vaping

The nation’s largest electronic-cigarette company, Juul Labs, donated tens of thousands of dollars to the campaigns of state attorneys general.

In a story February 28, 2020, about a House bill on vaping, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Oregon Rep. Greg Walden is a Democrat

With Texans questioning whether children have heard the warnings about the dangers of electronic cigarettes, two federal agencies found more than five million middle and high schoolers across the U.S. used e-cigs last year.

Every breath is painful for Julia Itzin. While she was in the hospital, suffering from something her doctor said is commonly referred to as “vape lung,” she would record videos of herself crying as she struggled to speak. “I’m not OK today,” she said in one of the videos. “My chest hurts so bad.” Now, out of the hospital,...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the updated number of hospitalized e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury (EVALI) cases and deaths Tuesday.

When NBC 5 Investigates sent a young staff member into DFW-area vape shops wearing a hidden camera, we found some still sell vape products without verifying age.

Dr. Philip Huang, Director of the Dallas County Health and Human Services Department, says there’s been a dramatic increase in e-cigarette use among youth.

Anna Carey, who began vaping at age 14 and quit after she was hospitalized last fall, said stricter enforcement could help clamp down on shops where kids know they won’t be carded.

Texas Sen. Beverly Powell (Dist. 10) plans to push for new legislation that will increase oversight of vape sales including requiring that all stores be permitted to sell the products.

Anna Carey, who says she began vaping at the age or 14, was hospitalized last fall as she fought to breathe, her lungs failing. In these videos recorded by family, she coughs through breathing treatments helping her recover.

After a young NBC 5 staffer was able to buy a vape pod from Chasing Vapes in Allen without showing identification, the owner of the store vows to make changes that will prevent it from happening again.

The U.S. government on Thursday began enforcing restrictions on flavored electronic cigarettes aimed at curbing underage vaping. But some teenagers may be one step ahead of the rules.

Parents, researchers and students warn that some young people have already moved on to a newer kind of vape that isn’t covered by the flavor ban.

A nationwide ban on many flavored e-cigarette products goes into effect Thursday, but teenagers will still have access to nicotine vapes, experts say. The ban covers a number of kid-friendly flavorings, such as mint and fruit, though menthol and tobacco flavorings will remain legal, NBC News reports.

Shopping for illicit vape cartridges on Instagram is astonishingly simple. Open the app, plug in a hashtag such as #vapecartsforsale and — voilà — multiple posts appear with pictures of THC cartridges. In the comments or caption section, sellers advertise their products and post phone numbers for would-be buyers. “Shop here everything is good,” one seller wrote above a phone...

A woman has become the third person in Texas to die from a lung disease associated with a national outbreak of vaping-related illnesses, according to health officials. The Galveston County Health District said Monday the woman, who was 30 to 35 years old, died on Dec. 29 at a local hospital. Officials said the woman was a resident of Galveston…

Only days after Dallas County recorded its first confirmed vaping related death, the Federal Drug Administration announced a ban on most flavored e-cigarette cartridges. The ban, which will go into effect 30-days after it’s registered later this year, will not include menthol and tobacco flavored cartridges and also excludes open tank systems that are found in some vape shops....

U.S. health officials will ban most flavored e-cigarettes popular with underage teenagers, but their plan includes major exceptions that benefit vaping manufacturers, retailers and adults who use the nicotine-emitting devices....

The Trump administration announced Thursday that it will prohibit fruit, candy, mint and dessert flavors from small, cartridge-based e-cigarettes that are popular with high school students. But menthol and tobacco-flavored e-cigarettes...

Dallas County Health and Human Services reported its first vaping-related death Tuesday. County officials said the patient was a teenager with chronic underlying medical conditions. Further information about the teen or vaping products used was not released. “Reporting a death in a teen due to EVALI (E-cigarette, or Vaping, Associated Lung Injury) is so tragic”, said DCHHS Director Dr. Philip…

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the federal government will soon announce a new strategy to tackle underage vaping, promising, “We’re going to protect our families, we’re going to protect our children, and we’re going to protect the industry.” Trump was vague about what the plan would entail, but suggested “certain flavors” in cartridge-based e-cigarettes would be taken off...