Sky

Elf Bar vape adverts banned over 'misleading' recycling claims

Adverts for Elf Bar vapes have been banned after using the phrase "recycling for a greener future" despite not being widely recyclable. Millions of discarded vapes go to landfill. In 2022, UK users ...
Gizmodo

FDA Goes After TikTok’s Favorite Vape

The regulatory agency is cracking down on unauthorized, disposable e-cigs that come in kid-captivating flavors like cotton candy and bubble gum. Reading time: Reading time 3 minutes Vape purveyors be ...
MM&M

Will ‘Elf Bars’ go up in smoke? Chuck Schumer calls on FDA to act

While it’s been nearly a year since the Food and Drug Administration ordered Juul vaping products off the market, the agency’s battle against e-cigarettes is still ongoing. Now, some lawmakers are now ...
STAT

Vape maker Elf Bar wants to donate to the American Cancer Society, but it doesn’t want tobacco money

WASHINGTON — A popular Chinese vape company says it is donating thousands of dollars to the American Cancer Society in an effort to stop youth vaping, but the cancer organization says it never agreed ...
Cosmopolitan

Elf Bars have been stripped from UK supermarkets after illegal nicotine levels were found

Elf Bars have been removed from several UK supermarket shelves after an investigation found they contain "illegal" nicotine levels. The removal of Elf Bars – one of the most popular disposable ...
The New York Times

The Look of Vapes Has Changed. Here’s Why the Shift Has Experts Worried.

In candy shades and eggy shapes, many of today’s most popular vaping devices look like toys. Experts worry they will hook a new generation of users. Valley Latini, a New York musician, posing with a ...
New York Post

Colorful Chinese-made e-cigarette Elf Bar using influencers to appeal to kids, Schumer says

Sen. Chuck Schumer is calling on the US Food and Drug Administration to investigate a hot, new Chinese-made e-cigarette that he believes is skirting American advertising laws by appealing directly to ...
WAMC

Schumer calls for FDA investigation into Elf Bar nicotine vapes

There’s a new e-cigarette hooking teens in central New York and across the country, brightly colored canisters made in China, called Elf Bars, are getting kids addicted to nicotine. Harper Ells, a ...
The Denver Post

Elf Bar and other e-cigarette makers dodged US customs and taxes after China’s ban on vaping flavors

WASHINGTON (AP) — In only two years, a small, colorful vaping device called Elf Bar has become the most popular disposable e-cigarette in the world, generating billions in sales and quickly emerging ...
NPR

FDA warns stores to stop selling Elf Bar, the top disposable e-cigarette in the U.S.

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday said it has sent warning letters to dozens of retailers selling fruit- and candy-flavored disposable e-cigarettes, including the current ...
Daily Mail

Moment Chinese-made Elf Bar vape EXPLODES while charging a few feet from a baby is captured by home security camera

A home security camera captured the terrifying moment an Elf Bar exploded just a few feet from a baby sitting in a high chair. The clip, posted to TikTok this week, was shot by a Ring camera inside a ...
The Independent

Elf Bar and other e-cigarette makers dodged US customs and taxes after China's ban on vaping flavors

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...