Report: Cigarette sales down, tax haul up in Minn.

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 […]

40 AGs urge tight regulation of e-cigarettes

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 […]

Exploding e-cigarette set toddler’s clothes afire, Utah fire marshal says

By Michael McFall | The Salt Lake Tribune The Provo fire marshal is warning people not to leave their charging e-cigarettes unattended after one exploded and burned a toddler. A North Dakota woman, staying for a while in Mount Pleasant, was driving through Provo on Friday morning with her 3-year-old son when heated coils shot out […]

5 Things You Need to Know About E-Cigarettes

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 […]

More restrictions for smokers at Ralph Engelstad Arena

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 […]