WHO has clear guidelines – to get electronic cigarettes regulated.
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Electronic cigarettes can also contain nicotine, which is highly addictive.
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Walmart is planning to pull electronic cigarettes from its stores.
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The use of electronic cigarettes in music videos also increased.
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The ban also includes vaping and the use of electronic cigarettes.
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Its products, like most electronic cigarettes, vaporize a liquid containing nicotine.
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It covers cigarettes, cigars, pipes, and hookahs, but not electronic cigarettes.
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Airlines are coming under pressure to ban electronic cigarettes on flights.
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Electronic cigarettes currently on the market use a nicotine-laced liquid.
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However, India's regulatory environment for tobacco and electronic cigarettes is highly restrictive.
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Electronic cigarettes, such as JUUL, are an easily accessible alternative to smoking.
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This would include electronic cigarettes, for which the agency has proposed regulations.
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The legal amendments include new taxes on electronic cigarettes, the report added.
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In 2010, the radio host said he would switch to electronic cigarettes.
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If you think we are talking about electronic cigarettes, you are wrong.
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Electronic cigarettes could put smokers at risk of heart disease, a study shows.
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The Philippines ban will also cover 'vaping' or the use of electronic cigarettes.
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The new rule covers cigars, electronic cigarettes, hookahs, personal vaporizers and electronic pipes.
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Electronic cigarettes carry the promise of delivering the nicotine without the dangerous additives.
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Walmart, Walgreens and Kroger announced that they are discontinuing sales of electronic cigarettes.
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Tobacco products include cigarettes, cigars, dissolvable products, electronic cigarettes, chewing tobacco and water pipes.
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Now, that same caffeine-nicotine connection is flavoring the discourse about electronic cigarettes, too.
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Stepping into the health debate around electronic cigarettes is a messy and frustrating exercise.
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Last year, the agency announced sweeping restrictions on flavored tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes.
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Electronic cigarettes are supposed to be the safer way to get your nicotine fix.
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Nicotine is known to be addictive, and children can become hooked on electronic cigarettes.
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Under the FDA's proposed rule, electronic cigarettes and cigars that hit stores after Feb.
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The Trump administration is delaying the enforcement of first-ever rules for electronic cigarettes.
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A new government study sheds light on the popularity of electronic cigarettes among youth.
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The House Transportation Committee approved on Thursday a ban on electronic cigarettes on flights.
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The researchers flagged posts they believe are designed to promote electronic cigarettes to youth.
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"This panic is likely to change the risk perception of electronic cigarettes," Huang says.
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Vaporizing an industry Purveyors of tobacco and electronic cigarettes were opposed to the measure.
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The launch of electronic cigarettes and their growing popularity has also likely played a role.
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Electronic cigarettes are battery-powered devices that convert liquid into a vapor, which you inhale.
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The tax increase would apply to electronic cigarettes and other products with tobacco or nicotine.
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Nicotine in electronic cigarettes may be responsible for turning teens into regular smokers and vapers.
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Electronic cigarettes, containing nicotine but not tobacco, were promoted as a way to quit smoking.
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Electronic cigarettes will be the second item you carry in your pocket, after your phone.
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CVS does not sell any tobacco products, while Walgreens sells both traditional and electronic cigarettes.
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CVS does not sell any tobacco products, while Walgreens sells both traditional and electronic cigarettes.
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Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, have not been banned but may be in the future.
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Many of the recent declines in smoking are attributed to the use of electronic cigarettes.
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The rule would have expanded the ban on smoking in designated areas to include electronic cigarettes.
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Chowdhery also called this "a bullshit argument," as electronic cigarettes haven't been included in COTPA yet.
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They are investing in electronic cigarettes, and are particularly bullish on new products that heat tobacco.
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Giving smokers free electronic cigarettes may not help them kick the habit, according to new research.
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In education, video games, online pharmacies and most recently, electronic cigarettes, officials are clamping down too.
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About 40% of young people who began using electronic cigarettes had never used traditional tobacco products.
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Tobacco: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is moving forward with new rules for electronic cigarettes.
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The Obama administration should extend a public housing smoking ban to electronic cigarettes, health advocates say.
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These products include smokeless tobacco, electronic cigarettes and vaping devices, and heat-not-burn (HNB) products.
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"Former smokers who are using electronic cigarettes are still addicted to nicotine," Gomajee said by email.
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There has been an increase in the use of electronic cigarettes, which deliver the drug nicotine.
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The rise of electronic cigarettes has always brought one huge potential benefit and one huge downside.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants to educate kids about the dangers of electronic cigarettes.
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Kroger and Walgreens are joining Walmart and other retailers in discontinuing the sale of electronic cigarettes.
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Some countries where smoking is rampant are taking a preliminary step of banning electronic cigarettes altogether.
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Philip Morris is the maker of iQOS electronic cigarettes, which heat tobacco and still contain nicotine.
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The agency in 2016 classified electronic cigarettes as tobacco products that fall under its regulatory jurisdiction.
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China is taking steps to regulate its blossoming vaping market as health concerns over electronic cigarettes increase.
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And in 2014, nearly 13 percent of adults said they tried electronic cigarettes, according to the CDC.
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The manufacturers of electronic cigarettes will be required to use child-resistent packaging for liquid nicotine containers.
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"We see clear signs that youth use of electronic cigarettes has reached an epidemic proportion," Gottlieb said.
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) finalized a rule Wednesday banning electronic cigarettes on all commercial flights.
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How did employees at the company that makes Juul electronic cigarettes realize teenagers were using their products?
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Its attention eventually turned to electronic cigarettes, which were banned from being used onboard airplanes in 2016.
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"If you don't smoke at all, I would strongly advice not to start smoking electronic cigarettes," she says.
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One of them, Electronic Cigarettes International Group, for example, raised nearly $60 million in private financings in 2015.
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But in 2017, the FDA extended that application deadline until 2021 for cigars, and 2022 for electronic cigarettes.
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JAMA Pediatrics suggests parents talk to their kids about electronic cigarettes, as well as how dangerous nicotine is.
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Change came on May 5th, when America's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced new requirements for electronic cigarettes.
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President Obama signed legislation Thursday that will protect children from swallowing the liquid nicotine used in electronic cigarettes.
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Editorial The Food and Drug Administration issued sensible regulations on electronic cigarettes and other tobacco products on Thursday.
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The rule bans all vape products, including electronic cigarettes, cigars, pipes and devices designed to look like pens.
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Yet the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has taken the opposite approach when it comes to electronic cigarettes.
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"It's not like the tobacco control community is united in terms of their opinion of electronic cigarettes," he says.
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Today, electronic cigarettes have become popular with people addicted to cigarettes, who view vaping as less harmful than smoking.
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Juul devices, like most electronic cigarettes, vaporize a liquid containing nicotine, the addictive stimulant that gives smokers a rush.
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"That growth rate eclipses anything else we've ever seen for any other tobacco product, including electronic cigarettes," said Ayers.
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Electronic cigarettes cause concern because studies have shown that e-cigarette aerosol can contain a number of harmful chemicals.
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The vapor from electronic cigarettes contains two previously unidentified chemicals that can cause cancer, according to a new study.
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The surgeon general announced a new report on the impact of electronic cigarettes on the nation's youth. http://bit.
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A majority of adults who use electronic cigarettes also smoke traditional cigarettes, according to a federal survey released Thursday.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is targeting electronic cigarettes and vaping in a new "The Real Cost" campaign.
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California lawmakers voted Thursday to up the smoking age to 21 and add electronic cigarettes to state tobacco regulations.
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Meanwhile, the vaping backlash is expanding globally: India moved a step closer to a nationwide ban on electronic cigarettes.
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Both are known risk factors in cigarette smokers, but it's not entirely clear what is causing them in electronic cigarettes.
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The panel discussion comes amid an intense debate over whether electronic cigarettes can help reduce smoking-related disease and death.
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But for now, businesses like Altria certainly see electronic cigarettes as a more palatable product than their old-fashioned cigarettes.
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Researchers in the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory used two different electronic cigarettes and simulated vaping at different battery power settings.
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The FDA is giving wide leeway to electronic cigarettes as it attempts to push people away from traditional tobacco products.
