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A ‘nightmare’: Teens Struggle with Vaping Addiction

VIDEO – YOUTH MARKET – May 12, 2025 - Every year Alternative Products Expos happen at convention centers across the U.S., showcasing smoke shop wares from tobaccos and vapes to accessories and CBDs. Earlier thi... Read More...

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Teens Who Want to Quit Vaping Can Take Varenicline

ONE DRUG DESERVES ANOTHER – May 8, 2025 - Varenicline, a prescription medication sold under the brand name Chantix, has been shown to help adults stop smoking. And a small clinical trial in adults found it may be eff... Read More...

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17-Year-old Develops Irreversible ‘POPCORN LUNG’ From Vapes and e-Cigarettes

VIDEO – DON’T SMOKE – April 9, 2025 - Christie Martin received a panicked call from her daughter Brianne Cullen who claimed she was struggling to breathe. Horrified, Christie rushed the 17-year-old to a nearby ER... Read More...

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Study Links Vaping to Serious Illnesses

MODERATION IS THE KEY – Feb. 25, 2025 - Vaping might just be more harmful than traditional smoking, with a new study suggesting it increases the risk of dementia, heart disease, and organ failure. The ground-breaking... Read More...

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Tobacco/Nicotine Industry: We MUST Addict Kids and Teens for Life

SO MUCH MONEY IN ADDICTION – May 23, 2024 - The World Health Organization (WHO) and STOP, a global tobacco industry watchdog, are launching today “Hooking the next generation,” a report highlighting how ... Read More...

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22-year-old spends 62% of her budget on vaping addiction

WHERE THERE IS SMOKE... – Feb. 23, 2024 - Aracely is addicted to electronic cigarettes. Not only has this addiction been expensive, it’s also been hazardous, affecting her lungs and sending her to the ho... Read More...

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Psychologist Reveals the Most Disturbing Symptoms of Vape Addiction

NIC-SICK – Jan. 9, 2024 - According to the American Lung Association vapes and pure liquid nicotine contain higher amounts of nicotine than cigarettes. Those who have nicotine poisoning could be met w... Read More...

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Vaping Makes Kids Nicotine Addicted

JUST FOR STARTERS – Nov. 30, 2023 - Vaping a nicotine pod can provide more of the addictive substance than smoking a pack of cigarettes. Anyone vaping a nicotine-laced pod of Juul will be taking in 30 milligrams.&nbs... Read More...

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Some Children So Addicted They Have to Sleep With Vapes Under Pillow

ADDICTIVE ANY WAY YOU TAKE IT – Nov. 1, 2023 - In September, VicHealth and Quit released research revealing e-cigarette retailers are advertising vaping products on social media specifically designed for teenagers to... Read More...

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Australia Cracks Down on Illegal Sales to Reduce Teen Vaping

PROTECT THE CHILDREN – May 2, 2023 - Vapes are only legal with a prescription in Australia, but Butler said an “unregulated essentially illegal” black market has flourished in convenience stores, tobacconists a... Read More...

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Mint Flavored Vape Damages Lungs the Most

BOTH OF THEM – April 15, 2023 - “Just because something is safe to consume as food does not mean that it’s safe to inhale. The main message that we want to put out there is for people, especially young adults, ... Read More...

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Teen Accidentally Bought Heroin-Laced Vape

VIDEO – VAPE BUYERS BEWARE – April 13, 2023 - Her son was buying vape cartridges from kids at Stanwood High School, but he had no idea nicotine wasn’t the only drug seeping into his system. The mom took several c... Read More...

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Juul to Pay $462 Million Over Youth Addiction Claims

HOOKING THE YOUNG AND INNOCENT – April 12, 2023 - Juul’s former largest investor, Marlboro cigarette maker Altria Group Inc, is also facing claims over its alleged role in marketing Juul’s e-cigarettes, and has not s... Read More...

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Vaping Is an On-Ramp to Addiction

SO IS AFFECTION – Feb. 23, 2023 - The electronic cigarette, or e-cigarette, was invented by Chinese pharmacist Hon Lik in 2003. Inspired by the death of his father (a smoker) from lung cancer, Lik wanted to cre... Read More...

