Sometimes, little things make a big difference. An effort to learn how students feel about their schools resulted in repairs to a bathroom at Iola High School. Max Andersen and Kaysin Crusinbery, IHS seniors who…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vaping is coming before the Supreme Court next week as federal regulators ask the high court to uphold its block on sweet, flavored products following a spike in youth e-cigarette use. The…

Republicans and Democrats joined forces in raising the age from 18 to 21 to purchase tobacco products in Kansas. Gov. Laura Kelly signed the measure Tuesday, making it effective July 1. The law is an…

Despite the proven health risks in vaping — inhaling misted nicotine — e-cigarette companies have marketed it as a healthier alternative to cigarettes. But there’s nothing healthy about vaping. It exposes users to cancer-causing chemicals…

Brittney Griner’s guilty plea Thursday has not lessened the support the Olympic gold medalist continues to receive from her WNBA peers. The Phoenix Mercury All-Star pleaded guilty to drug possession charges on the second day…

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a nonsmoking woman living with a smoker. He smoked cigarettes outside. Now he is vaping, but inside. How dangerous is secondhand vape smoke? I am having a problem finding any…

MORAN — Signs. Signs. Nowhere, a sign. A group of Marmaton Valley High School students searched high and low on the campus last fall, looking for a sign of the district’s tobacco-free policy. They checked…

TOPEKA, Kansas — A proposal to ban all fruity and sweet vaping flavors in Kansas has upset both pro-vaping and anti-tobacco groups. Hundreds of popular flavors would disappear. Menthol would remain. The flavor restrictions wouldn’t…

The Trump administration announced on Thursday a temporary ban on many candy- and fruit-flavored vaping products in an effort to curb an epidemic of e-cigarette use among teens. The decision means that manufacturers of certain…

By week’s end, Congress is expected to pass a $1.4 trillion spending package. Tacked onto the bill is a measure to raise the age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21. The measure has…