vape

verb, transitive + intransitive \ ˈvāp \

Updated on: 13 Apr 2018

Definition of vape

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

When a person tokes, eats or vapes cannabis, a wave of THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, washes into the brain.
—Laura Sanders

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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

Recent Examples of vape from the Web

Currently, Soneji said, the risk of initiating cigarette smoking is three times as high for adolescents who vape than for those who do not.

— Fortune, "Are E-Cigarettes Leading Young People to Take Up Smoking? A New Study Says Yes," 15 Mar. 2018
The policy adds members of the public, vendors and contractors to the list of people who can’t smoke or vape on campus.

— lois k. solomon, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Schools update rules of conduct, and parents, it applies to you.," 7 Feb. 2018
Many studies support the theory that kids who vape are more likely to go on to use other tobacco products, but there hasn’t been much hard evidence about how directly dangerous e-cigarettes are.

— maggie fox /, NBC News, "Teens inhale cancer-causing chemicals in e-cigarettes," 5 Mar. 2018
Medical marijuana patients must vape the product, or else use patches, oils, edibles — any other means but the most traditional way of using the drug.

— dan sweeney, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Right to smoke medical marijuana inches closer," 26 Jan. 2018
That's especially important given that most adults who vape also still smoke or use other tobacco products.

— author: sheila kaplan, Anchorage Daily News, "Vaping can be addictive and may lure teenagers to smoking, science panel concludes," 23 Jan. 2018
Health insurance doesn’t offset any of the costs associated with medical marijuana, from doctor visits to vape pen cartridges.

— chris goldstein, Philly.com, "Philly420: Patients lose as cannabis industry barters for zoning in Pennsylvania," 14 Sep. 2017
That’s an especially absurd claim given that most teenagers who vape use liquids without any nicotine.

— john tierney, WSJ, "New York’s Mayor Gives Smokers Another Reason Not to Quit," 8 Sep. 2017

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