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School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

Kids these days.

Gadgets Matt Novak Mar 31

From Hack to Hijack: Thieves Hit the Vape Truck, Steal $1 Million Worth of E-Cigs

Up in smoke.

Crime AJ Dellinger Dec 11

A young girl smokes disposable electronic cigarette against a bright yellow background

Some Disposable E-Cigarettes Are More Toxic Than Traditional Cigarettes, Study Finds

Alarming research challenges the widely held belief that vapes are safer than cigarettes.

Health Ellyn Lapointe Jun 30

Kids Are Ditching Cigarettes and Using Nicotine Pouches Instead

The pouches have become a cause célèbre among anti-regulation conservatives, and a growing number of middle and high school students are using them.

Health Adam Kovac Oct 21

Australian Regulators: If You Want to Vape, Get a Prescription

Australia’s muddled laws on vaping are emerging from a dank cloud of confusion: According to a Wednesday report in the Guardian, the country’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has ruled that nicotine will be reclassified as a prescription-only medication in June 2021. Sales of nicotine e-cigarettes and fluids (whether nicotine juices or salts) are already prohibited…

Health Tom McKay Sep 23

The Pax Era Pro Is the Pricey, But Perfect Vape Pen

Back before the Juul was a meme or status symbol or sign of impending doom, it was just a new nicotine-based product from people known for weed. Juul was born out of the same minds as Pax, the most stylish weed flower vape around. Now Juul is a threat to lungs and Big Tobacco while…

Other Gadgets Alex Cranz Jan 24

Vape Shops Might Be Exempt From Federal Flavor Ban, If You Believe Kellyanne Conway

Earlier this year, Donald Trump’s administration appeared to be ready to eviscerate the entire vaping industry with a nationwide ban on flavored e-cigarette products—with the possible exception of menthol. Now it looks like the vapocalypse has been offset somewhat, with Bloomberg reporting that the administration may exempt dedicated vape shops from the ban. Granted, this…

Health Tom McKay Nov 6

Vaping Flavorpocalypse Comes to New York as State Health Authorities Order Emergency Ban

The New York state Department of Health’s Public Health and Health Planning Council approved an emergency ban of all vaping products with flavors other than tobacco or menthol—and have doubtless started a mad rush on mint, mango, creme, and countless other types of vape juice—amid skyrocketing teen use and hundreds of cases of vaping-related lung…

Health Tom McKay Sep 17

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Says He’ll Declare Health Emergency to Ban Flavored E-Cigarettes

Following a surge in mysterious vaping-related illnesses associated with at least six deaths and renewed focus on skyrocketing teen use, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Sunday that his office is now seeking emergency regulations that would ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes other than tobacco and menthol throughout the state. The White House…

Tech News Tom McKay Sep 15

Healing Crystals, Hurricane Dorian, and a $14,000 Gamer Chair: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week

The first week of September 2019 is over, folks, and we came back from Labor Day cool, relaxed, and ready for news—and boy did we get it. Over the past few days, we’ve hit everything from an exclusive look at a letter former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick wrote admitting his failures, a major Wikileaks source…

Tech News Tom McKay Sep 8

Teen Has Mouth Wired Shut After Vape Explodes, Fracturing His Jaw and Knocking Out Teeth

Vaping may or may not be healthier than smoking conventional cigarettes, but a recent incident involving a teenage boy, in which an exploding e-cigarette blew out several of his teeth and cracked open his jaw, is a serious cause for concern. A one-paragraph-long case study published today in The New England Journal of Medicine describes the…

Health George Dvorsky Jun 20

San Francisco Set to Approve First-of-Its-Kind Ban on E-Cigarette Sales

The city of San Francisco has become the first in the U.S. to move to ban all sales of e-cigarettes in a unanimous vote by city supervisors, SFGate reported on Tuesday, in what officials characterized as an effort to fight back against youth vaping. The ban in question applies to the sale and distribution of…

Health Tom McKay Jun 18

FDA and FTC Hit Vape Companies With Warnings Over Influencer Posts on Social Media

Multiple vaping companies were sent letters by federal regulators this week over posts by social media influencers that did not include necessary warnings about the vape products. The warning letters—which were sent to Artist Liquids Laboratories, Humble Juice Co., Hype City Vapors, and Solace Technologies—stated that the posts in question were reviewed by the Food…

Tech News Catie Keck Jun 7

Catfish Fetishists, Secondhand Vape, and the Mystery of Tape: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week

Welcome! Welcome to June, which is not technically summer yet so far, but good enough to do the job so long as everyone knows what’s good for ‘em and looks the other way. But though this year is zipping by at a terrifying pace, let us commemorate the end of May by revisiting some of…

