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Med Student Horrified to Learn How Much His Zoomer Patient Was Actually Vaping

Med Student Horrified to Learn How Much His Zoomer Patient Was Actually Vaping

By Victor Tangermann

Vapes Clouds Contain Absolutely Horrifying Chemicals, Scientists Find

Vapes Clouds Contain Absolutely Horrifying Chemicals, Scientists Find

By Frank Landymore

People who struggle with concentration can, according to some doctors, have a nicotine patch or piece of gum as a treat.

Health & Medicine

Doctors Say You Can Go Ahead and Slap a Nicotine Patch on for Some Extra Focus

By Noor Al-Sibai

A new FDA proposal would reduce the amount of feel-good nicotine in cigarettes to near-inconsequential levels.

FDA Working to Remove the Stuff in Cigarettes That Feels Good

By Frank Landymore

The Food and Drug Administration is getting ready to boot the popular e-cigarette company out of the US market, The Wall Street Journal reports.

The FDA Is Reportedly About to Shut Down JUUL

By Victor Tangermann

Nnicotine doesn't have to make it to your lungs to cause injury. Cigarette and e-cigarette residuals can cause skin damage by contact alone.

Cigarette Smoke Damages Your Skin Just by Touching It, Scientists Say

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Nicotine use by American teens has soared to astonishing new levels since JUUL e-cigarettes exploded in popularity in 2017.

JUUL Got a Million American Kids Hooked on Nicotine, Researchers Say

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Juul paid the American Journal of Health Behavior $51,000 to have the entire May/June issue filled with 11 studies funded by the company.

Juul Paid a Medical Journal to Run a Bunch of Pro-Vaping Studies

By Victor Tangermann

A medical journal retracted a paper that claimed "current smoking was not associated with adverse outcome" in COVID-19 patients due to conflict of interest.

Paper Claiming Cigarettes Protect Against COVID Retracted for Ties to Tobacco Industry

By Victor Tangermann

According to a major Paris hospital study, tobacco could be saving smokers from catching COVID-19. Researchers suggest it could be the nicotine.

Study: Nicotine May Lower Risk of Catching Coronavirus

By Victor Tangermann

Juul is pitching a Bluetooth-enabled vape that won't let you puff until you've connected it to an app and uploaded a government-issued ID.

Prosthetics and Devices

Juul Wants to Age-Lock Its Vapes

By Jon Christian

The Food and Drug Administration announced a ban on most fruit and mint-flavored nicotine vaping products to reign in use by teenagers.

FDA Bans All Vape Pod Flavors Except Tobacco and Menthol

By Victor Tangermann

If e-cigarette manufacturers can't prove they're fighting marketing and sales to teens, the FDA has threatened to ban vape flavors like mango and cucumber.

Health & Medicine

The FDA Just Threatened to Crack Down on E-Cig Companies Like JUUL

By Jon Christian