has become the poster child for widespread concern over teen vaping, amid a nationwide outbreak of deadly lung illnesses so far attributed to vaping of illicit THC-containing liquids.
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Mr. Trump said in September that he would soon ban flavored e-cigarettes to reduce youth vaping, but he has since retreated from that position amid intense lobbying from the vaping industry, conservative anti-tax and anti-regulatory groups.
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Other recent research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association showed that vaping among adults aged 43-24 shot up 290 percent from 22020 to 2018 and that the trend is being driven by flavored vaping products.
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Vaping advocates argue that removing flavors from the market is harmful to adults who use those products to quit smoking and that raising the purchasing age from 18 to 21 is the best way to reduce teen vaping rates.
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But most have held their fire since President Donald Trump announced the ban, a response to the hundreds of hospitalizations and at least 13 deaths caused by vaping-linked lung illness, including among the rising population of vaping teens.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A growing number of Americans say that vaping e-cigarettes is at least as harmful as smoking traditional cigarettes, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll, following reports of an outbreak of vaping-related illnesses and deaths.
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Even though the industry says vaping is intended for adults, Juul and other vaping pens took off among young people about two years ago when teens began taking the devices to school and teachers mistook them for flash drives.
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Police arrested 2 men in a drug bust in Kenosha, Wisconsin, for manufacturing and selling THC-laced vaping cartridges, an illegal practice that could be driving the lung-related illness linked to vaping, according to the New York Times.
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The use of e-cigarettes and vaping will also be banned inside parks.
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But in vaping fluid, these chemicals are also mixed with an alcohol solvent.
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OFFICIALS SAY VAPING CO-PILOT CAUSED AIR CHINA FLIGHT TO DROP 21,000 FEET
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The meta-study also found that vaping can help long-time smokers quit.
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Obviously, those in the vaping business, like Richardson, think the bill is unnecessary.
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Those chemicals are sprayed onto smokable herbs or sold as a vaping fluid.
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In 2015 and 2016, there were 66 reported cases of exploding vaping devices.
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It turns out vaping may be bad for more than just your look.
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President Donald Trump announced his support for a vaping flavor ban in September.
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He considers it hypocritical for them to back marijuana legalization but not vaping.
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The CDC on Thursday also identified 26 vaping-related deaths in 21 states.
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Vaping related illnesses are leveling out or declining, but nobody knows why, yet.
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While some prefer edibles and vaping, nothing can beat the old-fashioned joint.
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The ban applies to all vaping products and devices, including tobacco and marijuana.
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There are always several students that are skipping class and they are vaping.
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In recent years, advocacy groups have worked to quell the teen vaping epidemic.
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Other research has linked teen vaping to an increased risk of smoking cigarettes.
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And that's why, if my daughter does try vaping, we won't punish her.
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We know vaping harms developing lungs, but other effects are largely still unknown.
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In total, there have been 36 vaping-related deaths identified in 24 states.
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Research has shown that some teens may not even realize they're vaping nicotine.
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But many teens seem to not know they are vaping nicotine, researchers found.
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Still, 13% of people with the illness reported only using nicotine vaping products.
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The site also posted similar reprisals from the vaping industry and its allies.
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And now the same third parties are helping vaping interests protect e-cigarettes.
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The outbreak isn't the first to raise questions about the safety of vaping.
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But this is the first time vaping has been linked directly to deaths.
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Other states have taken action to prohibit the sale of certain vaping projects.
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On Monday, health officials announced the 14th vaping-related death in the US.
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Yet vaping, particularly Juuling, can lead to addiction, which is the exact opposite.
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The FDA is eyeing regulation of the products as US teen vaping soars.
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The risks of vaping, the researchers argue, aren't even in the same ballpark.
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Gizmodo&aposs Ultimate Guide to VapingThe world of vaping doesn't make immediate sense.
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If you're new to vaping I'd suggest starting low, at 0 or 3mg.
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"Vaporized: America's e-Cigarette Addiction" provides a timely guide to the vaping phenomenon.
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Go deeper: The vaping company that spun out Juul is raising more money
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So far, no common thread besides vaping has been found among the patients.
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The Philippines ban will also cover 'vaping' or the use of electronic cigarettes.
