Flavored tobacco still available for purchase in Boston despite ban
E-cigarettes have been drawing in young people for years and new research finds teenagers who vape have higher rates of depression and anxiety.
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E-cigarettes have been drawing in young people for years and new research finds teenagers who vape have higher rates of depression and anxiety.
Massachusetts made it illegal to sell flavored tobacco products at retail stores but many stores still sell them anyway. WBZ-TV's Samantha Chaney reports.
WBZ-TV's Dr. Mallika Marshall reports that Mass. General Brigham found that the popular pill that helps people quit smoking cigarettes, Chantix, was also found to assist in quitting vaping.
A text messaging program could help teens walk away from e-cigarettes.
Dr. Mallika Marshall reports.
Parent groups and anti-tobacco advocates blast FDA move to authorize vaping brand Njoy to market its products to the public.
Could vaping just one time put you at higher risk of heart failure? More research is pointing to the dangers of e-cigarettes.
Could vaping just one time put you at higher risk of heart failure? More research is pointing to the dangers of e-cigarettes.
A team of researchers found that daily vaping doubled the risk of frequent headaches in teens.
The embattled electronic cigarette maker is paying its largest settlement to date over the teen vaping surge.
There is bad news if you're vaping to try to stop smoking. A new study finds it may not help. Dr. Mallika Marshall reports.
The FDA ordered the vaping company Juul to pull its electronic cigarettes from the U.S. market Thursday.
Bargoers should not be sharing vapes with people they don't know, police advised.
A federal report released Wednesday suggests that the number of school kids who vape fell by 1.8 million in a year, from 5.4 million to 3.6 million, officials said.
It may seem like the public health crisis of vaping- and e-cigarette-related lung injuries was long ago. Now, doctors are warning that those who vape may be susceptible to more severe illness from the novel coronavirus.
The man in his 40s from Suffolk County had vaped THC, an ingredient found in marijuana.
A man in his 70s from Middlesex County died after he reported vaping THC.
They all allegedly violated state laws by selling flavored tobacco products to Massachusetts consumers and failing to protect against delivery of the products to minors.
The study is among the first to examine the link between e-cigarette use and respiratory disease in the long-term.
No single product or brand is responsible for the thousands of vaping-related lung illnesses reported across the United States, according to a report released Friday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
It is the first time the state Department of Health has linked illnesses to vaping products bought at dispensaries.
The new law outlaws the sale of flavored vaping products immediately and of menthol cigarettes starting June 1, 2020.
The four-month ban on the sale of all vaping products in Massachusetts is ending early, Governor Charlie Baker announced Wednesday.
The bill passed by the Massachusetts State Legislature would ban all flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes.
There have been more than 2,000 cases of vaping-related lung injury in the U.S., but Canadian doctors may have identified another type of lung disease linked to vaping.
