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Are electronic cigarettes a bridge to help people quit smoking or a gateway to start smoking young? Either way, a leading heart health organization says it’s high time that federal laws prohibit the sale of these devices to minors, and it recommends that e-cigarettes be regulated along with traditional combustible cigarettes.
Smoking rates in the U.S. have dropped steadily over the last several decades, but e-cigarette use is on the rise. The battery-powered, pen-sized devices, which release nicotine-laced water vapor instead of smoke, are escaping the regulatory scrutiny that traditional light-a-match cigarettes receive, says the American Heart Assn.
http://www.latimes.com/science/scie...-rates-cdc-aha-regulation-20140825-story.html
Smoking rates in the U.S. have dropped steadily over the last several decades, but e-cigarette use is on the rise. The battery-powered, pen-sized devices, which release nicotine-laced water vapor instead of smoke, are escaping the regulatory scrutiny that traditional light-a-match cigarettes receive, says the American Heart Assn.
http://www.latimes.com/science/scie...-rates-cdc-aha-regulation-20140825-story.html