Between 2014 and 2021, U.S. middle and high school students began vaping at an earlier age, with use among young people peaking in 2019. Although the number of teens using e-cigarettes has declined slightly since then, daily frequency of vaping…
The Food and Drug Administration is formally warning multiple companies they must stop selling vapes and other products marketed to young people, including two that STAT highlighted in recent reporting on the industry. STAT reported in August that Wizman Limited,…
A teenager from Sydney became addicted to vaping at just 14 years old and at one stage was doing 3,000 puffs a week. Ruby Ellis, now 18, estimated 90 per cent or more of her classmates and friends use vapes…
Chest pains. Ventilators. Collapsed lungs. Life support. Young people are warning each other about the dangerous and painful effects of vaping by doing what they do best – sharing their personal stories on TikTok. One 23-year-old TikToker went viral in…
It’s believed that almost 4 million adults in the UK are vapers who choose e-cigarettes as their nicotine product of choice. And it’s this trend that’s driving a new product category — so-called wellness vaping — using the same technology,…
China has joined a handful of countries in banning flavored vapes to combat underage use of nicotine. Starting October 1, e-cigarette companies are only allowed to sell tobacco-flavored vapes in the country, an effort by the government to “standardize” the…
Federal law and U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations require that tobacco products introduced into the market after Feb. 15, 2007, must have a premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) submitted for review by the FDA. To receive marketing authorization from…
Chronic use of e-cigarettes, commonly known as vaping, can result in progressive small airway obstruction and asthma-like symptoms such as shortness of breath and chest pains, according to researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). In the first study to microscopically…
