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FILE – In this Sept. 3, 2019, file photo, electronic cigarette pods are displayed for sale at a shop, in Biddeford, Maine. Today Juul and hundreds of smaller companies are at the center of a political backlash that threatens to sweep e-cigarettes from stores shelves nationwide as politicians scramble to address two separate public health crises tied to vaping: underage use among teenagers and a mysterious and sometimes fatal lung ailment that affected more than a thousand people. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File) NYAG602

September 2, 2020 at 7:36 am

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson sues vape company Juul

Washington state's attorney general is suing Juul Labs, the nation's largest e-cigarette company, saying it targets underage consumers. It's the latest in a series of...

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FILE – In this Friday, Oct. 4, 2019 file photo, a man using an electronic cigarette exhales in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. A judge has cleared the way for Montana to temporarily ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes and other flavored vaping products. State officials say they plan to implement the ban Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak,File) LA305 LA305

December 20, 2019 at 10:49 am

CDC blames 'vast majority' of vaping illnesses on vitamin E acetate

Health officials now blame vitamin E acetate for the “vast majority” of cases in the U.S. outbreak of vaping illnesses and they say doctors should...

December 10, 2019 at 8:59 pm

Yakima County sees first vaping-related illness; state tally grows to 20

Nationwide, 2,291 cases — including 48 deaths — have been reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The products used by the Yakima...

December 2, 2019 at 8:16 am

Correction: RJ Reynolds-Electronic Cigarette story

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — In a Dec. 2 story about R.J. Reynolds’s electronic cigarette, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the Food and Drug Administration...

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November 21, 2019 at 8:42 am

'Popcorn lung' may have brought vape-using Canadian teen close to death, doctors say

The damage to the boy's lungs resembled that of workers at microwave-popcorn plants years ago who inhaled diacetyl. Diacetyl is present in many e-cigarette flavors;...

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FILE – In this Friday, Oct. 4, 2019 file photo, a woman using a vaping device exhales a puff of smoke in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019, that new government figures show more than 2,000 Americans have come down with vaping-related illnesses. Illnesses have occurred in every state but Alaska. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File) NYJK402 NYJK402

November 8, 2019 at 10:12 am

Potential culprit found in vaping-related lung injuries and deaths

WASHINGTON — Federal health officials have identified vitamin E acetate in the lung fluids of 29 people sickened in the outbreak of dangerous vaping-related lung...

November 5, 2019 at 8:23 am

10 people hospitalized in Idaho with vaping-related illness

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare says 10 people have been hospitalized with vaping-related illnesses. Boise television station KTVB reports...

FILE – In this April 16, 2019, file photo, a woman exhales a puff of vapor from a Juul pen in Vancouver, Wash. A former Juul Labs executive is alleging that the vaping company knowingly shipped 1 million tainted nicotine pods to customers. The allegation comes in a lawsuit filed Tuesday, Oct. 29, by a former finance executive who was fired by the vaping giant earlier this year. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer, File) NYBZ343 NYBZ343

October 30, 2019 at 11:48 am

Juul knowingly sold at least 1 million tainted nicotine pods, former executive says

In a lawsuit, a former senior vice president claims that he was fired for raising safety concerns and that the company’s C.E.O. said customers are...

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FILE – In this April 16, 2019, file photo, a woman exhales a puff of vapor from a Juul pen in Vancouver, Wash. Under intense scrutiny amid a wave of underage vaping, Juul is pushing into television with a multimillion-dollar campaign rebranding itself as a stop-smoking aid for adults trying to kick cigarettes. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer, File) NY994 NY994

October 29, 2019 at 11:10 am

Juul to cut 10-15% of staff to adjust to limits on e-cig sales

The company is facing scrutiny by state and federal officials following reports of a mysterious vaping illness and a proposed ban on flavored e-cigarettes by...

Business

FILE — A Juul vape device in New York, April 4, 2018. A day after Alex Azar, the health and human services secretary, said the Food and Drug Administration would draft a plan within weeks that would remove flavored e-cigarettes and nicotine pods from the market, there were already signs that some companies were considering legal challenges or lobbying efforts to keep two flavors safe — mint and menthol. (Caroline Tompkins/The New York Times) XNYT232

October 17, 2019 at 10:04 am

Juul halts sales of fruit, dessert flavors for e-cigarettes

WASHINGTON (AP) — Juul Labs stopped selling fruit and dessert flavors Thursday, acknowledging the public's "lack of trust" in the vaping industry. The voluntary step...

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