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BOULDER, Colo. — Officials in Boulder are moving forward with plans to ban the sale of flavored electronic cigarette products containing nicotine. The Daily Camera reports the City Council on Wednesday also finalized plans to raise the minimum purchasing age to 21 for tobacco and nicotine products. Only tobacco-flavored vaping products will be allowed under the new […]

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — The Centers for Disease Control is now investigating 193 cases of severe lung disease related to e-cigarettes or vaping, including one in Colorado. The “ongoing outbreak” is particularly alarming because Colorado has the highest youth vaping rate in the country. At Greenwood Pediatrics in Centennial, Dr. Dan Feiten said the issue of […]

CHICAGO— Health officials said Friday that an Illinois patient who contracted a serious lung disease after vaping has died and that they consider it the first death in the United States linked to the smoking alternative that has become popular with teens and young adults. Colorado has one confirmed case and three suspected cases of […]

ATLANTA – The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now aware of 153 possible cases of severe lung disease in 16 states that could be caused by vaping, the agency said Wednesday in an update to a multi-state investigation. The cases — reported from June 28 to August 20, 2019 — have popped […]

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin– Eight teens were hospitalized in July with seriously damaged lungs in Wisconsin, the state Department of Health Services reported Thursday. “We suspect that these injuries were caused by vaping,” said Dr. Michael Gutzeit, chief medical officer at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin where the teens were admitted, at a press conference. Their symptoms, including cough, shortness of […]

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – A 7-Eleven customer shot two people who were allegedly trying to rob the Virginia Beach convenience store early Thursday morning, killing one of them and injuring the other, according to witnesses and police. The store is located in the 100 block of South Newtown Road. The suspect who was survived was […]

DENVER — A new law goes into effect Monday that greatly restricts e-cigarette use across Colorado. Supporters say it’s an effort to cut down on teen e-cigarette use that health officials say has reached “epidemic levels.” The new law essentially says people can’t vape inside any public building or any businesses with a few exceptions. […]

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco is on course to become the first US city to effectively ban the sale of e-cigarettes once its board of supervisors votes on Tuesday. The board is expected to pass an ordinance that says “no person shall sell or distribute an electronic cigarette to a person in San Francisco” unless that product […]

LAS VEGAS — The 17-year-old traveled 250 miles with a bloody mouth, broken teeth and a hole in his jaw, trekking from a small town in Nevada to a pediatric hospital in Utah with his mother. There, doctors rushed him into surgery, working to reconstruct and repair shattered bone. What he told doctors shocked them: […]

NEW ORLEANS — A 30-year-old Spirit Airlines passenger on a flight from Detroit to New Orleans recently got himself banned for life after deciding to take a smoke break in the plane’s bathroom. An attendant on Flight NK 985 told a deputy on Tuesday that she saw him take a drag from an e-cigarette and […]

BROOMFIELD, Colo. — In an effort to fight teen e-cigarette use, the city of Broomfield is offering free recreation passes for those who turn in their pens. From 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday at the Paul Derda Recreation Center, teens younger than 17 can drop off their e-cigarettes in exchange for a free three-month […]

BOULDER, Colo. — Administrators at Boulder High School say many students who vape also litter. Boulder High School doesn’t allow students to use tobacco on school grounds. The policy applies to electronic cigarettes. Even so, Assistant Principal Kristen Lewis tells Colorado Public Radio she regularly picks up discarded e-cigarette pods. She often finds the litter […]