

Nation Feb 25

Investigators from 39 states will look into the marketing and sales of vaping products by Juul Labs, including whether the company targeted youths and made misleading claims about nicotine content in its devices, officials announced Tuesday.
By Dave Collins, Associated Press
Health Jan 27

California state officials say marijuana vape cartridges seized in illegal shops in Los Angeles contained potentially dangerous additives.
By Michael R. Blood, Associated Press
Health Jan 23

But smoking tobacco is still “the leading cause of preventable disease, disability, and death in the United States,” according to a U.S. surgeon general’s report released Thursday.
By Harry Zahn
World Jan 02

In our news wrap Thursday, the Democratic presidential primary field narrowed again as Julián Castro dropped out. The former Obama housing secretary, the only Latino still in the race, had failed to make headway in polls or in fundraising. Also,…
More than 5 million middle- and high-school teens said they vaped e-cigarette products, according to recent federal survey data.
Jan 01

By Associated Press
President Donald Trump was vague about what the plan would entail but suggested “certain flavors” in cartridge-based e-cigarettes would be taken off the market “for a period of time."…
Dec 28

By Linda A. Johnson, Associated Press
Anyone under 21 can no longer legally buy cigarettes, cigars or any other tobacco products in the U.S.
Dec 17

By Matthew Perrone, Richard Lardner, Associated Press
Congress is moving to pass the biggest new sales restrictions on tobacco products in more than a decade, with support from two unlikely backers: Marlboro-cigarette maker Altria and vaping giant Juul Labs.
Dec 11

State governments continue to crack down on flavored e-cigarettes and other vape products, largely in response to the deaths and illnesses that began coming to light this past summer. But as lawmakers deliberate over their policy response to vaping, researchers…
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