Topic: E-cigarettes

San Francisco banned the sale of electronic cigarettes late Tuesday, becoming the first U.S. city to do so.

Tobacco retailers only checked IDs about half of the time, despite federal and state age restrictions on the sale of tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, according to a new "secret shopper" study.

The number of U.S. teens who said they'd used pot at least once over the past month rose tenfold -- from 0.6 percent in 1991 to 6.3 percent by 2017, according to a new study.

A vape pen exploded in the face of 17-year-old Nevada boy, breaking his jaw and requiring multiple surgeries to repair the damage, according to a case report in the latest New England Journal of Medicine.

A Spirit Airlines passenger was banned from the airline for life after setting off a plane's smoke detector with an e-cigarette, according to a police report.

Texas will become the 15th state to raise the minimum age to purchase all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, from 18 to 21.

When the nicotine vapor from e-cigarettes hit human airway cells in culture, it slowed the movement of mucus or phlegm in the area, researchers report.

The Altria Group is buying an 80 percent share in Swiss company Burger Sohne and will commercialize one of its smokeless tobacco products, the companies announced Monday.

Vaping is gaining a foothold in an unlikely population: New research shows a growing number of cancer patients are using electronic cigarettes.

E-cigarettes are largely considered safer than traditional cigarettes, but a new study suggests use of the devices -- as well as the flavors, regardless of nicotine content -- may pose a new risk for heart disease.