GOT THE VAPORS? You better not try it in New Jersey's public or workplaces. It's not legal. The New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act now includes electronic-cigarettes.
The New Jersey Senate approved a bill, by a 38-0 vote in mid-December, that restricts the sale and use of electronic cigarettes. It expands the "smoking" definition to include e-cigarettes and extends the ban on smoking by minors to include e-cigs.
vaporsWhat many of us first think of when told someone has "the vapors," pictured right, isn't today's reference to e-cigs.
Electronic cigarettes are made to look like real cigarettes. Although they do not contain tobacco, they do contain a liquid nicotine solution and use a metal tube with a battery that heats up the solution. Users inhale the vapors into their lungs.
As reported by Ethic Soup,the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has found electronic smoking devices have carcinogens, which has been challenged by a lawsuit filed by electronic cigarette distributors who claim the agency doesn't have the authority to regulate the electronic products.
E-cigarettes have been banned in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Israel and Mexico, and restricted in other countries.
Among public health experts who warn that electronic cigarettes are not safe are : World Health Organization, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Cancer Society.
Below is a list of previous posts on e-cigarettes.
by Sharon McEachern
TO READ "HEY HEY FDA: WHADDAYA SAY ARE E-CIGARETTES SAFE, EH?" CLICK HERE.
TO READ "FDA WARNS: E-CIGARETTES CONTAIN HARMFUL TOXINS. CANCER CAUSING CHEMICALS & ANTIFREEZE" CLICK HERE.
TO READ "E-CIGARETTES NOT SAFE; OREGON SUES IMPORTER, PILOTS WANT TO BAN AS FIRE DANGER," CLICK HERE.
TO READ "E-CIGARETTE FOLLOW-UP: INHALE THIS -- BA-BYE" CLICK HERE.
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