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"However, I don't want to minimize the concern about youth vaping," he added.
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So we're still largely in the dark about the effects of secondhand vaping.
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He's replaced it with vaping oils, which he partakes in only on occasion.
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This took place about two and a half hours after I finished vaping.
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Then again, Juuling and vaping more broadly has successfully converted smokers into vapers.
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To her surprise, many of the surveyed kids actually wrote in vaping tricks.
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From a chemistry-class perspective, dabbing and vaping are almost the same thing.
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With vaping, you just press the button and inhale till you've have enough.
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She also noted the latest survey data and the vaping trends among teenagers.
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"Big tobacco sees vaping as their future," Reynolds, an anti-tobacco advocate said.
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Juul's CEO said "I'm sorry" to parents whose teenagers are addicted to vaping.
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The only thing they all had in common was a history of vaping.
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Similarly, the global vaping market will surpass $43 billion in revenue by 2023.
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Go deeper: Rite Aid to halt sale of e-cigarettes and vaping products
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Gottlieb accuses both companies of backing away from pledges to curb youth vaping.
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San Francisco-based Juul is among 800 member companies of the vaping association.
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The rate of students vaping overall remained relatively the same as in 2016.
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In the latest installment of the youth vaping fear-mongering campaign, U.S. Sen.
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Yet another person's life is in danger from a vaping-related lung injury.
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Read more: 14 teens have been hospitalized due to breathing problems after vaping.
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Burns previously apologized to parents of kids addicted to the company's vaping products.
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Los Angeles officials reported the first California vaping-related death on September 6.
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Mysterious vaping-related lung illnesses have cropped up across the US this year.
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At least six people have died after vaping, across six different US states.
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That mindset is changing due to the sheer amount of student vaping today.
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Researchers don't know whether there are more serious health consequences of vaping acetals
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Most patients reported vaping THC, the compound that produces a high in marijuana.
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There's also plenty of vaping news from FDA nominee Stephen Hahn's confirmation hearing.
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For years, vaping has been touted as a safer alternative to smoking cigarettes.
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Vaping has killed people as old as 75, and as young as 17.
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Vaping manufacturers and users pushed back, and Trump hedged his statement on Friday.
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I don't want to be the one to tell you to stop vaping.
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Of course, 95 percent less harmful doesn't mean that vaping is risk-free.
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Vaping advocates say that their products can help people quit smoking traditional cigarettes.
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How did you come to think of vaping as such a politicized issue?
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Greenhand says vaping the flower is also a good method for first-timers.
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And there's strong evidence that vaping may encourage young people to try cigarettes.
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When I was in California, I saw people vaping outside all the time.
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We don't want people vaping because flight attendants have enough to deal with.
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Health experts suspect that Mitchell's daily vaping habit may have been at fault.
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It has been updated with the latest vaping illness counts and case details.
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Hunter's bill would exempt vaping devices from that review and many other rules.
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But the technology and chemistry of vaping might pose an entirely different threat.
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Baker, who has a history of supporting anti-smoking and anti-vaping legislation.
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But they believe that vaping THC is what ultimately led to her death.
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To them, it seems obvious that Mary Kerrie's death is related to vaping.
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Again, that's because of the overwhelming evidence that vaping is safer than smoking.
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In America, vaping is growing in popularity, enticing younger and younger age groups.
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But the news could not come at a worse time for vaping firms.
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Now he's turning his attention to vaping, the new scourge of teens everywhere.
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An outbreak of a mysterious lung disease linked to vaping has heightened scrutiny.
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Over the next four minutes, Axl learns what vaping is in real time.
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Without a holy grail for vaping cessation, the toll on families is searing.
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Some experts suggested vaping might make young people more vulnerable to the virus.
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"At this time there is no guaranteed 'safe' form of vaping," Han said.
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The arrests come alongside an increased spotlight on the health issues surrounding vaping.
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There are at least 31 confirmed cases of lung illnesses associated with vaping.
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A House subcommittee examined Juul's role in the teen vaping epidemic last month.
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To teenagers, the health and addiction risks of vaping are simply too high.
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It is also unclear whether some devices used in vaping may be defective.
