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Disposable vapes in many kid-friendly fruity flavors, are displayed for sale at a shop in Pinecrest, Fla., Monday, June 26, 2023. Since 2020, the number of different vaping devices for sale in the U.S. has exploded, driven by a wave of disposable models from China. Rebecca Blackwell/AP hide caption
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration campus in Silver Spring, Md., is photographed on Oct. 14, 2015. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
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Juul products are displayed at a smoke shop in New York on Dec. 20, 2018. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption
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Nearly two years after the FDA issued a policy denouncing the marketing of fruit-flavored vape juice and other vape products to young people, the products are still widely available in stores. But experts hope that could be about to change. Helen H. Richardson/Denver Post via Getty Images hide caption
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Packaging for an electronic cigarette and menthol pods from Juul Labs is displayed on Feb. 25, 2020, in Pembroke Pines, Fla. In a deal announced Tuesday, Juul will pay nearly $440 million to settle a two-year investigation by 33 states into the marketing of its high-nicotine vaping products. Brynn Anderson/AP hide caption
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Packages of Juul mint-flavored e-cigarettes are displayed at a smoke shop in 2019. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Monday
Disposable vapes may be hotter than Juul among kids, according to researcher Bonnie Halpern-Felsher. She received a bag of vape pens recently confiscated by a high school principal in northern California, with flavors like Banana Ice and Cool Mint. Bonnie Halpern-Felsher hide caption
Parents: Teens Are Still Vaping, Despite Flavor Ban. Here's What They're Using
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The CDC is still trying to understand the mechanism by which Vitamin E acetate, an additive in some vapes, injures lung tissue. It may interfere with a natural fluid in the lung called surfactant, which helps make lung tissue stretchy. Or a byproduct may be a toxic chemical. Jelacic Valentina/EyeEm/Getty Images hide caption
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Using e-cigarettes doesn't seem to be as risky as smoking tobacco. But both activities can cause long-term lung problems, research finds — and the effect seems to be additive for people who do both. Steve Helber/AP hide caption
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A box of vaping products confiscated from students or thrown away at Boulder High School. The school's assistant principal collects items for later delivery to the county's hazardous waste facility. John Daley/Colorado Public Radio hide caption
Don't Toss That E-Cig: Vaping Waste Is A Whole New Headache For Schools and Cities
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The newly signed law is set to take effect on June 1, 2020. A temporary blanket ban on all vaping products will remain in place until Dec. 11. Steven Senne/AP hide caption
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A Filipino man uses an e-cigarette outside a Manila mall in 2016. Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte announced Tuesday a total ban on vaping products. Aaron Favila/AP hide caption
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta has mobilized more than 140 scientists and other staffers to investigate the causes of vaping-related lung injuries and deaths. Will & Deni McIntyre/Science Source hide caption