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Friday's edition of the Federal Register contains new rules for electronic cigarettes, protections for eagles and safety standards for buses.
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Under the ban, traditional cigarettes, cigars and hookah will be prohibited, but HUD carved out an exemption for electronic cigarettes.
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The move comes as key decisions about regulating electronic cigarettes, including how to keep them away from teenagers, remain unresolved.
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About 13,000, or 1 in 15, middle-school students in New York City reported that they currently use electronic cigarettes.
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Among them was Green Machine, a pod compatible with Juul electronic cigarettes that reporters bought in California, Florida and Maryland.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is facing a new wave of legal challenges over its rules for electronic cigarettes.
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His vape of choice became the Juul, the king of electronic cigarettes — which comes with a king-size nicotine hit.
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She regards prohibitions of smoking on beaches, or of using electronic cigarettes in public spaces, as evidentially unsupported and merely vengeful.
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FEMA, which keeps stats on electronic cigarettes, says D'Elia's death is the first in the U.S. caused by a vape pen.
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Japan Tobacco has said it will begin selling Ploom Tech tobacco-based electronic cigarettes in some parts of Tokyo from June.
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Since electronic cigarettes don't burn tobacco, the vapor they produce is thought to be much less harmful than conventional cigarette smoke.
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The e-cigarette industry claims vaping is a better alternative to regular cigarettes because electronic cigarettes contain smaller doses of toxins.
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Increased restrictions on electronic cigarettes, other than limiting sales to young people, are contrary to public health and the public interest.
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Electronic cigarettes have also been banned from checked bags, and drone batteries and so-called "hoverboards" have been banned from cabins.
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Its use has since been discontinued by most major companies, but diacetyl is still used in some flavors for electronic cigarettes.
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However, 22016 percent of high school students reported use of electronic cigarettes in 24.6, up from the 21.5 percent in 2011.
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Electronic cigarettes, in particular, are already hamstrung by investigations, litigation and accusations of intentionally hooking underage kids on addictive nicotine pods.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is cracking down on dozens of stores that it alleges sell electronic cigarettes to children.
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Health officials in the state began mandating the collection of data on electronic cigarettes and vaping earlier this month, AP reports.
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In 2015, Harvard researchers tested 51 products and found it in 75% of the flavored electronic cigarettes and refill fluids they tested.
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WASHINGTON, March 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department announced on Wednesday it has banned the use of electronic cigarettes on commercial flights.
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What Tobacco&aposs Past Means for Vaping&aposs FutureThe Food and Drug Administration announced today that it wants to regulate electronic cigarettes.
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One takes a pint-size dog named Toby almost everywhere, smokes electronic cigarettes and wears his silver hair in a sweeping pompadour.
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A second bill would place the same regulations on electronic cigarettes, including licensing sales, as are now imposed on other tobacco products.
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Thursday's edition of the Federal Register contains new overtime protections, restrictions for flying with electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, and efficiency rules.
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The Associated Press reported that the survey found an increasing number of teenagers who are vaping, or using nicotine-tinged electronic cigarettes.
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Among other changes, the coalition also agreed to introduce a 1.5 percent tax on money transfers and reduce taxation on electronic cigarettes.
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A federal agency in charge of the trucking industry is warning drivers about the potential dangers of storing and transporting electronic cigarettes.
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Also, there was no distinction between the use of boxed cigarettes, hand-rolled cigarettes or electronic cigarettes, also known as e-cigarettes.
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In New York City last year, about 13,000, or 1 in 15, middle-school students reported that they currently use electronic cigarettes.
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"There is absolutely no definition or mention of vapes or electronic cigarettes under any Indian penal code, amendment or law," he said.
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On Saturday, the New York governor announced an emergency executive action to ban the sale of flavored electronic cigarettes in-state. Gov.
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A Department of Transportation rule banning the use of electronic cigarettes on flights is being challenged in a lawsuit filed this week.
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Critics say that electronic cigarettes are often marketed as a healthier alternative to smoking but that they still pose significant health risks.
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Here's what is happening: Smoking: The Department of Transportation will prohibit the use of electronic cigarettes on airplanes, including most chartered flights.
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Local news WTVR-6 in Richmond, Virginia spoke with Pete Richardson who runs MadVapes, a source of electronic cigarettes in Glen Allen, Virginia.
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Electronic cigarettes are generally considered less risky than the conventional kind, but they're not risk-free, particularly for non-smokers and young people.
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Sharpless will be stepping into the agency as it navigates a fresh controversy — outgoing Commissioner Scott Gottlieb's ambitious plan for regulating electronic cigarettes.
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PMI has invested billions of dollars in electronic cigarettes and other alternative nicotine delivery devices, including products that heat rather than burn tobacco.
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Photo: GettyThe growing popularity of electronic cigarettes has led to an increasingly fierce public health dispute—the great vape debate, if you will.
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" But for teenagers, "it's a bad thing because it really does create the addiction potential that you don't have with normal electronic cigarettes.
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A think tank challenging a federal ban on the use of electronic cigarettes during flights has filed its opening brief in the lawsuit.
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There is at least some data indicating a real policy problem here, including numbers suggesting more teens are using electronic cigarettes and vaporizers.
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Electronic cigarettes work by heating a pure liquid called e-juice -- composed of flavorings, propylene glycol, glycerin and often nicotine -- until it vaporizes.
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In addition to placing higher taxes on cigarettes, the measure would tax electronic cigarettes just like other tobacco products for the first time.
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A federal appeals court Friday upheld an Obama administration regulation that bans the use of electronic cigarettes — or e-cigarettes — on commercial airplanes.
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" Those include "cigarettes, cigars and chewing tobacco, tobacco pipes and paraphernalia, tobacco rolling machines, hookahs and hookah lounges, bongs, rolling papers, [and] electronic cigarettes.
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The Transportation Department said it took the action to eliminate any confusion over whether its existing ban on smoking on flights includes electronic cigarettes.
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The ordinance would apply to cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco and electronic cigarettes sold in gas stations, convenience stores, pharmacies and grocery stores.
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Jerry Brown signed a series of bills Wednesday, which also place new restrictions on where people can smoke and the sale of electronic cigarettes.
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The new laws also ban the sale of electronic cigarettes to anyone under 21 and restricts where they can be used in public places.
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Details: The city's ban will restrict "the sale, manufacture, and distribution of tobacco products — including electronic cigarettes," according to the new health code ordinance.
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And some public health experts have warned that electronic cigarettes are just a smokescreen to get kids addicted to nicotine from an early age.
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Four states — California, Colorado, Missouri, and North Dakota — are voting on whether to increase taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products, like electronic cigarettes.
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SHANGHAI — China issued its starkest warning yet over electronic cigarettes, calling on the industry on Friday to stop selling and advertising the products online.
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The federal government is failing to protect children from the dangers of electronic cigarettes, according to an American Lung Association report card published Wednesday.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized guidance Wednesday to make clear that it's ban on free samples of tobacco products includes electronic cigarettes.
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There is no similar body of evidence that would support the other bill before the governor, which would classify electronic cigarettes as tobacco products.
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The study calls into question earlier research that has linked electronic cigarettes to traditional smoking, but experts disputed the importance of the new findings.
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What are your thoughts on people who are under the age of 18 using products like Juuls, other electronic cigarettes, chewing tobacco and cigarettes?
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It pointed specifically to electronic cigarettes that use lithium-ion batteries as a "new and unique hazard" because those are more prone to explosion.
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Research suggests that while electronic cigarettes can be addictive, e-cigarette users have far less exposure to potentially toxic substances than do conventional smokers.
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Now those companies are lobbying Congress to prevent the Food and Drug Administration from regulating electronic cigarettes and cigars, as it does conventional cigarettes.
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While the U.S. scrambles to crack down on vaping, Britain has embraced electronic cigarettes as a powerful tool to help smokers kick the habit.
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Current and former White House officials told the newspaper that staffers would stop by the office to lounge on couches and smoke electronic cigarettes.
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"We see clear signs that youth use of electronic cigarettes has reached an epidemic proportion," FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said in a press release.
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In a response to FDA, Altria's CEO Howard Williard III said electronic cigarettes represent an "important opportunity" for adult smokers to switch from traditional cigarettes.
