Disposable flavored electronic cigarette devices are displayed for sale at Vapes N Smoke in Pinecrest, Fla., Monday, June 26, 2023. Since 2020, the number of different e-cigarette devices for sale in the U.S. has exploded to more than 9,000, a nearly three-fold increase driven almost ent...
In 2020, the FDA enacted a federal ban on the sale of flavored vapes that are popular with young smokers. So what happened?
Puff Bar disposable vapes, bought in New York City.Inverse Due to their popularity with teenagers, flavored vapes fell directly into regulator's crosshairs. On February 6, the Trump administration’s partial ban on selling flavored vape products went into effect. Pod-based vape companies, like JU...
New research suggests that berry-flavored vapes weaken lung defenses, increasing vulnerability to respiratory infections. The study, inspired by 2019 cases of vaping-related lung injuries, found that chemicals in flavored vapes can paralyze immune cells in the lungs, an effect not seen ...
Halpern-Felsher, of Stanford University, is among those urging the FDA to ban all flavored disposable e-cigarettes, the products used by most of the 2 million underage teens who vape. “If we continue down this path that we’re on, we’re just going to have new and...