Vaping was sold as the safe alternative to smoking. The evidence is now telling a more complicated – and more worrying – story.

Perhaps the most urgent concern is what has happened among young people. The World Health Organisation now describes e-cigarettes as "harmful and not safe" warning of a new wave of nicotine addiction ...

Vaping is often promoted as a safer alternative to smoking, but health experts warn that e-cigarettes can still harm lung ...

Cheap disposable vapes (single-use devices prefilled with high-strength nicotine salts and sold cheaply) are especially ...

Public health bodies once cautiously endorsed vapes as a tool for smokers to quit. More than a decade later, the picture is less clear ...

UNITED KINGDOM — Global health experts and scientists are calling for the adoption of risk-proportionate regulation for nicotine products to accelerate smoking decline, saying that current policies ...

A team of Northwestern High School sophomores solved clues, cracked codes, found keys and popped balloons as they raced to escape a conference room Monday, March 9. As part of the ...

Sarah Todd returned to reporting in January 2025 after being assignment editor at STAT since October 2022. You can reach Sarah on Signal at sarahlizchar.47. Many tobacco researchers and policy experts ...

A teen who secretly vaped at school with his mates nearly died when his lung collapsed twice. Cameron Vann, known as Dodge, ...

Rental car companies require you to follow their rules before they let you drive off with one of their vehicles. Violating those rules can be expensive.

“Right now, we’re seeing a lot of people ages 18-25 starting to vape a lot more,” said program manager for the HBCU Rise Project for COSA, Kayla Stephens.

A recent viral simulation has sparked fresh discussion by visually pitting traditional cigarette smoking against vaping to reveal their effects inside the body. The demonstration illustrates how each ...