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A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the use of electronic cigarettes growing among young people, hitting 6900 million users.
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President Donald Trump appeared to soften his stance on banning flavored electronic cigarettes Friday, warning that removing them from stores would breed a black market.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is giving wide leeway to electronic cigarettes as it attempts to push people away from traditional tobacco products.
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The American Medical Association on Monday urged Americans to stop using electronic cigarettes of any sort until scientists have a better handle on the illnesses.
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E-cigarettes: The Trump administration is delaying its enforcement of first-ever rules for cigars and electronic cigarettes that were finalized under former President Obama.
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The executive order, signed this week and made public on Thursday, forbids the use of tobacco, including electronic cigarettes, in all public spaces, even sidewalks.
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It will outlaw the retail sale of cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco and electronic cigarettes sold in gas stations, convenience stores, pharmacies and grocery stores.
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" A separate ordinance, also up for a final vote Tuesday, would prohibit "the sale, manufacture, and distribution of tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, on City property.
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"If you are a smoker and you consider using electronic cigarettes as a quitting method or to reduce your health risk, you have to switch completely."
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BRUSSELS, March 8 (Reuters) - Electronic cigarettes may need to be taxed at higher rates, European Union finance ministers agreed on Tuesday, as "vaping" increases in popularity.
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The Food and Drug Administration is banning sales and use of electronic cigarettes to people under 18, the same way it already regulates traditional nicotine products.
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Nevertheless, we believe that the role of electronic cigarettes in the total tobacco sector is likely to remain limited over the coming two-to-three years.
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And then, between the Icing and the smoking of electronic cigarettes known as vaping, they get around to selecting the people who will run our country.
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President Trump's nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) refused at his confirmation hearing Wednesday to commit to banning flavored cigars and electronic cigarettes.
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The Transportation Department said it took the action to eliminate any confusion over whether its existing ban on smoking, which dates to 2000, includes electronic cigarettes.
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Industry and advocacy groups are expecting the Food and Drug Administration to release its long-awaited final rule to regulate cigars and electronic cigarettes this month.
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Since 2010, he's received more than $38,000 in campaign contributions from companies that make both traditional and electronic cigarettes, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
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A major national study on electronic cigarettes reportedly finds evidence that vaping can lead to nicotine addiction and may prompt teenagers to switch to cigarette smoking.
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The Navy is banning all electronic cigarettes and vaping devices from its aircraft, ships, boats, and submarines after a string of incidents caused physical injuries to sailors.
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However, in 2010, a court ruled that "the FDA had cited no evidence to show that electronic cigarettes harmed anyone" and that stores could continue selling them.
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Cover image: E-Liquids, which are used for vaping in electronic cigarettes, are offered for sale at the Smoke Depot on September 13, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois.
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Electronic cigarettes may be less risky than the regular kind, but that still doesn't mean they're safe, according to the most exhaustive review of the research yet.
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Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb is resigning, after spearheading a crackdown on electronic cigarettes and helping to lead the administration's response to the opioid epidemic.
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Nicocigs Ltd advert for electronic cigarettes - 145 complaints Also not upheld, the complaints around this ad centred on the concern that children might find them appealing. 10.
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The rule aims to clarify when the FDA can regulate a product like nicotine gum as a drug or device versus a tobacco product like electronic cigarettes.
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FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK FOR MORE FOX LIFESTYLE NEWS As noted by the TSA's security screening guidelines, electronic cigarettes and vaping devices are banned in checked bags.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is in the final stages of announcing a new set of regulations for all electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and vapor products.
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The House sent legislation to the president's desk on Monday that will force manufacturers of electronic cigarettes to create child-proof packaging for their liquid nicotine products.
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A 2015 report from the US surgeon general said that about 40% of young people who began using electronic cigarettes had never used traditional tobacco products before.
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We conduct the California Healthy Kids Survey, and between 2013-2015 the study included questions about smoking electronic cigarettes or other vaping devices for the first time.
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"Juul has become a cultural phenomenon and has been called the 'iPhone of electronic cigarettes' among some media outlets," lead study author Ramakanth Kavuluru told Reuters Health.
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Cuomo has pushed to ban flavored e-cigs, but a state appellate court blocked New York's ban on all flavored electronic cigarettes the first week of October.
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The sleek Juul electronic cigarettes have become a phenomenon at U.S. high schools, vexing educators and drawing regulatory scrutiny over their sweet flavors and high nicotine content.
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The Food and Drug Administration has released its sweeping regulatory plan to crack down on electronic cigarettes, specifically targeting the flavored products that are increasingly popular with teens.
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First, it only looks at toxicants that are known to be in tobacco, and it makes sense that electronic cigarettes would expose users to fewer of those things.
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In 2017, he rebranded himself—abandoned the electronic cigarettes, replaced (most of) his handles with "Blake Webber," and seemingly focused all his attention on engaging with internet culture.
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Earlier this year, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized a rule that extended the agency's authority to regulate electronic cigarettes and related vapor products as tobacco products.
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San Francisco city officials voted unanimously on Tuesday to suspend the sale and delivery of electronic cigarettes until the products are approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
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But public health officials believe that conventional cigarettes are one of the most significant public health threats, and electronic cigarettes don't appear to be in the same league.
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In recent years, we have brought home a slew of new battery-powered devices, including smartphones, laptops, tablets, electronic cigarettes, electric cars, drones, hand-held vacuums and toys.
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As a toxicologist and vaping expert at Virginia Commonwealth University, part of her job is to evaluate how electronic cigarettes are being used for substances other than nicotine.
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In November, the FDA announced sweeping restrictions on flavored tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes popular among teenagers, and restricting sale of fruity or sweet flavors at retail outlets.
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Electronic cigarettes, the popular vapor substitute to traditional tobacco cigarettes, will soon be banned from public indoor spaces in New York State — just like the real thing. Gov.
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MOSCOW, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Russia's healthcare ministry has drafted a bill to introduce excise taxes on electronic cigarettes, Russian news agencies reported on Friday, citing minister Veronika Skvortsova.
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With this deal, Juul "suddenly has the resources to refocus from defense to offense," said David Sweanor, an antismoking advocate who supports using electronic cigarettes as an alternative.
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Malaysia was already finalising a law that would ban the use of all smoking products, including electronic cigarettes and vaporisers, among minors and prohibit their promotion and advertising.
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President Rodrigo Duterte ordered a strict ban on smoking, including electronic cigarettes, in all public spaces in the country, where more than a quarter of the population smokes.
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Vape culture takes another hit as the Trump administration plans to ban most flavored electronic cigarettes in an effort to curb the use of these products by minors.
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Editorial As smokers turned to electronic cigarettes to reduce the health risks of smoking, big tobacco companies started buying e-cigarette makers and producing and selling their own.
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"When Juul came out with very high-nicotine electronic cigarettes, it triggered a nicotine arms race amongst competitive companies seeking to emulate the success of Juul," Jackler said.
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Tobacco giant Philip Morris has called off talks of an impending merger with Altria, the companies said Wednesday, amid the nationwide crackdown on vaping products and electronic cigarettes.
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San Francisco may soon become the first major U.S. city to ban the sale of electronic cigarettes as part of the city's attempt to curb vaping among younger users.
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Even though the World Health Organization, American Heart Association, and Centers for Disease Control are all staunchly anti-vape, that hasn't stopped many people from partaking in electronic cigarettes.
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Documents reviewed by BuzzFeed News, for instance, show that last month, the DGHS issued an advisory urging India's states to stop sellers from importing, selling, or trading electronic cigarettes.
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An exploding vape killed a 24-year-old man named William Brown in Texas last week, CBS DFW reports — highlighting the ongoing lack of safety standards for electronic cigarettes.
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Electronic cigarettes help people trying to quit smoking, according to a new study that helps to settle a long-running debate over the risks and benefits of e-cigs.
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More than half of the e-cig users stuck to reusable electronic cigarettes — the ones you can refill with new liquid nicotine cartridges — as opposed to the disposable kind.
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The ingredients are different, but there could be potentially risky chemicals unique to the liquid nicotine recipe in electronic cigarettes that public health researchers don't know to look for.
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Today's study shows what works and what doesn't with a large number of smokers, but some researchers caution about drawing firm conclusions on whether electronic cigarettes help or not.
