CBS MoneyWatch: As e-cigarette sales soar, critics eye regulations

By JONATHAN BERR | MONEYWATCH The Food and Drug Administration expects to publish its much-anticipated regulations for e-cigarettes in June, as the products are surging in popularity. In fact, sales are expanding so rapidly that some experts predict e-cigs will overtake sales of conventional smokes within the next decade. “From our perspective, the rules are long overdue,” […]

Men's Journal: E-Cigarettes May Be Just as Bad as The Real Thing

Two new studies have turned out some scary findings about e-cigarettes. The first one, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, revealed that e-cigarette vapor can harbor hidden formaldehyde — a known carcinogen — at levels up to 15 times greater than regular cigarettes. “We discovered this form of formaldehyde hidden in the tiny […]

CNN: E-cigarettes: Helping smokers quit, or fueling a new addiction?

By Meera Senthilingam, for CNN (CNN) It’s a portable piece of technology providing seemingly bottomless access to a drug craved by more than 1 billion people worldwide — nicotine. That craving is caused by smoking tobacco but is now being increasingly satisfied by e-cigarettes and the trend to “vape” instead of smoke. The selling point is […]

Fargo Forum: Trygve Olson Cartoon

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Dickinson Press: Debate over on e-cigs as tobacco products overshadows bills restricting sales to minors

By Mike Nowatzki, Forum News Service BISMARCK – Two bills being heard at the Legislature this week aim to keep e-cigarettes out of the hands of minors, but the burning issue is whether the nicotine-delivery devices should be classified as tobacco products, which would make them subject to additional taxes. The North Dakota Department of […]