Matthew Perrone

Associated Press

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Bill Would Allow K-12 Students to Take Medical Cannabis at School

October 3, 2023

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How to Use IoT to Monitor Lighting in Cannabis Care

October 2, 2023

Tilray Closes Deal for 8 Anheuser-Busch Brands

October 2, 2023

Nicolas Guarino: Cannabis in NY is Disastrous

September 29, 2023

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration campus in Silver Spring, Md., is photographed on Oct. 14, 2015.

FDA Warns Stores to Stop Selling Elf Bar

It is the top disposable e-cigarette in the U.S.

June 23, 2023

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Vaping Company Juul Announces Layoffs Amid Growing Setbacks

For weeks, industry analysts have speculated that Juul could soon declare bankruptcy or sell itself to another company.

November 10, 2022

This undated image provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Adminstration shows the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products director Brian King.

Insider Q&A: FDA Official on Vaping's "Promise or Peril"

No honeymoon period for the FDA's new tobacco chief.

September 27, 2022

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, Sept. 6, 2022, electronic cigarette maker Juul Labs will pay nearly $440 million to settle a two-year investigation by 33 states into the marketing of its high-nicotine vaping products, which have long been blamed for sparking a national surge in teen vaping.

Juul to Pay Nearly $440M to Settle States' Teen Vaping Probe

The settlement resolves one of the biggest legal threats facing the beleaguered company.

September 6, 2022

Menthol cigarettes and other tobacco products are displayed at a store in San Francisco on May 17, 2018. The U.S. government is set to release its long-awaited plan to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. On Thursday, April 28, 2022, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf previewed the announcement in congressional testimony, saying the proposal would reduce disease and death among smokers and help many quit.

FDA Issues Plan to Ban Menthol in Cigarettes, Cigars

Menthol accounts for more than a third of cigarettes sold in the U.S.

April 28, 2022

Juul products displayed at a smoke shop in New York, Dec. 20, 2018.

Tobacco Giant Says Juul Lawsuit Dismissed

The Federal Trade Commission had sued to break up Altria's pact with the embattled vaping company.

February 16, 2022

Store sign for the iQOS heated cigarette in Richmond, Va., Nov. 25, 2019.

Altria's Cigarette Alternative Off the Market Through This Year

The Marlboro-maker was forced to pull it from the U.S. market due to a patent dispute.

January 28, 2022

A woman holds a Puff Bar flavored disposable vape device in New York, Jan. 31, 2020.

Big Drop in Teen Vaping Amid COVID School Closures

Even before the pandemic, a number of new restrictions were curtailing underage use of e-cigarettes.

September 30, 2021

A researcher holds vape pens in a laboratory in Portland, Ore., April 16, 2019.

FDA Delays Decision on Vaping Giant

The agency banned the sale of thousands of other electronic cigarettes.

September 9, 2021