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Rikers Corrections Officer Indicted for Smuggling $15,000 in Cigarettes

It was 200 cigs.

09.26.24

By Kyle Phillippi
I Tried Getting A Vape Prescription and Was Prescribed Star Jumps Instead

06.27.24

By Arielle Richards
Life

Why Was Everybody Popping ZYNs This Year?

12.21.23

By Duncan Cooper
Australia’s Illegal Tobacco Trade Is Booming

10.25.23

By Aleksandra Bliszczyk
Life

Smoking to be Banned Forever in the UK

10.05.23

By Ella Glossop
We Asked an Expert if Smoking Ciggies Can Actually Help You Quit Vaping

03.13.23

By Julie Fenwick
People Tell Us In Six Words or Less How They Quit Vaping

03.09.23

By Aleksandra Bliszczyk
Life

New Study Suggests Vaping Damages Your Immune System

02.06.23

By Tatyana Woodall
This Is the Year of the Vape

12.09.22

By Julie Fenwick
We Got Your Vapes Tested in a Lab. Here’s What We Found.

07.11.22

By Julie Fenwick
Tech

Juul Is an Easy Target—Let’s Ban More Tech Products That Harm Us

06.22.22

By Edward Ongweso Jr
The War on Drugs Didn’t Work. The War on Vapes Won’t, Either.

05.29.22

By Brad Esposito

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