The Latest Breaking News from Vaping

Woman issues vaping warning after being rushed to ER with collapsed lung

‘My whole left lung collapsed,’ the woman explained

The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2022

More children vaping after being 'influenced by social media sites like TikTok and Instagram'

Disposable e-cigarettes, which cost around £5 each and come in a range of fruity flavours, are increasing in popularity, campaigners have warned

Chronicle Live · Jul 7, 2022

Rise in children vaping across Britain ‘influenced by social media’

Over the last year, a new generation of disposable vapes known as ‘puff bars’ – which contain nicotine – have come on to the market.

The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2022

Flavoured vapes could be banned as part of EU plan to fight cancer as e-cigarette use surges

Proposed restrictions would only cover products delivering heated tobacco

The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2022

Brickbat: That Smell

The Iowa City, Iowa, school district plans to spend $350,000 to put sensors in high school restrooms to detect vaping. The school system last year banned "possessing, distributing, or using drug paraphernalia, including vaping, on school property or at school-sponsored or approved events off the school grounds at any time,…

Reason · Jun 29, 2022

How can we reverse the vaping crisis among young Australians? Enforce the rules

ABC TV’s Four Corners this week reported how unlawful sale of e-cigarettes in Australia is out of control.

The Conversation · Jun 29, 2022

'Personal' donations to the Liberal Party came from vaping lobby during debate over policy

As the Coalition feuded over vaping, Four Corners can reveal a lobby group gave $44,000 to the Liberal Party but declared it as personal gifts from its director on electoral returns.

ABC News · Jun 27, 2022

Editorial: Smoke and mirrors: On the FDA’s nicotine and vaping rulings

Count us fans of the Food and Drug Administration’s historic push to reduce nicotine levels in cigarettes, which, in concert with a proposed ban on menthol-flavored cancer sticks, promises to liberate millions of Americans from deadly addiction. Cigarette smoking is responsible for nearly a half-million deaths in America per year,…

Tribune News Service · Jun 27, 2022

Young non-smokers in NZ are taking up vaping more than ever before. Here are 5 reasons why

The number of young New Zealanders aged 15 to 17 who vape every day has tripled in two years, from 2% in 2018-19 to 6% in 2020-21, according to the most recent New Zealand Health Survey. For young adults, aged 18 to 24, daily vaping increased from 5% to 15%.

The Conversation · Jun 26, 2022

Street sales, online dealers and convenience stores: Inside the thriving black market for nicotine vapes

Nicotine vapes are illegal in Australia without a prescription. Four Corners has investigated how Australian kids are buying them.

ABC News · Jun 26, 2022