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Public health and medical groups are urging Congress not to weaken the Food and Drug Administration's ability to regulate cigars and electronic cigarettes in an upcoming government spending bill.
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The stocks of Altria and Philip Morris both plunged more than 45 percent between mid-2017 and January as electronic cigarettes such as Juul grew more popular, Cramer said.
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The paper's goal was to learn more about the risks of e-cigarettes, so that manufacturers, users, and regulators can try to minimize the harm the electronic cigarettes pose.
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The General Authority of Zakat and Tax said a 100% tax would be levied on electronic cigarettes and products used in them, and a 50% tax on sugared drinks.
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Totally Wicked, a British maker of electronic cigarettes, had challenged the European regulations, arguing in part that vaping — as use of e-cigarettes is known — is safer than smoking.
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India banned the sale of electronic cigarettes and warned of an "epidemic" among young people, in the latest and potentially biggest move against vaping globally over growing health concerns.
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And those numbers stand in contrast to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll — which found that a ban on flavored electronic cigarettes is broadly popular among the whole electorate.
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While the FDA's plans for nicotine left anti-smoking groups hopeful, the agency's delay — announced the same day — of product reviews for cigars and electronic cigarettes dampened their excitement.
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A crucial decision on how to regulate electronic cigarettes is expected soon, and Congress is halfway through a substantial overhaul of the way the agency approves drugs and medical devices.
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"The shape and construction of electronic cigarettes can make them (more likely than other products with lithium-ion batteries) behave like 'flaming rockets' when a battery fails," the report says.
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"This final rule is important because it protects airline passengers from unwanted exposure to aerosol fumes that occur when electronic cigarettes are used onboard airplanes," Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said.
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The FDA has finalized a rule to regulate "all tobacco products, including vaporizers, vape pens, hookah pens, electronic cigarettes (e-cigs), e-pipes, and all other ENDS," which I support.
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"This final rule is important because it protects airline passengers from unwanted exposure to aerosol fumes that occur when electronic cigarettes are used onboard airplanes," said Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx.
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Here's what to look for: E-cigarettes: The National Park Service wants to include electronic cigarettes in its definition of smoking when regulating where visitors can smoke in national parks.
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Johnson's letters single out of the Labor Department's overtime and fiduciary rules; the EPA's clean power plan and waters of the United States standard; and the FDA's electronic cigarettes rules.
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Vapers, who smoke electronic cigarettes that may contain nicotine but never tobacco, can pick up supplies in locations from shabby streetside vendors to slick dispensaries with assistants in lab coats.
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The most controversy on the agriculture bill came in response to provisions regarding tobacco regulation, particularly as it applies to electronic cigarettes and specialty cigars, and the Obama administration's policies.
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The agency last month proposed the 10-month timeframe, after the court ruled the FDA needed to speed up its reviews of thousands of electronic cigarettes currently on the market.
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Lawmakers passed measures to curtail the use of e-cigarettes, which would treat electronic cigarettes the same as combustible cigarettes, and to extend the statute of limitations for malpractice victims.
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Driving the news: This week, the state of New York passed a law to raise the legal age to purchase tobacco and electronic cigarettes from 18 to 21 years old.
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As part of the package, the sellers of electronic cigarettes would be required for the first time to obtain licenses; after an initial period, no new licenses would be issued.
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Johnson's letters single out the Labor Department's overtime and fiduciary rules; the EPA's clean power plan and waters of the United States standard; and the FDA's rules on electronic cigarettes.
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The FDA on Thursday announced curbs on flavoured tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes popular among teenagers in an effort to prevent the rise of a new generation of nicotine addicts.
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The US Food and Drug Administration has officially raised the minimum age to buy tobacco products like cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, and vaping products that contain nicotine from 226 to 228.
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Almost all of the scientific research available indicates that electronic cigarettes are as safe as the nicotine patch — a smoking alternative considered so safe they are recommended for pregnant smokers.
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As of Wednesday, the legal age to purchase tobacco and electronic cigarettes in the state of New York has gone up from 18 to 21 years old, NBC 4 reports.
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Juul products are available in large Indian cities at many stores that sell electronic cigarettes and vaping products, and are prominently featured on dozens of websites that sell vapes in India.
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"The hard thing is that we don't really know what the long term effects are of use of electronic cigarettes," says Michael Ong, professor of medicine and public health at UCLA.
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After a period of explosive growth over 2012-2014, the pace of take-up of electronic cigarettes with consumers started to moderate in 2015 as customer satisfaction with the products waned.
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In addition, the PPO's office adjacent to the White House has become a hangout spot for young staffers, where they can eat snacks and smoke electronic cigarettes, also known as vaping.
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Not that it matters (though it really does), but in the course of exhaustive research we did come across a blogspot from 2013 chronicling Sean Hannity's relationship with NJ electronic cigarettes.
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"This final rule is important because it protects airline passengers from unwanted exposure to aerosol fumes that occur when electronic cigarettes are used onboard airplanes," Foxx said in a news release.
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NEW DELHI — India on Wednesday moved a step closer to a nationwide ban on electronic cigarettes, part of a global backlash amid growing concern about the health risks posed by vaping.
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In September, New York became the first state to implement a ban on the sale of flavored electronic cigarettes and nicotine e-liquids, and later expanded that ban to menthol-flavored products.
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Chemicals used to flavor electronic cigarettes can damage cells that line blood vessels and may pose a risk to a user's heart in the long term, according to a study published Monday.
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" The great vape debate It's unclear why vaping heightened the risk of relapse in some former smokers, but Gomajee noted that "[people] who are using electronic cigarettes are still addicted to nicotine.
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Cigarette smokers in the UK are being encouraged to switch to electronic cigarettes, which the Royal College of Physicians says are much safer than regular tobacco cigarettes, The New York Times reports.
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This coupled with the vapor in electronic cigarettes and the hand to mouth actions of vaping could play a role in helping potential quitters to eat less, they said in their review.
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Andrew Cuomo on Sunday announced an emergency executive action to ban the sale of flavored electronic cigarettes in the state, amid a surge of vaping-related illnesses and deaths across the country.
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The CDC cast a wide net for how it defines tobacco use in its July 22011 report, counting any incidents that feature cigarettes, cigars, pipes, hookah, smokeless tobacco products, and electronic cigarettes.
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The numbers, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggest that there are now 4.1 million high schoolers using electronic cigarettes, about a half million more than the year before.
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Michael Bloomberg's charitable foundation spent more than $100 million to combat smoking in 2018, as national attention has shifted to the dangers of vaping electronic cigarettes, according to a recent tax filing.
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And across the nation, the sale of electronic cigarettes has become big business, climbing to $3.6 billion in sales last year, up from $1.5 billion in 2014, according to an industry report.
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The proposed law would ban the sale, production, import, transportation and advertisement of electronic cigarettes, punishing first-time offenders with either a one-year jail term or a $1,400 fine, or both.
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Altria last month announced it would stop selling its pod-based electronic cigarettes, generally smaller devices that use pre-filled nicotine liquid cartridges, in response to the FDA's concerns about teen usage.
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With a Trump presidency, and with Republican control of the Senate, we ironically have a tremendous opportunity to once and for all craft a sensible regulatory strategy for electronic cigarettes and vaping products.
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The smoking ban also covers "vaping" or the use of electronic cigarettes and will apply in casinos, including gaming floors and entertainment rooms, and inside airport buildings, except in designated outdoor smoking areas.
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WASHINGTON — After years of debate about the health risks of electronic cigarettes, the federal government on Thursday made it final: They need to be regulated and kept out of the hands of children.
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LOS ANGELES — California will become the second state in the nation to raise the smoking age to 21 and will begin regulating electronic cigarettes like other tobacco products under legislation signed by Gov.
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Expanded tobacco rules The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began regulating tobacco in 2009, but the agency stirred controversy last August when it expanded those rules to include electronic cigarettes, cigars, and hookah.
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Overall tobacco use among U.S. middle and high school students has not changed since 22015, a period in which use of electronic cigarettes increased dramatically, U.S. health officials said on Thursday.
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Why it matters: Despite the bad news for vaping, Juul maker Altria's stock rose on Monday as investors continued to bet its recently launched Iquos product will succeed where electronic cigarettes have failed.
