vaped; vaping
: to inhale vapor through the mouth from a usually battery-operated electronic device (such as an electronic cigarette) that heats up and vaporizes a liquid or solid
This electronic cigarette … contains a small reservoir of liquid nicotine solution that is vaporized to form an aerosol mist. The user "vapes," or puffs on the vapor, to get a hit of the addictive nicotine …—
John Tierney
John TierneyWhen a person tokes, eats or vapes cannabis, a wave of THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, washes into the brain.—Laura Sanders
Laura Sanders
vaper
noun
The problem is that little is known about the precise dangers of being in the same space as a vaper indulging their e-habit.
—Amber Dance
Amber Dance
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Mounting evidence is tying cannabis to health risks Last year, a study linked daily use of marijuana – whether smoked, vaped or eaten in edible form – to significantly higher risk of heart attack and stroke.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 3 June 2025
Taxes will go up on tobacco from the current rate of 36% of wholesale price for cigarettes and 15% for vaping products to 45% across the board, including nicotine pouches, which have exploded in popularity in recent years.
—Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
Since Utah’s medical cannabis law doesn’t allow smoking as a delivery form, some companies in the state are developing better ways for patients to vape dry flower.
—Benjamin Adams, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Who’s the Republican lady who went to see that play and was vaping?
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2025
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Christopher Cann, USA Today, 3 June 2025
Taxes will go up on tobacco from the current rate of 36% of wholesale price for cigarettes and 15% for vaping products to 45% across the board, including nicotine pouches, which have exploded in popularity in recent years.
—Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
Since Utah’s medical cannabis law doesn’t allow smoking as a delivery form, some companies in the state are developing better ways for patients to vape dry flower.
—Benjamin Adams, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Who’s the Republican lady who went to see that play and was vaping?
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2025
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“Vape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vape. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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vape
verb
: to inhale vapor through the mouth from a usually battery-operated electronic device that heats up and vaporizes a liquid or solid
Medical Definition
vape
verb
vaped; vaping
: to inhale and exhale vapor from an electronic cigarette or similar device like someone smoking a conventional cigarette
: to inhale or exhale the vapor of
vaper
noun
Vapers can inhale huge numbers of very small aerosol particles into the lung's tiniest airways.
—Janet Raloff, Science News
Janet Raloff, Science News
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