If a teenager walks into a vape shop in Virginia and buys tobacco, there's no way for authorities to punish the shop that sold it to them. But that could soon change. Tobacco vape shops have long gone ...

Makers and hardware hackers have been collecting disposable vapes for some time now, usually to salvage their batteries or the unique displays many models now come with. But you can also repurpose ...

Virginia’s Attorney General Jay Jones and a handful of state lawmakers praised the passage of the Vape Enforcement Act Monday. The effort requires vape shops to register with the state and face big ...

A Las Vegas-based e-cigarette distributor is under fire in a new lawsuit in which a California man was badly burned by an exploding vape. Gregory Townsend is suing Magma Holding, the company behind ...

Gregory Townsend says a disposable vape he bought in March 2024 suddenly exploded in his pocket, leaving him with extensive second- and third-degree burns on his right thigh and hand. He has filed a ...

Five Gloucester County vape shops are closed following the execution of search warrants stemming from a narcotics-related investigation that began last summer, officials said Wednesday. The businesses ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) – A bill passed in the West Virginia House Friday that would tighten regulations on vape and smoke shops. Delegates say the legislation would keep vape shops away from schools ...

The incorrect disposal of vapes, in general and recycling waste, is an issue that is costing the waste industry millions of pounds and threatening livelihoods and lives, a company says. One recycling ...

Instead of throwing that spent Elf Bar nicotine vape into the trash, you can pull most of the guts out, plug in a circuit board and some controls, then suck on the mouthpiece to play digital sounds.

State lawmakers and recycling groups aim to tackle safety issues from vape waste in 2026 through a combination of new legislation, take-back programs and educational outreach. Vape pens, also called e ...