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Number of Teens Puffing on E-Cigs Doubles

One in 10 high schoolers report trying them, and right now, that's legal

(Newser) - The number of teenagers who at least tried an electronic cigarette doubled last year, with one in 10 doing so, according to new figures from the CDC. "This is really taking off among kids," the CDC's director tells the New York Times . Middle schools saw a jump,...

Why Big Tobacco Is Getting Hooked on E-Cigs

No big state taxes means no black market

(Newser) - The American e-cigarette business is booming: It's expected to make more than $1 billion this year, and sales are projected to overtake those of real cigarettes by 2047. Big tobacco is probably fine with this, reports BusinessWeek , and the reason why is surprising. According to a recent report, an...

Europe to Ban Menthols in Cigarette Crackdown

European Parliament also intends to mandate electronic cigarette regulation

(Newser) - Europe is trying to kick its smoking habit. A key European Parliament committee yesterday passed sweeping anti-tobacco legislation that would ban all flavored cigarettes—including menthols—and all slim cigarettes, and subject electronic cigarettes to medical regulation, among other restrictions. The moves coincide with similar efforts from the FDA in...

Sean Parker's New Play: E-Cigarettes

Investors diving into unregulated industry

(Newser) - The e-cigarette marketplace is an almost totally unregulated frontier, and one that's starting to attract serious interest from investors. Perhaps the biggest name so far: Facebook bad boy (and extravagant wedding planner ) Sean Parker, who, the Wall Street Journal reports today, has put $10 million into NJOY as...

Utah May Tax E-Cigs Like the Real Ones

States getting impatient with FDA to rule on electronic cigarettes

(Newser) - A proposal in the Utah Legislature that would tax electronic cigarettes at the same rate as regular cigarettes has put the state at the forefront of a national movement to regulate the increasingly popular devices. More than 35 proposals calling for some type of regulation of electronic cigarettes have been...

British Terror Scare Caused by ... E-Cig

Highway shut down over mystery vapor from bag inside bus

(Newser) - British troops, police, bomb squads, and firefighters rushed to the scene of a feared terrorist attack—only to learn that the culprit was an electronic cigarette. A highway was closed for more than four hours over reports that a Megabus passenger's bag was emitting "vapor," the BBC...

Passenger With E-Cig Kicked Off Flight

Does it violate 'no-smoking' rules? Continental thinks so

(Newser) - A flight out of Portland had to return to the airport yesterday after a man started puffing on an e-cigarette shortly after takeoff and refused to stop. He was escorted off the plane at Portland International Airport and may face federal charges, reports OregonLive.com . (It's not clear what...

E-Cigarette Explodes in Man&#39;s Mouth
E-Cigarette Explodes
in Man's Mouth
Feb 16, 2012 3:00 AM CST

E-Cigarette Explodes in Man's Mouth

Blast knocks out all his teeth, burns face

(Newser) - Scary news for electronic smokers: A 57-year-old man in Florida suffered serious injuries when an e-cigarette exploded in his mouth, ABC reports. The explosion knocked out all the man's teeth and part of his tongue, and severely burned his face. "The best analogy is that it was like...

E-Cigs Work, But Have Smoking Foes Burning

 E-Cigs Work, 
 But Have 
 Smoking Foes 
 Burning 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Nov 13, 2011 1:29 PM CST

E-Cigs Work, But Have Smoking Foes Burning

They can help smokers quit, but anti-smoking groups still want ban

(Newser) - A recent experiment in Italy found that electronic cigarettes can help even hard-core smokers quit, boosting hopes that e-cigarettes could be a much better tool than more traditional products like nicotine patches and gum. So why are government officials and anti-smoking groups working to ban the device, which delivers a...

E-Cig Users Hit by Smoking Bans

Bans being retooled to cover smokeless devices

(Newser) - Electronic cigarettes don't burn anything and emit an odorless vapor instead of smoke, but users say they sometimes get treated as if they'd lit a reeking cigar. Use of the devices in places where cigarettes are banned has sparked fierce debate, and some states, cities, and workplaces have...

Charlie Sheen E-Cigarettes: Actor Now Launching 'NicoSheen'
 Charlie Sheen Hawking E-Cigs 
May 1, 2011 9:36 AM CDT

Charlie Sheen Hawking E-Cigs

NicoSheen is the 'winning e-cigarette'

(Newser) - Charlie Sheen's going up in smoke, but not in the way you might've hoped: The chain-smoking actor/sideshow is getting into the e-cigarette business, reports TMZ. Sheen has partnered with NicoSheen, the agonizingly dubbed "winning e-cigarette" and "Sheen safe smoke," which is currently available for pre-orders...

E-Cigarettes: FDA Says It Will Regulate Smokeless Smokes
 FDA to Regulate E-Cigs 
Apr 25, 2011 6:14 PM CDT

FDA to Regulate E-Cigs

But just as tobacco products, not 'drug-delivery devices'

(Newser) - The FDA is getting in on the e-cigarette action, announcing today that it will regulate the smokeless smokes the same way it does other tobacco products. That's actually good news for e-cig purveyors, reports the AP, as they bypass tougher regulations they would have faced if labeled a drug-delivery...

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