vaping

E-cigarettes work by heating up a fluid that contains the drug nicotine, producing a vapor that users inhale. The devices are most popular among young adults, ages 18 to 24, a federal survey indicates.

Most E-Cigarette Users Are Current And Ex-Smokers, Not Newbies

3:06pm October 28, 2015

by Rob Stein

A large study suggests some may use e-cigarettes to quit smoking tobacco. But the survey also shows that nearly 10 percent of young adults who have never smoked tobacco have used the devices.

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Jonathan Franzen, pictured here at The New Yorker Festival Fiction Night in 2009, won the National Book Award for his third novel, The Corrections.

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Book News: Jonathan Franzen's New Novel Poised For September Release

7:38am June 19, 2015

by Colin Dwyer

The book, titled Purity, promises an expansive sprawl and familiar themes, but also a few stylistic experiments. Meanwhile, Texas gears up for a hearing and final vote on much-debated textbooks.

Nicotine exposure at a young age "may cause lasting harm to brain development," warns Dr. Tom Frieden, chief of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Use Of E-Cigarettes Triples Among U.S. Teens

8:13pm April 16, 2015

by Rob Stein

Even as the use of traditional cigarettes and most other tobacco products dipped or stayed the same from 2013 to 2014, the use of e-cigarettes climbed among students in high school and middle school.

Those were the days: A stewardess lights a cigar for a passenger aboard an American Airlines flight in 1949.

Will Vaping Reignite The Battle Over Smoking On Airplanes?

9:50am February 26, 2015

by Poncie Rutsch

It's been 25 years since people could light up with impunity on domestic airline flights. But that doesn't mean they're not still trying. And e-cigarettes are reviving conflict over clean air aloft.

Vapor from an e-cigarette obscures the user's face in a London coffee bar.

E-Cigarettes Can Churn Out High Levels Of Formaldehyde

4:55pm January 22, 2015

by Rob Stein

Unexpectedly high levels of the cancer-causing chemical were found in an analysis of the vapor from e-cigarettes, researchers say.

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