Emirates bans power bank use on flights as airlines grapple with battery risks

We rely on power banks to keep our devices running while we travel. But the prevalence of the batteries has introduced a new ...
Indiatimes

Why mobile phone is the new cigarette in your child’s pocket

“It is the first time kids have had access to a device that has the addictive potential of a substance like alcohol or cigarettes. I often tell parents, ‘It’s like your child has a pack of cigarettes ...
Indiatimes

The new cigarette in your child’s pocket: How phones are reshaping childhoods

Smartphones and social media, while offering opportunities, contribute to mental health issues in young people. Increased screen time leads to addiction, anxiety, and aggression. Experts recommend ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

The Ongoing Debate Over e-Cigarettes and Public Health

A lively pro-con session on e-cigarettes sparked discussion on their role in smoking cessation and public health during the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Congress 2025 taking place in Amsterdam, ...
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Exploding Batteries Spark Fires, Forcing Power Bank Recall To Expand

More than 21,000 portable chargers are being recalled after some caught fire and exploded, causing thousands of dollars in ...

CDC reports decline in e-cigarette use among U.S. high schoolers

The percentage of e-cigarette users among high school students in the United States has declined to about 20% in 2020 from 27.5% last year, researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...
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How to Survive an Exploding Electric Car

Electric cars have always seemed like the wave of the future. Countless movies have made us yearn for cars that run on ...

Surging numbers of children using e-cigarettes: WHO

E-cigarettes are fueling an "alarming" new wave of nicotine addiction, with millions of children now hooked on vaping, the ...
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Now Europe's Airports Are Being Threatened By Cigarette-Smuggling Balloons

Vilnius Airport in Lithuania, a Baltic EU member country close to Ukraine and Russia, was shut down on Saturday due to an ...
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Smokers Significantly More Likely To Be Diagnosed With Diabetes

PPeople who use e-cigarettes, cigarettes or both face an increased risk for developing diabetes, according to new University of Georgia research. Smokers were significantly more likely to be diagnosed ...
CBC.ca

More and more elementary kids in the London region are vaping, health officials warn

Calls to health unit enforcement officers from local elementary school administrators for kids as young as 11 vaping are "exploding," officials in the London area say. As teens in high schools detail ...
CBC.ca

Health officials trying to tackle massive and 'tragic' use of vapes among teens

Local health officials are warning about a troubling rise in teen vaping and young people so addicted to high-potency nicotine that they're turning to cigarettes as a vaping-cessation device. Numbers ...