UW-Milwaukee students do it while speed-walking to their next class, a cloud of smoke trailing behind them as they hurry along. While waiting at bus stops around campus, students casually raise a device that looks like a USB to their lips two or three times, slipping it into their pocket before getting on the bus. […]
Despite Concerns, Vaping Seen as ‘Lower Risk’ Than Cigarettes
He was sick of cigarettes. He was sick of his skin being discolored from the carbon monoxide-filled smoke that passed through his lips with each draw. The yellowing of his teeth was becoming more noticeable. Smoking a pack and a half every day was hitting his health and his wallet. Enough was enough. Jake Oteman […]
In Their Own Words: UWM Students on Vaping
Some students have been vaping since high school, drawn by bright colors and fruity flavors. Others are new to the habit, looking for a safer alternative to cigarettes. Many are turned off by vaping and scared of the risks. In candid interviews, they share their views.
Vape Shop Owners to Customers: ‘Do Your Research’
Milwaukee vape shop workers say there’s a big difference between the products they sell and black-market versions causing serious illness. But in spite of the bad publicity, business is brisk at stores near campus.
Treatment Options Expand for People Hoping to Quit Vaping
You feel it in your head. A warm, fuzzy and tingly feeling that is just there behind your eyes. It’s subtle, but there. “It’s just a good feeling,” said Katie Peacock, a 19-year-old nursing student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. That good feeling is a nicotine buzz created by an e-cigarette or vaping device such […]
Government Regulation Catches Up to Vaping Industry
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has the authority to regulate e-cigarettes, but until recently, vaping was considered safer than smoking. Now that e-cigarettes are suspected in serious illnesses and even deaths, regulating agencies are taking the threat more seriously, including in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services recently reported that 87 severe lung […]
How Two Wisconsin Brothers & Their Mother Allegedly Built a Vaping Empire
Stretches of vast farm fields with their humble homesteads and clusters of trees flank either side of Highway 50, just off I-94 at about the halfway point between Chicago and Milwaukee. The chain of farms is only broken by the occasional golf course or subdivision of two-story houses that seem out of place next to the dull […]