The city council has approved a proposal that regulates use of electronic cigarettes and other nicotine-containing products, further strengthening its anti-smoking policy. The measure, which has yet to be signed by Mayor Sara Z. Duterte-Carpio to become an ordinance, is an expanded version of the 2002 anti-smoking law.
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Schell Hamel found it a lot easier to switch than to quit.
That’s why she joined a growing number of tobacco addicts who switched to “vaping,” the process of inhaling a nicotine-carrying vapor dispensed by electronic cigarettes.
“Most smokers don’t want to quit,” she said. “They’re just tired of being treated like second-class citizens.” Ream more »
Major headway has been made in the last few days in the bid to reduce the sale of tobacco all over the world. Only last week Australian officials approved a move towards using plain packaging in order to reduce the glamour associated with smoking cigarettes with the aim of making the practice less fashionable for children and young people drawn by effective cigarette marketing and branding.
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New research suggests electronic cigarettes could be doing more harm than good – and one Western Bay medical expert says they do not appear to be safely regulated.
Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, are devices that deliver nicotine through a vapour and have become popular among some smokers trying to give up.
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Smokers need to find a more effective and safer way to get rid of their addiction now, a recent report says. Since, even e-cigarettes are being claimed as harmful for lungs, implying that in any case smoking is not safe or beneficial for health and should be quit.
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With the stroke of a pen, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has now made it illegal to sell electronic cigarettes to minors in New York.
The governor signed the law, which prohibits the sale of e-cigarettes to anyone under 18 years old, on Wednesday. The bill passed both the state Assembly and Senate unanimously and will take effective on Jan. 1, 2013.
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Electronic cigarettes are also harmful to lungs, researchers from the University of Athens in Greece concluded. The report from the scientists was presented at the annual congress of the European Respiratory Society in Vienna.
Electronic cigarettes deliver nicotine through steam, not smoke. In this case, there is no combustion, but nicotine still comes from tobacco. Ream more »
Use of an electronic cigarette, a battery-powered nicotine delivery device, is not associated with the impairment of left ventricular function seen with cigarette smoking, according to a study presented at the annual European Society of Cardiology Congress, held from Aug. 25 to 29 in Munich. Ream more »
Vapor Corp., one of the only publicly traded companies (OTCBB: VPCO) servicing the electronic cigarette and vaporizer industry, maintains its integrity in a fiercely competitive market by offering the best prices possible for top quality products. Its batteries are long lasting, as well as backed by a lifetime guarantee.
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Inspections and investigations carried out by product safety officers over the past week revealed that a number of electronic cigarettes found on the market do not comply with the essential Health and Safety requirements of the European Directives under which such products fall, or are being claimed to fall.
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