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New Zealand will ban disposable e-cigarettes in a bid to prevent minors from taking up the habit

Mar. 20, 2024 02:29 AM EDT

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand said Wednesday it will ban disposable e-cigarettes, or vapes, and raise financial penalties for those who sell such products to minors. The move comes less than a month after the government repealed a unique law enacted by the previous...

Kentucky House passes bill meant to crack down on electronic cigarette sales to minors

Mar. 11, 2024 21:20 PM EDT

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Legislation aimed at cracking down on the illegal sale of electronic cigarettes to young people and keeping unauthorized vaping products out of stores won passage in the Kentucky House on Monday. Republican state Rep. Rebecca Raymer, the bill's lead sponsor,...

Michigan residents urged not to pick up debris from explosive vaping supplies fire that killed 1

Mar. 08, 2024 23:16 PM EST

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities investigating a fire and explosions that rocked a suburban Detroit building filled with vaping industry supplies, killing one man as gas canisters soared up to 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) away, urged residents Friday not to pick up any debris because they...

Gas chemicals investigated as cause of fire and explosions at suburban Detroit building

Mar. 05, 2024 18:42 PM EST

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A large fire followed by multiple explosions at a building in suburban Detroit killed one person and injured a firefighter. A look at what we know about the site, including investigators' questions surrounding the vaping supply distributor operating...

Explosive fire at site housing vaping supplies kills 1 outside Detroit, sends debris a mile away

Mar. 05, 2024 17:50 PM EST

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A fire that destroyed a building housing supplies for the vaping industry caused multiple explosions, killing one person and injuring a firefighter as the blasts rocked suburban Detroit, sending gas canisters and debris into the air, authorities said. ...

How a debate over vaping might derail the war on tobacco

Feb. 01, 2024 13:55 PM EST

Cliff Douglas fought the tobacco industry for decades. As a lawyer, activist, and executive at nonprofit organizations, he sued cigarette makers, cultivated whistleblowers, and led the campaign to ban smoking on airlines. Which is why allies in the anti-smoking movement were...

The UK will ban disposable vapes and curb candy-flavored e-cigarettes that attract children under 18

Jan. 29, 2024 09:53 AM EST

LONDON (AP) — Britain's government will ban the sale of disposable vapes and limit their cornucopia of flavors to prevent children from becoming addicted to nicotine, officials said Monday. It also plans to stick to a contentious proposal to ban today’s young people from ever buying cigarettes....

Schools are using surveillance tech to catch students vaping, snaring some with harsh punishments

Jan. 26, 2024 00:12 AM EST

When Aaliyah Iglesias was caught vaping at a Texas high school, she didn’t realize how much could be taken from her. Suddenly, the rest of her high school experience was threatened: being student council president, her role as debate team captain and walking at graduation. Even...

Ohio Legislature puts tobacco control in the state's hands after governor's veto

Jan. 24, 2024 17:17 PM EST

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Local governments in Ohio can no longer regulate tobacco in their communities after the Republican Legislature overrode on Wednesday GOP Gov. Mike DeWine's veto of a budget measure that puts regulation instead in the hands of the state. The measure, vetoed in...

A surgeon general report once cleared the air about smoking. Is it time for one on vaping?

Jan. 15, 2024 19:17 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Sixty years ago, the U.S. surgeon general released a report that settled a longstanding public debate about the dangers of cigarettes and led to huge changes in smoking in America. Today, some public health experts say a similar report could help clear the air about...