Although vaping water may seem like a “safe” alternative to nicotine e-liquids, it carries many of the same risks. Researchers are still investigating the long-term effects of vaping.

posits that vaping pot — similar to vaping nicotine — is potentially easier on the lungs than smoking, because the liquid inside is heated to lower temperatures that may do less harm.

With the arrival of the respiratory virus season, a time when viruses that cause respiratory disease circulate more heavily within communities, the state’s top health official is raising the ...