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With news of vaping-related hospitalizations and deaths, though, Laurie was growing concerned.
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Vaping also impacts heart-rate variability, a measure of the intervals between heartbeats.
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"We don't have long-term human outcome data on vaping," Dr. Snyder says.
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He ordered a few vaping devices from Amazon, and found local THC dealers.
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He testified in Congress Wednesday on strategies to address the youth vaping epidemic.
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The vaping panic appears to be leading us into a new drug war.
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The vaping epidemic was one of 228.8&aposs biggest health and policy stories.
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Now, Trump seems to regret getting himself personally involved in the vaping crackdown.
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Go deeper: Number of confirmed cases of mysterious vaping illness shoots past 1,000
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Go deeper: Juul faces first lawsuit over a death linked to vaping illness
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But what if a vaping tax actually encouraged smoking instead of reducing it?
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A former two-packs-a-day cigarette smoker, he began vaping in 2009.
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Bonnie Herzog, an analyst with Wells Fargo who tracks the vaping industry, agreed.
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A second New Yorker has died from a vaping-related illness, officials said.
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For us, today, that issue is the teen e-cigarette, or vaping, epidemic.
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Also: A vaping-related death in the Bay Area, and Colin Kaepernick vs.
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Me, I'm investing all my money in a different kind of cloud: Vaping.
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"This whole vaping thing has come on the scene pretty recently," Miech said.
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Vaping works by heating liquid and turning it into vapor to be inhaled.
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Halpern-Felsher believes it's far less likely that kids will stop vaping altogether.
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They should also show that the incidence of vaping has increasing, as claimed.
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NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ANNOUNCES FIRST DEATH ASSOCIATED WITH NATIONAL VAPING OUTBREAK
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The move also came after an intense pressure campaign by the vaping industry.
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Vaping has accounted for seven deaths in six states, according to the CDC.
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All reported cases have a history of e-cigarette product use or vaping.
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Kevin Burns, the chief executive of Juul Labs, abruptly left the vaping company.
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Juul sells only nicotine products along with its sleek and popular vaping pens.
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Thanks largely to vaping, nicotine use is on the rise for American teenagers.
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And a seventh death linked to vaping was reported in California this week.
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Vaping works by heating liquid and turning it into steam to be inhaled.
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But there has been a sharp increase in vaping of marijuana and nicotine.
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Vaping activists aren&apost just fighting for their right to use e-cigarettes.
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One industry representative contacted for comment did not support the vaping-scholarship strategy.
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The vaping device contained 3% nicotine but did not contain THC, officials said.
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It's not the first time Israel has enacted restrictions on the vaping industry.
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The median age of the victims of the vaping lung disease is 19.
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Tim Kaine (D-Va.), in part to curb a spike in youth vaping.
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It's the first time a wrongful death lawsuit has been filed over vaping.
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The researchers concluded that vaping is likely "very harmful" to humans as well.
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Several other states are also investigating Juul, which dominates the U.S. vaping market.
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Missouri state health officials also confirmed the eighth death nationwide related to vaping.
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The young man said he was vaping THC to treat underlying abdominal issues.
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He said that increased public education about what youth are vaping is needed.
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The risk of disease is still lower with vaping than with traditional cigarettes.
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Even Apple jumped ship and deleted all vaping-related apps from its store.
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Pirzada has treated four patients, all teenagers, suffering from vaping-related lung damage.
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President Donald Trump has said he plans to ban flavored vaping products nationally.
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Health officials have identified hundreds of cases of lung illness related to vaping.
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The report comes amidst a growing health crisis believed to be vaping-related.
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Nationwide there have been nine known vaping-related deaths, including one in Minnesota.
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Thickeners make vaping liquids more viscous, preventing oversaturation of a vaporizer's combustion chamber.
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Vaping has surged in China, drawing money from domestic and Western investors alike.
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"Vaping can put dangerous chemicals, like diacetyl, into your lungs," one poster says.
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Volkow anticipates the lung illness outbreak may deter some teens from vaping THC.
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The Johns Hopkins team is planning future studies on vaping and metal exposures.
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The medical cases of vaping-related lung illness have been personal for him.
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The outbreak isn't the first to raise questions about the safety of vaping.
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