Our Kids Are Living In a Different Digital World Enormous numbers of kids follow social-media influencers who boost addictive drugs to audiences who are too young to legally buy them.
Teenage Vaping Declines This Year, Survey Says The annual tobacco use survey given to middle and high school students revealed a decrease among older teenagers for the first time in several years.
E-Cigarette Sales Soared During Pandemic Years Flavors proliferated and disposable vapes took hold as purchases of vaping devices increased steadily from January 2020 to mid-2022.
Juul Reaches $462 Million Settlement With New York, California and Other States The case ends major litigation over claims of marketing e-cigarettes to adolescents, resolving thousands of lawsuits and amounting to billions of dollars in payouts to states, cities and people.
Vaping Settlement by Juul Is Said to Total $1.7 Billion The proposed deal would resolve thousands of lawsuits in multidistrict litigation based in Northern California.