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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.
