A Tour of Portland Convenience Stores Shows Little Compliance With an Impending Flavored-Vape Ban

Plaid Pantry says it will comply, reluctantly.

Multnomah County Health Department, Stuck With Enforcing Oregon’s Vape Ban, Will Not Add Additional Inspections of Tobacco Retailers

The Multnomah County Health Department inspects tobacco retailers once a year to make sure they’re complying with state regulations. Those visits won’t increase after the flavor ban is implemented.

Man Sues OHSU for Using Sperm Donated 30 Years Ago to Father At Least 17 Local Children

Second Person in Oregon Has Died from Vaping-Related Illness

Murmurs: Secretary of State Field Getting Bigger

In other news: Democrats target Freddy’s.

Incoming CEO of Cambia Health Solutions Charged With Driving Drunk With Children in the Car

Patrick Conway is the CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, that state’s largest health insurer.

Who’s Afraid of Tofurky? Oregon’s Soy Food Pioneer Fights For the Right to Label Its Product As Meat.

Jaime Athos doesn’t get angry easily. The 45-year-old CEO’s body language suggests he just emerged from a yoga class.

Gresham Man Recovering from Severe Respiratory Illness Was Using Store-Bought Vape Pods