EditorialA man exhales after vaping, which the government has slowly embraced as a less addictive alternative to cigarettes, in New York, Sept. 9, 2019. (Brittainy Newman/The New York Times)
EditorialAn array of Puff Bar and Econstik disposable e-cigarettes are on display behind the counter at St. Mark's E-Smoke and Beer store, in New York, on Jan. 26, 2020. (Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times)
EditorialDr. Robert Califf, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee in Washington on May 26, 2022. (Tom Brenner/The New York Times)
EditorialJuul, the most popular e-cigarette company in the United States, has been blamed for an epidemic of teenage nicotine addiction. (Joshua Bright/The New York Times)
EditorialAn undated illustration provided by Joutsa, Fox et al., Nature Medicine 2022 shows brain lesions associated with addiction remission, in red. (Joutsa, Fox et al., Nature Medicine 2022 via The New York Times)
EditorialA variety of tobacco-free nicotine products at the home of Robert Jackler in Stanford, Calif., March 3, 2022. (Ian C. Bates/The New York Times)
EditorialAdam Mitrani, who is preparing to close one of his Darth Vapor stores, at his location in East Hanover, N.J., Feb. 5, 2020. (Bryan Anselm/The New York Times)