Navy tells sailors to stop vaping at sea

The Navy is banning all electronic cigarettes and vaping devices from its aircraft, ships, boats, and submarines after a string of incidents caused physical injuries to sailors. The Naval Safety Center reports that at least 15 “mishaps” occurred between October 2015 and June 2016, which resulted in sailors’ first- and second-degree burns and facial disfiguration from e-cigarette battery explosions.
"Nine of 15 reported incidents described the failure mechanism as explosive... T