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The Goddard school board on Monday passed a unanimous resolution to have a local law firm sue the makers, distributors and sellers of electronic cigarettes and vaping products, The Wichita Eagle reported Tuesday.
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It found that people trying to quit smoking were almost twice as likely to succeed over a year's time if they used electronic cigarettes compared to people who stuck to typical nicotine replacement therapy.
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San Francisco looked set to become the first big American city to prohibit the sale of electronic cigarettes, after the board of supervisors voted unanimously to ban the product (a second vote is needed).
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"Electronic cigarettes cause concern because studies have shown that e-cigarette aerosol can contain a number of harmful chemicals," the agency said in a statement that will all but surely enrage e-cigarette truthers.
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The listing requirements already apply to cigarettes and smokeless tobacco but now are being extended to include cigars, electronic cigarettes, hookah and other tobacco products that were part of the FDA's recent deeming rule.
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DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has imposed a special tax on electronic cigarettes and sugary drinks, extending similar taxes introduced in 2017 as it seeks to reduce a budget deficit caused by low oil prices.
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The House Appropriations Committee voted Tuesday to exempt all electronic cigarettes and cigars currently on the market from the costly review process required by rules being finalized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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WASHINGTON — A decade after electronic cigarettes were introduced in the United States, use has flattened, sales have slowed and, this fall, NJoy, once one of the country's biggest e-cigarette manufacturers, filed for bankruptcy.
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Article of the Day Before reading the article: Glance through these highlights of a new study by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine that concludes electronic cigarettes can be addictive for teenagers.
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India banned the production, import and sale of electronic cigarettes on Wednesday, a public health decision that will dash the expansion plans of companies such as Juul Labs and Philip Morris in the country.
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More research is still needed to assess whether other products such as chewing tobacco or electronic cigarettes would have the same impact on the structure and function of the heart as traditional cigarettes, Solomon said.
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Stada, which also derives considerable parts of its revenues from Russia and eastern Europe, is seeking to expand its non-prescription consumer care business and has also made forays into diagnostics kits and electronic cigarettes.
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If a carry-on bag is checked at the gate or planeside, spare lithium batteries, electronic cigarettes, and vaping devices must be removed from the baggage and kept with the passenger in the aircraft cabin.
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Moving forward, the new FDA chief will be tasked with taking a look at Obama regulations for electronic cigarettes and requirements for calorie counts on restaurant menus, as well as approvals for genetically engineered animals.
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Under the order, which takes effect in mid-July, the use of both regular and electronic cigarettes will only be allowed in "designated smoking areas" (DSAs) that are in open spaces or rooms with ventilation.
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Jim Cramer has not recommended tobacco stocks for a while, partially because he is concerned that the rise of electronic cigarettes could impact the industry, and partially because he's just not a fan of smoking.
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In the first comprehensive federal report on how electronic cigarettes are impacting the nation's youth, Murthy blamed marketing, in part, for the skyrocketing rates of middle and high school students choosing to vape. http://bit.
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A robust debate is going on among public health officials over whether electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, can alleviate the harms of smoking tobacco, or whether they should be treated as negatively as conventional cigarettes.
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Moving forward, the new FDA chief will be tasked with taking a look at Obama regulations for electronic cigarettes and requirements for calorie counts on restaurant menus, as well as approvals for genetically engineered animals.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Malaysia is considering banning the sale of electronic cigarettes, its health minister said on Monday, citing growing reports of deaths in the United States linked to e-cigarettes and vaping.
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NEW DELHI, Sept 26 (Reuters) - India's ban on electronic cigarettes has been challenged in a court in the eastern city of Kolkata, marking the start of the first legal battle against the anti-vaping decision.
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A state appellate court blocked New York's ban on all flavored electronic cigarettes this week, preventing New York from becoming the second state to put such a ban in place, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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The final list of products that may become subject to payment of excise taxes may also include potato crisps or snacks, electronic cigarettes and food products that are high in fat and sugar, the paper said.
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"Electronic cigarettes are without a doubt safer than regular cigarettes and the immediate harms from using them have been minimal so far," Dr. Michael Siegel, professor of community health sciences at Boston University, tells BuzzFeed News.
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DUBAI, May 19 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has imposed a special tax on electronic cigarettes and sugary drinks, extending similar taxes introduced in 2017 as it seeks to reduce a budget deficit caused by low oil prices.
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"Twice as many high school students used nicotine-tinged electronic cigarettes this year compared with last year, an unprecedented jump in a large annual survey of teen smoking, drinking and drug use," AP's Mike Stobbe reports.
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A push by makers of electronic cigarettes to raise nicotine levels in the European Union towards their far higher American levels is running into opposition, a senior executive at U.S. market leader Juul said on Tuesday.
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In a report likely to further fuel a debate over electronic cigarettes, the influential British doctors group stressed that tobacco smoking is both addictive and lethal, and concluded that e-cigarettes are "much safer than smoking".
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GENEVA (Reuters) - Electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco products are not helping fight cancer, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, urging smokers and governments not to trust claims from cigarette firms about their latest products.
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Electronic cigarettes might help some people quit using conventional tobacco, which causes about six million deaths a year around the world, but many public health experts say there is not enough evidence to draw that conclusion.
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Shares in tobacco companies fell after an official said that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration would issue a ban on the sale of fruit and candy flavored electronic cigarettes in convenience stores and gas stations.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Researchers in Britain and New Zealand have found a potential new use for electronic cigarettes in smokers who want to give up - controlling appetite and limiting the weight gain that often comes with quitting.
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The popularity of electronic cigarettes has soared since they were introduced in the mid-2000s and the devices have swept through the market so quickly that they have outpaced the federal government's intention to regulate them.
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The former urged people to avoid using electronic cigarettes altogether (as did the American Medical Association and other leading doctors, until a concrete cause could be identified), while the latter warned chiefly against vaping THC specifically.
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Maine will become the fourth state to raise the smoking age to 21 and will adopt stricter regulations on the sale of electronic cigarettes after lawmakers on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to override the governor's veto. Gov.
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Entrepreneurship Like so many entrepreneurs who have opened vaping shops lately, Stephen D'Angelo was a heavy smoker who finally kicked nicotine after switching to electronic cigarettes, which he viewed as a healthier — and less smelly — alternative.
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Language in a proposed House Agriculture Committee spending bill is threatening to derail new rules out Thursday that give the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the ability to regulate cigars and electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes.
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Public health groups are suing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for allowing candy flavored cigars, electronic cigarettes and other products to remain on the market for years without being reviewed and approved by the FDA.
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The death was one of nearly 200 cases of mysterious respiratory problems across 22 states whose only known link is the recent use of electronic cigarettes, or vapes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Among those who vape, more than half are people who have switched to electronic cigarettes after quitting tobacco, the survey by Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) found, and 40 percent are tobacco smokers trying to quit.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hot on the heels of its proposal to lower nicotine levels in cigarettes, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced plans on Tuesday for an education campaign to discourage use of electronic cigarettes among youth.
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"But at the same time, we see clear signs that youth use of electronic cigarettes has reached an epidemic proportion, and we must adjust certain aspects of our comprehensive strategy to stem this clear and present danger."
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While vaporizers weren't explicitly mentioned, the text of the ruling makes it pretty clear that vaping of any kind—except where medical devices are concerned—is a no-no (emphasis ours):Smoking means the use of a tobacco product, electronic cigarettes whether or not they are a tobacco product, or similar products that produce a smoke, mist, vapor, or aerosol, with the exception of products (other than electronic cigarettes) which meet the definition of a medical device in section 201(h) of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, such as nebulizers.
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DUBLIN (Reuters) - A push by makers of electronic cigarettes to raise nicotine levels in the European Union towards their far higher American levels is running into opposition, a senior executive at U.S. market leader Juul said on Tuesday.
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's health ministry has proposed a ban on the production and import of electronic cigarettes, documents seen by Reuters showed, potentially jeopardizing the expansion plans of big firms like Juul Labs and Philip Morris International.
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"There is evidence that electronic cigarettes are an effective strategy for harm reduction — so they have a place in our repertoire of strategies to deal with smoking addiction, but it's kind of a double-edged sword," Siegel says.
