by Debbie Elliott, NPR Electronic cigarette makers are getting bold with their advertising, using provocative new print ads and celebrity endorsements on TV. But public health advocates say these images are luring kids to hook them on nicotine. The latest ad for blu eCigs, for example, which ran in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition, features […]
WASHINGTON – Last week U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) in introducing the Protecting Children from Electronic Cigarette Advertising Act, a bill that seeks to prohibit the marketing of […]
(CNN) — Tobacco-less cigarettes called e-cigarettes are gaining popularity in this country. They can help people quit smoking, but some fear they can get others hooked on nicotine. Peter Chugaev has been smoking for 45 years and for the past 15 he’s been trying to quit. “You have a cup of coffee, you go on the […]
By Sam Wheeler, Mail Tribune Electronic cigarettes may be safer for the lungs of smokers than the standard leaf-burning variety, some people believe, but Medford fire officials want people to know they can still cause fires. E-cigs have caused minor fires at two Medford homes recently, Medford Fire-Rescue officials said. Fire Marshal Greg Kleinberg said the lithium […]
By Carrie McDermott • Wahpeton Daily News Although the tobacco industry states its marketing only promotes brand choices among adult smokers, they appear to be targeting youth with candy and fruit flavored tobacco products. Tobacco companies spend more than $1 million per hour in the United States alone to market their product, according to the […]
By Don Davis, Forum Communications ST. PAUL — Electronic cigarettes would not be available to youths under a bill the Minnesota House is considering, but a provision that would have banned them from public locations was not expected to survive. The bill would prohibit e-cigarette sales to anyone younger than 18 and ban them from schools. […]
Minot ordinance would keep e-cigarettes from kids JILL SCHRAMM (jschramm@ minotdailynews.com), Minot Daily News Electronic cigarettes should be treated like tobacco when it comes to minors, Minot’s STAMP Coalition told a city committee Wednesday. The Minot City Council’s Public Works and Safety Committee voted at the coalition’s urging to recommend the council make it illegal to […]
To the Editor: Re “Hot Debate Over E-Cigarettes as Path to Tobacco, or From It” (“The New Smoke” series, front page, Feb. 23): As you note, the health effects of e-cigarette use remain unknown, and their use may actually be leading to greater smoking of traditional cigarettes, especially among children. In fact, a recent study of 76,000 […]
MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 26, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — A poll released today shows that a strong majority of Minnesotans (79 percent) support prohibiting e-cigarette use indoors in places where smoking is prohibited. Other regulations to prevent youth from using e-cigarettes are also overwhelmingly supported by Minnesotans. “This new poll shows that a strong majority of Minnesotans – 79 percent – support prohibiting […]
By MICHAEL FELBERBAUM AP Tobacco Writer RICHMOND, Va.—Several U.S. senators on Wednesday introduced a bill that would curb electronic cigarette marketing while the fast-growing industry awaits regulation by the Food and Drug Administration. The bill is co-sponsored by California Sen. Barbara Boxer, Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin, both Democrats, and others. It would ban marketing to […]