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Vaped THC May Worsen Depression, Anxiety in Young Adults

LIKE IT AIN’T BAD ENOUGH ALREADY – Feb. 28, 2023 - “When better coping skills are developed, there may be fewer temptations to try to manage anxiety symptoms and similar mental health challenges through vaping,... Read More...

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Screen All Surgery Patients for Cannabis Use

BONG AT YOUR OUR RISK – Jan. 3, 2023 - Cannabis is the most commonly used recreational drug in the U.S. and the most commonly used psychoactive substance after alcohol, noted guideline co-author and ASRA Pain M... Read More...

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2.5 Million US Students Vape

VIDEO – NO MATCHES NEEDED – Oct. 6, 2022 - About 2.55 million middle and high school students in the US currently use e-cigarettes, researchers say, based on responses to a survey conducted earlier this year.&n... Read More...

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Juul to Pay $440 million to States in Vaping Probe

THEY DON’T GIVE A PUFF – Sept 6, 2022 - “Juul’s cynically calculated advertising campaigns created a new generation of nicotine addicts,” Tong said in the statement. “They relentlessly marketed vaping pr... Read More...

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Doja Cat Celebrates 70 Days Vape-Free: “I’m Going To Peel My Skin Off”

VIDEO – PLEASE DON’T – Aug. 26, 2022 - While honoring her vape-free journey, Doja added, “I would love to have a smoke. In the name of love… I would love to have a f***ing smoke. Motherf****er. I’m going to pee... Read More...

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Coolants in Puff Electronic Cigs Present Health Hazards

SO STOP? – Aug. 2, 2022 - “Our data support the regulation of flavor chemicals and synthetic coolants in Puff ECs to limit their potentially harmful health effects,” said Esther Omaiye, a former graduate studen... Read More...

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Vaping Causes Higher Risk of Severe COVID-19 Complications, Including Death

THE FLAVOR OF DEMISE – July 26, 2022 - However, the robust and significant increase in the risk of severe COVID-19 seen in our study, independent of medical history and medication use and particularly among you... Read More...

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Fentanyl-Laced Vape Pens Among Teens Concern

WATCH – STILL DON’T BELIEVE IN EVIL? – Dec. 2, 2021 - The DEA says they know just the smallest presence of fentanyl in powder form poses a public safety risk, but what’s concerning about the danger of ingestin... Read More...

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F.D.A. Authorizes E-Cigarettes for U.S. Market for First Time

NO BRIBES HERE! – Oct. 12, 2021 - The watershed decision could pave the way for authorization of some other electronic cigarettes, including from the once-dominant maker Juul, to stay on the market. For ... Read More...

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Young Cannabis Users Twice as Likely to Have Heart Attacks

ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG – Sept. 7, 2021 - The study did not research how cannabis affects heart health, Ladha said, but he noted that previous research showed the drug can affect a user’s heart rate.&nbs... Read More...

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Vaping During Pregnancy Could Raise Odds for ‘Preemie’ Babies

Little eJimmy, eBritany, eBobby, eJennifer – July 13, 2021 - “The take-home message is that it’s best to abstain from e-cigarettes while you’re pregnant, if you can,” said lead researcher Annette Regan, an assi... Read More...

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FDA’s Comic Attempt to Terrify Teen Vapers

SMOKE GETS IN THEIR EYES – April 7, 2021 - “No one noticed at first,” the comic reads in the beginning. “The changes were subtle.” So subtle, in fact, that a basketball player emanates billowing clouds of green... Read More...

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To Protect ‘Children’ From E-Cigarettes, Congress Imposes New Restrictions

Where there’s smoke, there’s money – Dec. 23, 2020 - Feinstein’s bill amends the Jenkins Act of 1949, which requires that vendors who sell cigarettes to customers in other states register with the tax administr... Read More...

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Major Anti-Vaping Scientific Study Retracted

Whoops! – Oct. 17, 2020 - During peer review, the reviewers identified the important question of whether the myocardial infarctions occurred before or after the respondents initiated e‐cigarette use, and requested th... Read More...

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E-Cig clouds aren’t ‘Vapour’, scientists warn, they are ‘Aerosol’

Chemical Addiction – Sept. 19, 2020 - As such, public health experts argue ‘aerosol’ is a more accurate description, as e-cigarette clouds have been shown to contain harmful chemicals that may hang in the air a... Read More...

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