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Because e-cigarette vapor is potentially harmful and there have been reports of e-cigarette batteries exploding and catching fire, NPS said it wants to apply its smoking regulations to electronic cigarettes and other electronic nicotine delivery devices.
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GENEVA, July 26 (Reuters) - Electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco products are not helping fight cancer, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, urging smokers and governments not to trust claims from cigarette firms about their latest products.
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"Over the course of three short days, the tobacco stocks were bent, they were spindled and they were mutilated by the realization that electronic cigarettes have become a serious threat to the old-school cigarette makers," he continued.
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Some e-cigarette opponents claim Big Tobacco is secretly supporting electronic cigarettes and vaping devices because it wants to get kids addicted to e-cigarettes first and then eventually transition these e-smokers to more harmful combustible cigarettes.
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Electronic cigarettes—those made famous by Leonardo DiCaprio, teenagers whose parents will not allow them to buy cigarettes, and all of the worst people that you know—are a trend that refuses, against all odds, to go away.
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A new study finds that among young adults who didn't smoke cigarettes, the ones who had used electronic cigarettes were more than four times as likely than nonvaping peers to start smoking traditional tobacco cigarettes within 163 months.
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The number of high school and middle school students using electronic cigarettes fell to 2.2 million in 2016 from 3 million in 2015, according to a survey released last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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A state appellate court blocked New York's ban on all flavored electronic cigarettes the first week of October, preventing New York from becoming the second state to put such a ban in place, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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"Envisioned as a tool to combat tobacco addiction, electronic cigarettes and other vaping products have become a major problem and increase the risk of children adopting them," Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday at a news conference.
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Health and medical groups are urging members of the House Appropriations Committee to reject any budget proposal that will make it harder for the Food and Drug Administration to issue first-ever regulations for cigars and electronic cigarettes.
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Cory Smith, who runs Volcano Fine Electronic Cigarettes, wrote to the committee that his company was the largest retailer and wholesaler of vapor products in the state, and argued that the bill would "decimate" the Hawaii vapor industry.
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Why it matters: In what's believed to be the first such ban in the U.S., cigarettes, cigars and electronic cigarettes will no longer be sold at gas stations, pharmacies, convenience stores or by grocers in Beverly Hills starting Jan.
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In the first comprehensive federal report on how electronic cigarettes are impacting the nation's youth, the surgeon general found that marketing has played a key role in the skyrocketing rates of middle and high school students choosing to vape.
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The Obama administration on Thursday released the long-awaited final version of a sweeping new rule that, for the first time, allows the agency to regulate all tobacco products, including cigars, electronic cigarettes, hookahs, personal vaporizers and electronic pipes.
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By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters) - Older teens who try electronic cigarettes have six times the odds of trying regular cigarettes within two years than those who never puffed on the devices, a study published on Monday found.
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's federal health ministry called on Tuesday for stopping the sale or import of electronic cigarettes and heat-not-burn tobacco devices that companies like Philip Morris International Inc were planning to launch in the country.
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Tobacco companies are now marketing electronic cigarettes and devices that heat cigarettes without burning them; critics consider the foundation a ruse intended to spread the notion that those products are less harmful than cigarettes and help reduce smoking rates.
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Last month, India banned the sale and import of electronic cigarettes, warning of a vaping "epidemic" among young people and dashing plans of companies such as Juul Labs Inc and Philip Morris International to sell products in the country.
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Photo: Evan Vucci (AP)Amid a spike in the use of electronic cigarettes among teens and children, President Donald Trump has announced the Food and Drug Administration is considering yanking all non-tobacco flavored e-cigs from the market.
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Unlike other electronic cigarettes that are currently on the market, Hava Health and its Hale vaporizer are in the process of applying for approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to be classified as a smoking cessation treatment.
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In June of 2019, Mayor London Breed signed an ordinance effective January 2020 to suspend the sales and distribution in San Francisco of electronic cigarettes that have not undergone premarket review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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The Obama administration on Thursday released the long-awaited final version of a sweeping new rule that, for the first time, allows the agency to regulate all tobacco products, including cigars, electronic cigarettes, hookahs, personal vaporizers and electronic pipes.
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Critics say that giving manufacturers until 2021 to get a federal OK -- and leaving flavored products on the market until then -- means more years for children to develop nicotine addictions or transition from electronic cigarettes to conventional tobacco products.
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Chris Bullen, an e-cigarette researcher and professor at the University of Auckland's school of public health, noted that newer electronic cigarettes use a heating control mechanism that prevents "cooking" the e-liquid, and reduces the risk of generating harmful aldehydes.
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"We see clear signs that youth use of electronic cigarettes has reached an epidemic proportion, and we must adjust certain aspects of our comprehensive strategy to stem this clear and present danger," FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb said in a statement.
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Electronic cigarettes and other tobacco alternatives have developed into a multibillion-dollar industry in the U.S. Now, the industry is at a tipping point of continued growth or total collapse —even though it's still unclear how safe the devices really are.
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"The growing use of electronic cigarettes as a substitute for tobacco smoking has been a topic of great controversy, with much speculation over their potential risks and benefits," John Britton, chair of the RCP's Tobacco Advisory Group, said in a statement.
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Taking a stance sharply at odds with most American public health officials, a major British medical organization urged smokers to switch to electronic cigarettes, saying they are the best hope in generations for people addicted to tobacco cigarettes to quit.
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JAKARTA, June 5 (Reuters) - Indonesia will impose an excise tax of 133 percent on tobacco essences used for electronic cigarettes starting July 1 as part of efforts to curb consumption of tobacco products, a senior official said late on Monday.
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Marlboro maker Altria Group Inc, which sells e-cigarettes under the MarkTen brand, last month said it would stop selling its pod-based electronic cigarettes, generally smaller devices that use pre-filled nicotine liquid cartridges, in response to FDA's concerns.
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Standing behind a glass case fully stocked with disposable electronic cigarettes in a plethora of flavors from various brands, Hassan Sobh couldn't help wondering on Thursday if the business he launched five months ago would survive becoming Donald Trump's latest target.
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. health officials are investigating reports of 380 confirmed and probable cases of serious lung illnesses and at least six deaths linked to use of electronic cigarettes or vaping devices in 413 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Dozens of health groups sent a letter to President Obama Wednesday, urging him to issue a long awaited final rule that allows the Food and Drug Administration to regulate all tobacco products for the first time, including cigars and electronic cigarettes.
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The de Blasio administration has gone to court to defend aspects of Mr. Bloomberg's anti-tobacco policy, most recently turning back a challenge to a rule that included electronic cigarettes in the ban on smoking in bars, restaurants and other locations.
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"In the UK, the use of electronic cigarettes has exploded and they've attracted a huge amount of controversy," John Britton, the chair of the RCP's tobacco advisory committee and a professor of epidemiology at the University of Nottingham, told me over the phone.
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Chris Bullen, an e-cigarette researcher and professor at the University of Auckland's School of Public Health, noted that newer electronic cigarettes use a heating control mechanism that prevents "cooking" the liquid inside them, reducing the risk of generating cancer-causing chemicals.
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"With sensible regulation, electronic cigarettes have the potential to make a major contribution towards preventing the premature death, disease and social inequalities in health that smoking currently causes in the U.K.," said Professor John Britton, RCP's tobacco advisory group chair, in a statement.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Electronic cigarettes may have helped about 18,000 people in England to give up smoking last year and there is no evidence of any serious side effects associated with their use for up to two years, according to studies published on Tuesday.
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"We see clear signs that youth use of electronic cigarettes has reached an epidemic proportion, and we must adjust certain aspects of our comprehensive strategy to stem this clear and present danger," FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb said in a statement in September.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan Tobacco Inc said it was still confident about the prospect of its Ploom Tech tobacco-based electronic cigarettes, the launch of which has been delayed due to supply problems, and raised its dividend despite forecasting a lower annual profit.
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"In the Deeming Rule, the FDA simply announced that electronic cigarettes, or electronic nicotine delivery systems would be subject to the same set of rules and regulations that Congress had already put in place for conventional cigarettes," she wrote in her opinion.
