Bars one year into smoke-free

Tim Chapman – Tribune Editor , Pierce County Tribune Rugby bars have been smoke free for just over one year now. Three of the city’s bar owners said business hasn’t been hurt because the state ban made for an even playing field. Lee Ekren has owned Lee’s Bar for 47 years and said the ban […]

Keep E-Cigarettes Away From Teens

Chicago Sun Times Editorial Board Electronic cigarettes, those hip new cigarettes that blow a thick white vapor rather than smoke, are clearly less harmful than real cigarettes. But that doesn’t mean e-cigarettes are harmless. And until we know something different, that’s how we ought to treat them. Folks who are wary of e-cigarettes — battery-operated […]

E-cig boom leads to taxation, regulation questions

WOODBURY, Minn. (AP) — Stores that sell increasingly popular e-cigarettes are popping up around the Twin Cities, highlighting the lack of regulation or taxation of the tobacco alternative. E-cigarettes are battery powered and produce a nicotine vapor. Owners of stores that sell the devices told the St. Paul Pioneer Press that demand skyrocketed in July when […]

New E-cigarette shop opens in downtown Fargo

Fargo, ND (WDAY TV) – A new store opening to customers Friday on Broadway in Fargo hopes to tap into the growing business of electronic cigarettes. E-cigarette sales hit the $500 million mark in 2012, and with that number expected to triple, Infinite Vapor hopes to get a piece of that $1.7 billion pie. Kelsey […]

E-cigarette store to open in downtown Fargo

By: Dave Olson, INFORUM FARGO – A chain of stores that began selling electronic cigarettes in the Twin Cities this past April is setting up a shop in downtown Fargo. Bill Boldenow said he plans to open his Infinite Vapor store at 68 Broadway by Friday, but if that doesn’t happen, it’ll open “at the very […]