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Today’s the day: An e-cigarette policy that goes into effect will result in a number of flavored vaping products being taken off the US market. Trump administration officials announced in September that they were concocting such a policy — which came to be known as a “flavor ban.” This is partly because the policy, as […]

CINCINNATI — Kroger, the parent company of King Soopers and City Market, is becoming the latest major retailer to stop selling e-cigarettes amid public concern over vaping-related illnesses and deaths. The announcement, which Kroger made Monday, came just weeks after Walmart made a similar announcement, citing regulatory uncertainty. CBS, Viacom and WarnerMedia also announced in […]

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says his administration will propose banning thousands of flavors used in e-cigarettes amid an outbreak of breathing problems tied to vaping. State and federal health authorities are investigating hundreds of breathing illnesses reported in people who have used e-cigarettes and other vaping devices. No single device, ingredient or additive has […]

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NEW YORK — Walmart is getting out of the vaping business. The nation’s largest retailer said Friday that it will stop selling electronic cigarettes at its namesake stores and Sam’s Clubs when it sells out its current inventory. The nation’s largest retailer said the move is due to “growing federal, state and local regulatory complexity” […]

CANADA — A 17-year-old boy in Canada has been treated for a life-threatening popcorn lung-like illness after vaping flavored e-liquids and THC — the main psychoactive component of cannabis. A new report, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal on Wednesday, details how this case of bronchiolitis appears distinct from other vaping-related lung injury cases […]

Michigan is set to become the first US state to ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes, according to an announcement Wednesday by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The ban gives sellers 30 days to comply and lasts six months — though the governor can decide to renew it. This includes sales in brick-and-mortar stores, as well as […]

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 […]

FRISCO, Colo. — Summit County residents have voted to pass a new sales tax to combat the use of nicotine and tobacco products. The Summit Daily reported Tuesday that voters in the north-central Colorado county passed the ballot measure increasing the sales tax on cigarettes to $4 a pack along with a 40% tax increase […]

GURNEE, Illinois– Adam Hergenreder’s vaping habit almost killed him. Late last month, the 18-year-old student athlete in Gurnee, Illinois, was hospitalized after using e-cigarettes for more than a year and a half. Now his lungs are similar to those of a 70-year-old adult, doctors told him. “It was scary to think about that — that […]

A California man has become the seventh person to die from a vaping-related illness in the US. The 40-year-old, who died over the weekend, is the second person to die in the state. Kansas, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota and Oregon have each reported one death from vaping. The United States Centers for Disease Control announced Monday […]

BOSTON  — The governor of Massachusetts declared a public health emergency Tuesday and ordered a four-month ban on the sale of vaping products in the state, apparently the first action of its kind in the nation. Republican Gov. Charlie Baker’s order was quickly approved by the state Public Health Council and applies to all vaping […]