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NEW DELHI, Nov 18 (Reuters) - The Indian government has told a court that its federal ban on the sale of electronic cigarettes implies that their use is also prohibited, legal documents seen by Reuters showed, in a further clampdown on the devices.
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Given the nationwide opioid crisis, increased access to legalized marijuana and the rapid rise of electronic cigarettes, it is more critical than ever to have ready access to programs that reflect current research on how best to address these and other substances.
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"These new generations of electronic cigarettes, like Juul ... they actually deliver a really high dose of nicotine, probably even higher than tobacco cigarettes," said Maciej Goniewicz, an associate professor of oncology and pharmacology at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center who specializes in toxicology.
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Connecticut state public health officials joined the call for consumers to stop using electronic cigarettes after six more people in the last week have fallen ill with a serious respiratory disease linked to vaping, bringing the total number of residents hospitalized to 11.
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WASHINGTON, Sept 11 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday told reporters the United States has a problem with vaping, and must do something about it, as he met with government officials at the White House about the emerging health concerns around electronic cigarettes.
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NEW DELHI, Sept 18 (Reuters) - India's ban on electronic cigarettes will not apply to use of such devices and the government was prepared to defend its decision if it's challenged in a court, a senior health ministry official told Reuters on Wednesday.
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The rule covering public housing forbids cigarettes, cigars, pipes and hookahs (or water pipes) — but not electronic cigarettes — from being smoked in all living units, indoor common areas, administrative offices and all outdoor areas within 25 feet of housing and office buildings.
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On Tuesday, Stars and Stripes reported that electronic cigarettes and vape products would no longer be available to purchase at on-base stores—yet another fierce response to the spate of vape-linked deaths that have continued to crop up around the country.
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"While many feel [e-cigarettes] are beneficial to those of legal age who are trying to quit the use of tobacco, we have made the decision to remove all electronic cigarettes and vaping products from our offering at all Rite Aid stores," Everett said.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Faced with a proliferation of new electronic cigarettes and a sharp rise in teen vaping, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday sent letters to 21 electronic cigarette manufacturers seeking information to assess whether the products are being marketed illegally.
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Lithium ion batteries, found in devices such as laptops, mobile phones, tablets, and electronic cigarettes, are seen as a fire risk, and there are concerns that if a fire were to start in the hold of a plane, it could not easily be extinguished.
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Recognizing what it called "the troubling reality" that electronic cigarettes have become "wildly popular with kids," the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday announced a major crackdown on the vaping industry, particularly on the trendy Juul devices, aimed at curbing sales to young people.
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Read More Cramer: 6 groups in fabulous bull market mode Cramer has not recommended tobacco stocks for a while, partially because he is concerned that the rise of electronic cigarettes could impact the industry, and partially because he's just not a fan of smoking.
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PARIS — Europe's highest court upheld tough new tobacco rules on Wednesday, finding that the European Union had the legal right to place restrictions on the sale of electronic cigarettes and to adopt rules requiring cigarette packs to carry graphic images of diseased human organs.
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But they insist they must examine whether the electronic cigarettes or the liquid nicotine juices might contain toxic chemicals like diethylene glycol, an ingredient also used in antifreeze, or candy-like flavors contributing to the surge in the numbers of teenagers using e-cigarettes.
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"If smokers switch to electronic cigarettes or other products that can be shown to cut the risks to their health, this could lead to a big improvement in public health," said Deborah Arnott, chief executive of UK health charity Action on Smoking and Health.
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The Oregon initiative, for example, takes the form of a constitutional amendment and critics say it is so vaguely worded that it could be used to block future taxes on restaurant meals, electronic cigarettes, catering halls and trucking companies that transport McDonald's Happy Meals.
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While it might succeed in getting fewer teens to try electronic cigarettes, it will also likely scare teen and adult smokers away from switching to the far less harmful cigarette alternative and instead stick with cigarettes, which kill upwards of half those who use them.
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As far as public health goes, Huang predicts the effects of such a ban will be mixed: he expects it will restrict sales in retail stores and reduce youth vaping, but it might make it tougher for adults to switch away from combustible to electronic cigarettes.
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According to People, Lourd also remembered her mom throughout the weekend with a cake that said "HAAAA," which according to her Instagram Story, was Fisher's preferred way of singing "Happy Birthday," by puffing on some electronic cigarettes with friends, and by sharing a darling throwback photos.
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Maybe the NJOY e-cigs used in this study weren't very effective, but there are lots of different electronic cigarettes on the market and some, like Smok, might be better because they deliver more nicotine, which might help smokers stay away from regular cigarettes, Navas-Acien says.
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"Momby's abridged version of the happy birthday song," the Scream Queens alum wrote on Instagram Stories, sharing both a snap of the fruit-topped confection and one of herself and some friends with electronic cigarettes — channeling Fisher, who her daughter said was a fan of the product.
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After years of debate about the health risks of electronic cigarettes, the Food and Drug Administration issued rules this month banning the sale of e-cigarettes to anyone under 18 and requiring that adults under the age of 26 show a photo identification to buy them.
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More than 28503 million young people — about seven in 22019 middle and high school students — see ads for electronic cigarettes in stores, online, in newspapers and magazines, or on TV and in movies, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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The California Assembly last week joined the State Senate in passing a package of bills that would raise the age; regulate electronic cigarettes in the same ways as conventional cigarettes, including restricting where they can be used; and allow local governments to impose taxes on tobacco products.
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The FDA said in the 10-page guidance document that its ban on free samples of tobacco products applies to any tobacco product that is subject to FDA regulation, including components and parts of tobacco products like "e-liquids" and the refillable cartridges for electronic cigarettes.
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WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday declared that teenage use of electronic cigarettes has reached "an epidemic proportion," and it put makers of the most popular devices on notice that they have just 60 days to prove they can keep their devices away from minors.
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"This may be a constituency that's 233 or 242 or 223 percent of the American adult public," said Paul Blair, the director of strategic initiatives at Americans for Tax Reform, a conservative interest group that has long fought for lower taxes and fewer regulations on electronic cigarettes.
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"By carefully and thoughtfully regulating products, rather than banning them, you can maximize the public-health utility of electronic cigarettes as harm-reduction tools, while at the same time minimizing the risks to youth," said Michael Siegel, a professor of community health sciences at Boston University.
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"I think it would be hard for an insurance company to differentiate between electronic cigarettes and vaping versus traditional cigarette use," said Michael Ong, a tobacco control expert and a professor in residence of medicine and health policy and management at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Last summer, Dr. Gottlieb issued a reprieve to manufacturers of electronic cigarettes by delaying regulations that could have removed many of their products from the market, while at the same time announcing an initiative that will push tobacco cigarette makers to reduce the levels of nicotine in their products.
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Using the same tactics as 'Big Tobacco,' Juul may have intentionally targeted teens The man taking over from Burns is K.C. Crosthwaite, who previously served as the chief growth officer at Altria Group and oversaw the company's expansion into electronic cigarettes with the launch of its IQOS brand.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration next week will issue a ban on the sale of fruit and candy flavored electronic cigarettes in convenience stores and gas stations, an agency official said, in a move to counter a surge in teenage use of e-cigarettes.
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"I'm no longer allowed to share the story of our best success: a 65 year old woman who smoked three packs a day for nearly 20 years, who quit smoking and vaping altogether in a little less than six months with the help of electronic cigarettes," one vendor lamented on Reddit.
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Since January 2014, the administration finalized a rule that forces employers to disclose outside consultants they hire to counter workers union organizing efforts, raised the minimum wage for federally contracted employees, issued first-ever regulations for cigars and electronic cigarettes, and completed an overhaul of the country's food safety system.
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A new study published in Pediatrics this month based on a 2017 survey of 943 American parents revealed that only 25 percent of them who used electronic cigarettes and smoked traditional cigarettes strictly enforced a no-smoking policy for their cars, as opposed to 42.3 percent of parents who only smoked cigarettes.
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Fruity, sweet and menthol electronic cigarettes started dominating the market over the last few years, making up roughly 3023 percent of the industry's sales in 2302, up from 22012 percent in 244, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published in the journal Preventing Chronic Disease.
