Showing posts with label e-cigarettes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label e-cigarettes. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Same as dope?

February 25, 2015 Drug Paraphernalia , e-cigarettes 1 Comments
U.S Schools Treat E-Cigarette As Drug Paraphernalia, Impose Heavier Sanctions on Usage

By Hanna Sanchez, Feb. 24, 2015, Ischoolguide.com

Schools in the country are working to combat e-cigarrette use. Some have even gone to the extent of giving harder punishments for users of this device than those using traditional cigarettes.

An e-cigarette is a device that heat a nicotine solution to produce vapor, instead of burning tobacco. These devices have become increasingly popular among teens than their traditional counterparts, Kristin Decarr of Education News wrote. This drove the schools to start cracking down on e-cigarette use as the device can also be utilized for illegal substances.

The annual government survey showed 16 percent of tenth graders and 17 percent of high school seniors have tried the device in the past month. Meanwhile, 7 percent of tenth graders and 14 percent of high school seniors have tried traditional smoking for the first time. This poll of about 41,000 students did not ask about repeated use or whether students were simply exploring.

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Thursday, February 12, 2015

But At Least They Don't Get Lung Cancer

February 12, 2015 ABC7.com , Cal Fire 0 Comments
E-Cigarettes May Lead To Explosions, Fires

By Miriam Hernandez, Feb. 12, 2015, ABC7.com

ANAHEIM HILLS, Calif. (KABC) -- A 17-year-old boy was holding an e-cigarette inside his Anaheim Hills home when it blew to bits. The fragments burned a hole in the wall and carpet. The teenager suffered cuts and burns to his hand.

The incident was the second in two days in Southern California. Cal Fire reported that a Ramona man was rushed to a burn unit after his e-cigarette exploded. It also shattered a window nearby.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is tracking incidents of electronic cigarette fires and explosions. The data is gathered from media reports.

In a safety study issued four months ago, FEMA reported: "The shape and construction of e-cigarettes can make them more likely than other products with lithium-ion batteries to be-have like 'flaming rockets' when a battery fails."

According to the FEMA, 25 injuries have been reported between 2009 and October 2014.

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Thursday, April 24, 2014

FDA Looks To Regulate Electronic Cigarettes --How about we regulate the FDA?

April 24, 2014 Bostonglobe.com , e-cigarettes 0 Comments
By Brady Dennis, Apr. 24, 2014, Bostonglobe.com

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration will for the first time regulate the booming market of electronic cigarettes, as well as cigars, pipe tobacco, and hookahs, under a proposal to be released Thursday.

The move would begin to place restrictions on the nearly $2 billion a year e-cigarette industry, which for years has operated outside the reach of federal regulators. If adopted, the government’s plan would force manufacturers to put restrictions on sales to minors, stop handing out free samples, place health warning labels on their products, and disclose the ingredients. E-cigarette makers also would be banned from making health-related claims without scientific evidence.

The FDA’s proposal stops short of broader restrictions sought by manytobacco-control advocates. Regulators at this point are not seeking to halt online sales of e-cigarettes, curb television advertising, or ban the use of flavorings such as watermelon, grape soda, and pina colada — all tactics that critics say are aimed at attracting young smokers and which have been banned for traditional cigarettes.

Those restrictions may come eventually, FDA officials said, but not before more rigorous research can establish a scientific basis for tougher rules.

‘‘Right now, for something like e-cigarettes, there are far more questions than answers,’’ said Mitch Zeller, director of the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products.

Thursday’s action is about expanding the FDA’s authority to products that have been ‘‘rapidly evolving with no regulation whatsoever,’’ in order to create a foundation for broader regulation in the future, he said. ‘‘It creates the framework. We’re calling this the first step. . . . For the first time, there will be a science-based, independent regulatory agency playing a vital gate-keeping function.’’

Zeller and FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg discussed outlines of the proposal with reporters Wednesday under an agreement that no details would be published until Thursday morning.

E-cigarettes vary from brand to brand, but they generally resemble the size and shape of traditional cigarettes. Instead of burning tobacco, the battery-powered devices heat up flavored, nicotine-laced liquid, turning it into a vapor that the user inhales. Supporters argue that makes e-cigarettes an attractive alternative to their cancer-causing tobacco counterparts.

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Friday, March 21, 2014

CBS Money Watch: "Boom In Smuggling--Avoids Cig Taxes"--Tax high and people seek options-- as Harvey Weinstein can tell you

March 21, 2014 American Lung Association , CBS Money Watch 0 Comments
By Jonathan Berr, Mar. 21, 2014, CBS Money Watch
More than half of the cigarettes sold in New York State are smuggled in from other places to avoid the Empire State's taxes on smokes, which have soared nearly 200 percent since 2006, according to a report issued by the conservative Tax Foundation.
New York is the highest net importer of smuggled cigarettes -- illegal smokes account for 56.9 percent of the state's total market. New York's cigarettes tax is $4.35 per pack, the country's highest. The situation there isn't unique. The Tax Foundation also cites a study that found that 58.7 percent of discarded cigarettes found in five Northeastern cities lacked proper tax stamps.
Taxes on cigarettes, which are designed to discourage smoking, vary widely. States such as Missouri, North Carolina and Virginia have levies of less than a $1 per pack. These wide differences make smuggling "both a national problem and a lucrative criminal enterprise," according to the Tax Foundation. 
Antismoking activists have long argued that fewer people will buy cigarettes if they're expensive. Chicago recently raised its cigarette taxes for that reason. Combined with state and local levies, the total is now $7.17 a pack.
The smuggling problem "is a lot smaller than the study lets on," said Thomas Carr, director of national policy at the American Lung Association, noting that the Tax Foundation's data come from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, which has received funding from the tobacco industry. "Tobacco companies are generally against higher tobacco taxes."

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