Schoolkids as young as 13 buying toxic vape pens with as much nicotine as six packets of cigarettes

A top doctor has warned of the serious health effects of readily available and highly toxic vapes that are being purchased by teenagers for just $14.   Nicotine e-cigarettes are being bought by schoolkids as young as 13, with one in five teenagers in Australia estimated to be using the highly-addictive devices.  The illegal vape pens … Read more

Health: Young people who vape are three times as likely to become daily cigarette smokers

Taking up vaping increases the likelihood that young people will end up smoking traditional cigarettes daily by three fold, a study has warned.  US researchers studied data on the evolving tobacco product use more than 49,000 young people aged between 12–24 over four years. The team found that — among those who experimented with tobacco … Read more

Tom Walker cuts a casual figure as he puffs on a vape pen

Tom Walker cuts a casual figure as he puffs on a vape pen while making his way to The One Show studios By Emily Webber For Mailonline Published: 01:08 BST, 25 July 2020 | Updated: 01:08 BST, 25 July 2020 He has been embracing lockdown with his fiancée Annie.  And Tom Walker appeared in good … Read more

A single super-spreader forced pub, vape bar and Indian restaurant to close after Super Saturday

A single super-spreader forced a pub, a vape bar and an Indian restaurant to close when he went out boozing on ‘Super Saturday’.  The mystery drinker visited The Lighthouse Inn in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset before heading to Vape Escape during his bar crawl, locals have claimed. A driver from takeaway Saagar Indian had also been in the same … Read more

Dramatic moment vape shop owner is arrested for flouting coronavirus lockdown and refusing to close

This is the dramatic moment a vape shop owner was pinned to the floor and arrested by four police officers for flouting the coronavirus lockdown. Ian Grave, 45, kept his business open in St Helens, Merseyside claiming he provided a key service selling products which help people give up smoking.   But four officers arrived at his … Read more

Coronavirus will NOT spread in vape clouds unless the e-cigarette user coughs

What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more

California woman collapsed on Christmas with ‘vape lung’ says ‘I looked dead’

A 37-year-old woman in California believed vaping would help her get healthier because it would make it easier for her to quit smoking.  She kept it up for more than five years – and then she collapsed, on Christmas Day.  Julia Itzen was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance, and would remain there for … Read more