Tech News Tom McKay Jun 2

Ever Wanted to Smoke a Genie? Your Wish Just Came True With This Aladdin’s Lamp Vape

Update, June 5, 11:00 a.m. EST/EDT: Firebox has reached out to let us know this vape is currently not a real product, but could be one day. Be honest, how many times have you watched Disney’s animated Aladdin with your mod in hand and wondered what it would be like to vape that genie as…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski May 30

FDA Clears Horrible-Sounding ‘Heat Not Burn’ Tobacco Vape Made By Phillip Morris for Sale

The Food and Drug Administration has cleared for sale tobacco giant Phillip Morris International (PMI) and its sister company Altria’s baffling, “heat not burn” iQOS dry tobacco vaporizer on Tuesday, Bloomberg reported, handing Big Tobacco a major win despite there not actually being any evidence it is safer than traditional cigarettes. iQOS is essentially a…

Health Tom McKay May 1

Philip Morris Has an Incredible Scheme to Promote the Juicero of Vapes

Cigarette smoking has been on a historic decline in the US. This leaves slightly less profitable tobacco conglomerates with another opportunity to prove yet again that they’re evil and stupid in equal measure. “What’s something all smokers—the people we are slowly making sick and then eventually dead—need” you can practically imagine a suit in the…

Tech News Avery Ellis Apr 24

Reports: Police Defuse Gas Station Standoff by Having Robot Deliver Vape Pen to Suspect

A six-hour standoff between police and a 40-year-old man who allegedly splashed gasoline on the floor of a Novato, California, convenience store “while threatening to burn it down” and later fled to a nearby Safeway ended when police defused the situation with a robot carrying a vape pen, the Sacramento Bee reported Sunday, citing reports…

Tech News Tom McKay Jan 13

Vaping Pilot Trying to Hide E-Cig Cloud Accidentally Sends Passenger Flight Plummeting

An Air China flight crew had to enact emergency protocols during a flight from Hong Kong to the city of Dalian on Tuesday, all because a co-pilot tried to sneak in a vape break. China’s Civil Aviation Administration (CAAC) began investigating the alarming incident and found that the co-pilot tried to turn off air-recycling fans…

Tech News Jennings Brown Jul 13

Fire Chief ‘Bewildered’ After Mysterious Incident at E-Cigarette Plant Left 29 Sick

Nearly 30 workers at an e-cigarette plant in Salem, Massachusetts were hospitalized following a mysterious incident. Firefighters were first called to the Thermal Circuit plant around 3:30pm Sunday afternoon to investigate a chlorine leak. A hazardous material team then came to the plant and took care of the chlorine issue, acting Salem Fire Chief Gerry…

Health Jennings Brown Jun 25

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School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

From Hack to Hijack: Thieves Hit the Vape Truck, Steal $1 Million Worth of E-Cigs

Some Disposable E-Cigarettes Are More Toxic Than Traditional Cigarettes, Study Finds

Kids Are Ditching Cigarettes and Using Nicotine Pouches Instead

Australian Regulators: If You Want to Vape, Get a Prescription

The Pax Era Pro Is the Pricey, But Perfect Vape Pen

Vape Shops Might Be Exempt From Federal Flavor Ban, If You Believe Kellyanne Conway

Vaping Flavorpocalypse Comes to New York as State Health Authorities Order Emergency Ban

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Says He’ll Declare Health Emergency to Ban Flavored E-Cigarettes

Healing Crystals, Hurricane Dorian, and a $14,000 Gamer Chair: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week

Teen Has Mouth Wired Shut After Vape Explodes, Fracturing His Jaw and Knocking Out Teeth

San Francisco Set to Approve First-of-Its-Kind Ban on E-Cigarette Sales

FDA and FTC Hit Vape Companies With Warnings Over Influencer Posts on Social Media

Catfish Fetishists, Secondhand Vape, and the Mystery of Tape: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week

Ever Wanted to Smoke a Genie? Your Wish Just Came True With This Aladdin’s Lamp Vape

FDA Clears Horrible-Sounding ‘Heat Not Burn’ Tobacco Vape Made By Phillip Morris for Sale

Philip Morris Has an Incredible Scheme to Promote the Juicero of Vapes

Reports: Police Defuse Gas Station Standoff by Having Robot Deliver Vape Pen to Suspect

Vaping Pilot Trying to Hide E-Cig Cloud Accidentally Sends Passenger Flight Plummeting

Fire Chief ‘Bewildered’ After Mysterious Incident at E-Cigarette Plant Left 29 Sick

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Peter Capaldi’s Biggest ‘Doctor Who’ Regret Was That He Couldn’t Be a Little Bit Miserable

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