![The Escape the Vape Challenge started on Feb. 1 and participants can submit content until Feb. 29. The submitted videos will then be voted on, and after all the rounds have finished the winners will be announced on May 7.](https://slpecho.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Untitled95_20240217000604-1200x753.jpg)
Cash prize for Escape the Vape Challenge
Roberto Alvarez, Staffer
• February 22, 2024
![You take my breath away](https://slpecho.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/anya-e1663456627287-900x673.jpg)
You take my breath away
Anya Panday
• September 27, 2022
![Issue 5, Jan. 8](https://slpecho.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Screen-Shot-2020-01-13-at-7.48.29-PM.png)
Issue 5, Jan. 8
January 13, 2020
![According to Time, Trump issued a partial ban on the sale of certain e-cigarette flavors Jan. 2. Under the ban, companies like JUUL Labs will be prohibited from selling cartridges with mint and fruit flavorings, but will still be allowed to sell menthol and tobacco flavors. In this image, menthol is represented with the blue pod and tobacco is represented with the orange pod.](https://slpecho.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Screen-Shot-2020-01-07-at-12.31.50-PM-900x596.png)
City Council bans sale of vape products, e-cigarette products
Marta Hill
• January 8, 2020
![City Council member Margaret Rog, City Manager Tom Harmening, and Mayor Jake Spano listen to public concerns regarding the new economic issues with vaping Dec. 16. Citizens of St. Louis Park including students from Benilde-St. Margaret's spoke their opinion regarding the laws of vaping in the city at the meeting.](https://slpecho.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/city-council.jpg)
Ordinance in process to ban vaping products, e-cigarettes
Marta Hill
• December 17, 2019
![Art by Maggie Klaers. According to pediatric lung specialist Dr. Brooke Moore, when looking at an x-ray of healthy lungs, the lungs should appear dark black, as they are filled with air. However, as of Oct. 1, over 1000 cases of a vaping-related illness have been reported. This illness causes otherwise healthy teens to present with pneumonia-like x-rays. White fluffy clouds of inflammation replace the black coloration of air in the x-ray.](https://slpecho.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/vaping-art-for-web-1-900x760.png)
Vaping can lead to serious pulmonary illnesses
Maggie Klaers
• October 9, 2019
![Art by Maggie Klaers](https://slpecho.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/vaping-675x900.jpg)
Staff Editorial: E-cigarette flavors ban serves as necessary step
September 21, 2019
![Popular vaporizers present unrecognized risks](https://slpecho.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-06-at-11.44.12-PM.png)
Popular vaporizers present unrecognized risks
Abby Intveld and Dani Orloff
• November 9, 2018
![Schools should not control whether or not students vape](https://slpecho.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/P9280342-900x675.jpg)
Schools should not control whether or not students vape
Kate Schneider
• November 8, 2018
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