Washington Post – By Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Reynolds American Inc. is expanding its Tobaccoville, North Carolina, manufacturing complex as it plans national distribution of its Vuse brand electronic cigarette this summer, the company said Friday. The owner of nation’s second-biggest tobacco company did not disclose the costs related to the ramp-up, which will include […]
– Melaina Juntti, Men’s Journal The Food and Drug Administration just proposed a set of rules that would ban sales to minors and require e-cigarette manufacturers to disclose their products’ ingredients. If passed, the regulations would bring some much-needed order to an uncontrolled industry. “Right now, because there are about 250 different kinds of e-cigarettes and […]
By John Hageman, Grand Forks Herald Grand Forks Park District Commissioners want to gather some more information before acting on a tobacco-free policy. Commissioners received the results of a poll last week that showed overwhelming support for adopting a comprehensive tobacco-free policy on Park District property. On Friday, commissioners said they wanted to hear from adult users […]
By: Erik Burgess, INFORUM MOORHEAD – Hoping to curb sales to minors, the city could soon require e-cigarette vendors to be licensed and subjected to compliance checks like traditional tobacco sellers. State law in Minnesota – and local ordinances in West Fargo and Fargo – prevents the sale of e-cigarettes to minors. But because Moorhead doesn’t […]
Agence France Presse | by Brigitte Dusseau New York raised the minimum age to buy cigarettes to 21 on Sunday, in its latest initiative to encourage healthier behavior among residents. The law, signed November 19 shortly before former mayor Michael Bloomberg finished his third term, had a six-month waiting period before it came into effect — but […]
By: Patrick Springer, INFORUM MOORHEAD – Aaron Templin tried quitting smoking multiple times but his efforts always fizzled after a matter of days. Nicotine patches or gum never appealed to him as the path to cessation. Then, at a friend’s suggestion, he tried one of the much-in-vogue electronic cigarettes, which are tobacco-free but allow users to […]
Posted by: Abby Simons, Star Tribune A retooled measure that would ban the use of electronic cigarettes—commonly known as “vaping”– in some public places head to Gov. Mark Dayton’s desk for signature into law. The measure re-passed the House 93-35 and the Senate 52-13 Thursday as part of the Health and Human Services Policy omnibus bill, […]
by Stone Hearth News An exploration of third hand nicotine exposure from e-cigarettes was given the top Addiction Science Award at the 2014 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF)—the world’s largest science competition for high school students. The awards are coordinated by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes […]
By Mariano Castillo, CNN (CNN) — Children can’t light up, but there are some who suffer the effects of nicotine exposure as they labor in U.S. tobacco fields. There is not an exact figure for how many children work in America’s tobacco fields, but Human Rights Watch interviewed nearly 150 for a new report on the dangers […]
The Huffington Post | by Anna Almendrala Those colorfully lit e-cigarettes are giving off way more than just “harmless water vapor,” according to a comprehensive new study review by UC San Francisco’s Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education. Users could also be inhaling and exhaling low levels of chemicals such as formaldehyde, propylene glycol and acetaldehyde (to […]