By Eliza Gray @elizalgray Marijuana smokers are using electronic-cigarettes to get high, say local reports from across the country. Electronic cigarettes are a growing industry in the United States, having ballooned from $300 million in retail sales in the U.S. last year to $1.8 billion by the end of 2013, according to Bonnie Herzog, a senior tobacco […]
By Lucas High lhigh@wyomingnews.com CHEYENNE — The Cheyenne City Council is considering an ordinance that would add electronic cigarettes to the city’s list of tobacco products that cannot be sold to minors. Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, are “products often shaped like cigarettes, cigars or pipes that are designed to deliver nicotine or other substances to […]
Article by: EDITORIAL BOARD , Star Tribune The offerings at Fridley’s eCig & Supply Company store sound like something a kid might choose as a slushie or smoothie flavor on a hot summer day: Melon Mist; Blueberry Cream; Lemon Blast, and Papa Smurf’s Brother, a root beer and vanilla combo named for the iconic cartoon […]
By: Mark Zdechlik, MPR News 90.3 FM, INFORUM Cigarette sales in Minnesota have dropped since a $1.60 per pack tax increase took effect July 1, as tobacco sellers have feared. Early Minnesota Department of Revenue numbers show cigarette stamp sales dropped more than 35 percent this July compared to July a year ago. Tobacco stamp sales […]
By: Associated Press, ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota’s tax increase on cigarettes has dampened sales since taking effect on July 1, just as tobacco sellers and anti-smoking groups predicted would happen. Early Department of Revenue figures show a sharp drop in demand for the stamps affixed to each pack of cigarettes, Minnesota Public Radio News […]
By: Associated Press , INFORUM BOSTON — Forty attorneys general sent a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday urging the agency to meet its own deadline and regulate electronic cigarettes in the same way it regulates tobacco products. The letter, co-sponsored by Massachusetts Attorney Martha Coakley and Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, says […]
By LIZ NEPORENT (@lizzyfit) The electronic cigarette was invented in the 1960s, but it didn’t really take off until a decade ago. Currently, there are more than 250 brands of “e-cigarettes” available in such flavors as watermelon, pink bubble gum and Java, and in more colors than the iPhone 5C. The Tobacco Vapor Electronic Cigarette Association estimates […]
By: Jennifer Johnson, Grand Forks Herald Those who want to take a smoke break during events at Grand Forks’ Ralph Engelstad Arena will be free to leave but they won’t be allowed back in starting Oct. 6, the night of the first UND men’s hockey game, according to arena spokesman Chris Semrau. This will affect all […]
By: Forum staff reports, INFORUM FARGO – The Fargo and West Fargo police departments, with assistance from Fargo Cass Public Health, conducted tobacco compliance checks Wednesday. In Fargo, 63 businesses were checked and seven failed, and in West Fargo, 11 businesses were checked and two failed. Business that failed in Fargo were: Petro Serve USA, 2903 […]
By Julian Hattem A group of House Democrats is calling on the Obama administration to issue new rules for cigars and electronic cigarettes. In a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday, the lawmakers asked regulators “to act quickly” with new rules for the products, over which the federal government currently has […]