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Juul can continue selling tobacco, menthol e-cigarettes: FDA

  • Jul 18, 2025

Why Houston ISD wants rules to be relaxed for students who vape

  • Jan 17, 2024

Flavored e-cigs still popular among young Americans: Study

  • Oct 7, 2022
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Juul agrees to pay $438.5M as part of class action settlement

  • Sep 6, 2022

Montgomery ISD combats student vaping with new bathroom sensors

  • Aug 11, 2022

Ban on e-cigs unanimously passed by city of Houston

  • Mar 30, 2022

E-cigs could be added to city of Houston's smoking ban

  • Mar 30, 2022

FDA delays decision on e-cigarettes from vaping giant Juul

  • Sep 9, 2021

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HISD looks to get around new state vaping law under its new designation as 'District of Innovation'

  • Jan 17, 2024
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Montgomery ISD combats student vaping with new bathroom sensors

  • Aug 11, 2022
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Ban on e-cigs unanimously passed by city of Houston

  • Mar 30, 2022
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E-cigs to be added to city of Houston's smoking ban

  • Mar 30, 2022
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Senator urges HISD to track vaping incidents

  • Mar 20, 2020
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GCHD confirms 1st local case of lung illness due to e-cig

  • Sep 12, 2019
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Texas A&M says e-cigarettes landed him in ICU

  • Sep 10, 2019
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3 teens stricken with lung ailment from vaping: officials

  • Sep 10, 2019

Latest Stories

E-cig maker Juul to pay $40M to NC, change business practices, state attorney general says

North Carolina's AG announced he reached a settlement with the e-cigarette maker, requiring it to pay $40M and make "drastic changes" to how it operates in the state.

  • Jun 28, 2021
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Teens start using disposable vapes as loophole to flavored e-cig ban

Despite a recent ban on most flavored e-cigarettes popular with underage teenagers, some kids are finding a way around it.

  • Mar 4, 2020
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Health officials confirm first vaping associated death in Galveston County

Galveston County health officials say a woman between the age of 30 and 35 years old is their first vaping associated death.

  • Jan 6, 2020

13 Investigates: Texas senator urges HISD track vaping incidents

The state's largest district doesn't track vaping by students, but it did declare this week Anti Vaping Week. Ted Oberg went to see how it's going.

  • Dec 21, 2019

Congress raises legal age to buy smoking products from 18 to 21

People across the nation may see an increase in the legal age to buy tobacco products by Friday.

  • Dec 20, 2019