Apple bans vaping apps from the App Store

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PUBLISHED FRI, NOV 15 20198:07 AM EST

Elly Cosgrove @ELLYCOSGROVE

Apple says Friday it will ban vaping apps from the App Store and that it removed 181 apps related to vaping.
The apps are a mix of store apps, games and hardware companion apps that let users regulate things like lighting and heating of vape pens.
Apple device users who have already downloaded the apps will be able to continue using them, the company said.
A disease related to vaping called EVALI has now sickened 2,172 people and killed 42 people, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.

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