Nicotine vape laws across the Northeast: What you need to know in 2026

The landscape of nicotine vaping regulations keeps shifting. With a patchwork of flavor bans, steep taxes, and a new wave of "registry laws" sweeping the region, what you can legally buy in one state ...
The Cardiology Advisor

Vaping is Not Safer Than Smoking Cigarettes for Hypertension Outcomes

Young adults who vape daily experience significantly higher systolic and diastolic blood pressure compared with those who never vape or smoke.
Newsweek

Flavored Vape Bans Led to Increase in Teen Smoking: Study

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Bans on flavored e-cigarettes —also known as vapes—may lead to an ...
Medical Xpress

Study: Australian teens who vape are 5 times more likely to try smoking

New research published today shows that Australian teenagers who have vaped are much more likely to then try smoking, with Australia's youngest adolescents the most at risk. Health experts say it's a ...
heart.org

Smoking and vaping had overlapping adverse health effects, dual product use may be worse

Airway irritation from smoking or vaping appeared to be the source of vascular damage, according to two new studies in ATVB journal New research finds that the cardiovascular effects of smoking and ...

'We can do better': Public reacts to OV vape shop, council takes action

On the heels of Mount Pleasant's Design and Review Board recently rejecting a vape shop's signage application, the Mount Pleasant Town Council is in the process of drafting an ordinance to better ...