E-Cigs Becoming More Popular in High Schools

By: Tiffany Huertas PANAMA CITY- Since smoking is being banned in so many places, e-cigarettes are all the rage for people who still want to smoke in public. The battery-powered devices provide doses of nicotine and other additives to the user in an aerosol. They don’t emit the smoke or the smell that non-smokers complain about. That’s […]

Library may take action on e-cigarettes

By LeAnn Eckroth, Bismarck Tribune BISMARCK, N.D. –The Bismarck Public Library board of directors will consider a change to its policy to specify patrons cannot use e-cigarettes in the library. The topic will be discussed at its noon meeting Feb. 27 at the library. Mary Jane Schmaltz, library director, said e-cigarettes are already banned in public […]

Kathleen Sebelius column: Working toward a tobacco-free generation

Written by: Kathleen Sebelius For Press-Gazette Media Here’s a sobering statistic about the tobacco epidemic — a battle many Americans think is already won: If we continue at current smoking rates, 5.6 million children alive today will ultimately die prematurely from smoking. That’s one in 13 kids gone too early due to an entirely preventable cause. […]

Altria pushes forward on electronic cigarette sales

BY JOHN REID BLACKWELL Richmond Times-Dispatch U.S. tobacco giant Altria Group Inc. is pushing more aggressively into the electronic cigarette market, with plans to expand sales of its first e-cigarette brand nationally in the next few months. Henrico County-based Altria, the parent company of cigarette maker Philip Morris USA, said Wednesday that it plans to […]

Mandan bans e-cigarettes for minors

By LeAnn Eckroth, Bismarck Tribune MANDAN, N.D. –The Mandan City Commission on Tuesday approved the first reading of an ordinance that bans selling e-cigarettes to minors under the age 18. The vote was 4-0. The Mandan ordinance prohibits providing or selling the products to minors, and minors cannot have or use them. E-cigarettes include any electronic […]