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Why it's so hard to quit smoking — and how to boost your odds of stopping for good
It takes about six tries before people typically stop smoking because nicotine is highly addictive. But certain strategies can help.
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Teens are vaping in high school bathrooms all across America, wreaking havoc on health and learning: 'Everyone does it'
"You walk into the bathroom and it smells like fruit and people are passing around a vape and asking people who look chill if they want a hit," reports one teen, echoing the experience of many others across the country.
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Vaping makes teens 5 times more likely to get infected with COVID-19
A new study from Stanford University suggests that teens and young adults who vape are five times more likely to get diagnosed with COVID-19 than those who don't.
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Teen's graphic images of vaping damage go viral: 'My lung tissue was just completely destroyed'
A Maryland teen is raising awareness about the dangers of vaping through Instagram posts of her damaged lungs.
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Vaping ads often target bisexual women of color, study finds
A new study from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has found that bisexual women of color are more often exposed to e-cigarette ads, which may be connected to the tobacco industry's "longstanding targeted marketing at vulnerable communities."
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Massachusetts adopts tough ban on flavored vaping, tobacco products
Massachusetts on Wednesday adopted the country's toughest ban on the sale of flavored tobacco and vaping products, including menthol cigarettes, in response to a rise in youth vaping and an outbreak of vaping-related serious lung injuries. Governor Charlie Baker, a Republican, signed into law legislation passed by the state's Democrat-controlled legislature earlier this month that also places a 75% excise tax on e-cigarettes. Several other states have recently adopted emergency bans on the sale
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Tests on black market marijuana vape pens reveal contaminants, including pesticides
NBC News hired a lab to test THC vaping pens from both legal distributors and black market sources. They found "deeply troubling" results, including lung-damaging chemicals in the counterfeit cartridges.
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Counterfeit vaping products targeted by California, as vape-related illnesses, deaths rise nationwide
California is cracking down on counterfeit vaping products, which may play a role in the vaping-related lung damage and deaths seen across the U.S.
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Takes Executive Action To Ban Flavored E-Cigarettes
The move comes amid a national investigation into hundreds of cases of lung illness and six deaths associated with vaping.
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Teens are responding to the vaping epidemic with parody videos on TikTok
#StopJuuling is trending on TikTok as teens create parody videos about vaping-related illnesses and deaths.
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High school 'temporarily' removes bathroom stall doors to combat student vaping
In order to curb high schoolers from vaping in the bathroom, a school temporarily removed the stall doors of the boys' room.
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FDA links vaping to 127 seizures — expert says e-cigarettes can 'alter' teens' brains
A new report from the Food and Drug Administration is sharing 127 cases of "seizures and other neurological symptoms" related to vaping. An expert weighs in on the potential long term health effects.
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The FDA is threatening to take e-cigarettes off the market
The Food and Drug Administration is threatening to take e-cigarettes off the market in an attempt to curb youth vaping.
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Man gets gnarly leg burn after vape pen explodes in his pocket: 'It scorched my leg completely'
The man is now out of work while he recovers from the burns. However, even once they go away, he doesn't plan on vaping ever again.
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Teens are smoking e-cigs in record numbers, but this vape manufacturer is taking steps to stop it
The Food and Drug Administration announced plans to tackle teen use of e-cigarettes starting this week, prompting the CEO of JUUL to respond. But for the JUUL-obsessed teen, is it too late?
