Showing posts with label regulations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label regulations. Show all posts

Friday, 15 May 2015

Officials to mull e-cigarette regulations

Officials to mull ecigarette regulations

"Several council members expressed discomfort with going further and prohibiting minors from possessing e-cigarettes and expanding the Naperville Smoke Free Act to prohibit the use of e-cigarettes inside public places," said Mike DiSanto, the city"s …
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Ecigarette vapor could lead to emphysema, say CMU researchers

MOUNT PLEASANT, MI — Inhaling the vapor from e-cigarettes could lead to emphysema, according to researchers at Central Michigan University. Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes as they"re more commonly known, are battery-operated devices that turn …
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Officials to mull e-cigarette regulations

Sunday, 19 April 2015

Teens using more e-cigs, government debates regulations

Teens using more e-cigs, government debates regulations

While e-cigs don"t contain tobacco, they do contain the addictive drug nicotine, which can have negative effects on an adolescent"s brain and can even lead to overdoses. "This is something that truly is going to have kids die from inadvertent overdoses.
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E-cigs stubbing out traditional smokes among teens

NEW YORK – Teen smoking hit a new low last year while the popularity of electronic cigarettes and water pipes boomed, a government report shows. The number of high school students who tried e-cigarettes tripled in one year — to more than 13 percent.
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New Study Finds Delicious E-Cigs Flavours Contain Unsafe Levels of Chemicals

A new study published on April 15 finds that chemicals found in e-cigarette liquids are in amounts deemed unsafe and may cause respiratory irritation with repeated exposure. The study, headed by Portland State University chemistry professor James F.
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Taxing Strip Clubs, Booze And E-Cigs: The Arrogant And Greedy Team Up To

There is a theory that says the tax laws should be used to do one thing — raise revenue to pay for public services. Taxes should not be used to engineer society, promote social agendas, foster economic development, or help anyone in particular. This …
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Teens using more e-cigs, government debates regulations