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Juul Labs, a startup that makes electronic cigarettes, is reportedly raising $22016 billion in a financing round that would value the company at $23.2 billion, Bloomberg reports, a massive jump from what investor Fidelity valued it last month ($4 billion) and a staggering number given private e-cigarette funding virtually disappeared this past year.
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Last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized a long awaited rule to give it the authority to regulate, for the first time, cigars and electronic cigarettes like other tobacco products under the Tobacco Control Act and this week, the Environmental Protection Agency set stronger standards for methane emissions from oil and gas companies.
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In Monday's edition of the Federal Register, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will release the findings of a new technical report evaluating the effectiveness of seat belts in the center rear of passenger cars and the Food and Drug Administration will release new guidance for manufacturers, sellers and distributors of cigars and electronic cigarettes.
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The agency recently announced it will convene a public hearing to examine the merits of a new heat-not-burn tobacco technology that the company claims may be much less harmful than traditional cigarettes, one and be an effective alternative for current smokers who haven't had success quitting with electronic cigarettes and other alternatives.
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"Flavor chemicals and the solvents, the liquids, that are in electronic cigarettes, they are forming new chemical compounds," said Sven Jordt, one of the authors of the study published Thursday in the journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research and an associate professor of anesthesiology, pharmacology and cancer biology at the Duke University School of Medicine.
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The threat of a CRA review looms over many of the major Obama regulations moving through the pipeline, including OSHA's silica dust rule, the Department of Transportation's fuel efficiency standards for heavy-duty trucks, the Food and Drug Administration's first-ever rules for cigars and electronic cigarettes and the Department of Energy's efficiency rules.
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Jeff MerkleyJeffrey (Jeff) Alan MerkleySenate Democrats push Trump to permanently shutter migrant detention facility Senate Dem seeks answers from DHS on reports of pregnant asylum seekers sent back to Mexico Schumer backs Pelosi as impeachment roils caucus MORE (D-Ore.) asked on the Senate floor, denouncing FDA's delay in releasing its final rule to regulate electronic cigarettes.
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"This study is the first to point out that even if smokers may succeed in stopping smoking with the aid of electronic cigarettes, they still need to be monitored by doctors and health professionals to prevent a relapse in the long term," said Ramchandar Gomajee, the paper's lead author and a researcher at France's Pierre Louis Institute of Epidemiology and Public Health.
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The use of electronic cigarettes on commercial airplanes is now banned under a new rule finalized by the US Department of Transportation, which applies to all domestic and foreign carriers with flights scheduled to and from the US. The ban applies to all e-cigarettes, including electronic cigars, pipes, and devices designed to look like everyday products such as pens.
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Despite scientific evidence that the use of electronic cigarettes, commonly known as "vaping," are "significantly more effective than nicotine replacement treatments" such as patches, gum or other forms of oral nicotine in getting people to quit smoking, the FDA recently proposed a rule prohibiting the sale of e-cigarettes to places where children under the age of 18 can enter.
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In Friday's edition of the Federal Register, the National Park Service is proposing to regulate the use of electronic cigarettes in national parks; the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing a rule to remove one of three nectar-eating bats in the U.S. from the list of endangered and threatened species; and the Department of Agriculture is making changes to its eligibility requirements for food stamps.
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Duncan HunterDuncan Duane HunterDuncan Hunter's attorneys look to delay trial by over a month Duncan Hunter gets another GOP challenger Overnight Defense: House votes to block Trump arms sales to Saudis, setting up likely veto | US officially kicks Turkey out of F-6900 program | Pentagon sending 2628,28503 more troops to border MORE (R-Calif.) is becoming one of the biggest advocates for electronic cigarettes in Congress.
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New Report Says Vaping Is About 95% Less Harmful Than Smoking Public England Health, an agency of the UK's Department of Health, says in a new report that vaping …Read more Read"The growing use of electronic cigarettes as a substitute for tobacco smoking has been a topic of great controversy, with much speculation over their potential risks and benefits," writes RCP advisor John Britton in a prepared statement.
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Republicans in the House are turning to Vice President-elect Mike PenceMichael (Mike) Richard PenceThe Hill's Morning Report - Trump on defense over economic jitters FEC chair calls on Trump to provide evidence of NH voter fraud Five years after Yazidi genocide, US warns ISIS is rebounding MORE to help stop a rule from the Obama administration that requires most electronic cigarettes to go through a costly review process.
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A coalition of six public health groups asked federal courts on Monday if it could intervene in two lawsuits challenging the first-ever rules for cigars and electronic cigarettes that were finalized under former President Barack ObamaBarack Hussein Obama3 real problems Republicans need to address to win in 2020 Obama's high school basketball jersey sells for 0,000 at auction Dirty little wars and the law: Did Osama bin Laden win?
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"Somehow, we have completely lost all sense of public-health perspective," Michael Siegel, a public-health researcher at Boston University, wrote after the F.D.A. announcement: Every argument that the F.D.A. is making in justifying a ban on the sale of electronic cigarettes in convenience stores and gas stations applies even more strongly for real tobacco cigarettes: you know, the ones that kill hundreds of thousands of Americans each year.
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But this latest study still can't settle the ongoing controversy surrounding electronic cigarettes — which are alternately billed as a safer alternative to smoking or a dangerous gateway to even riskier tobacco use By analyzing the urine of people who smoke cigarettes and people who vape, scientists found that those who vape have lower levels of carcinogens — at least in their pee, according to a study published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
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As the Wall Street Journal reports, the company wouldn't go into specifics about the layoffs, but said that it would definitely be putting more money into e-cigarettes:When asked during the call what the company planned to do with the $300 million in savings, [Chief Executive Marty] Barrington declined to offer specifics but did say the company continues to invest in "reduced harm products" such as electronic cigarettes and in its brands.
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The author is a professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health In his op-ed ("Congress, don't help Big Tobacco peddle candy-flavored wares to kids," March 85033), Matthew Myers of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids argues that the current FDA regulations regarding electronic cigarettes do not impede the ability of companies to put truly safer products on the market to compete with conventional tobacco cigarettes.
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Rep. Duncan HunterDuncan Duane HunterDuncan Hunter's attorneys look to delay trial by over a month Duncan Hunter gets another GOP challenger Overnight Defense: House votes to block Trump arms sales to Saudis, setting up likely veto | US officially kicks Turkey out of F-35 program | Pentagon sending 2,100 more troops to border MORE (R-Calif.) is asking President Trump to repeal, or at least delay in part, first-ever rules for cigars and electronic cigarettes.
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Matthew Myers, president of the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, called the FDA's regulatory agenda a "bold and comprehensive vision" that has the "potential to accelerate progress in reducing tobacco use and the death and disease it causes in the U.S." But, he said, there's no reason to delay the critical deadlines for complying with the FDA's 2016 rule establishing oversight of electronic cigarettes, cigars and other previously unregulated tobacco products, which the agency also announced Friday.
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"This report lays to rest almost all of the concerns over these products, and concludes that, with sensible regulation, electronic cigarettes have the potential to make a major contribution towards preventing the premature death, disease and social inequalities in health that smoking currently causes in the UK."The RCP's recommendations aren't going over well in the United States, where many public health experts have expressed concerns about vaping's gateway effects (particularly for youth), and the unknown risks posed by the inhalation of e-cig vapor.
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President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump conversation with foreign leader part of complaint that led to standoff between intel chief, Congress: report Pelosi: Lewandowski should have been held in contempt 'right then and there' Trump to withdraw FEMA chief nominee: report MORE's announcement from the Oval Office on Wednesday came on the heels of new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which found that nearly 28500 of every 6900 high school students reported in 2628 that they used electronic cigarettes in the past 28503 days—an increase from just 22019 percent in 2011.
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Sen. Ron JohnsonRonald (Ron) Harold JohnsonGOP senators call for Barr to release full results of Epstein investigation FBI Agents Association calls on Congress to make 'domestic terrorism' a federal crime Senators renew request for domestic threats documents from FBI, DOJ after shootings MORE (R-Wis.) is urging Scott Gottlieb, the newly minted commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, to consider repealing first-ever rules for electronic cigarettes finalized under former President Barack ObamaBarack Hussein Obama3 real problems Republicans need to address to win in 2020 Obama's high school basketball jersey sells for 0,000 at auction Dirty little wars and the law: Did Osama bin Laden win?
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