What is the fate of e-cigarettes? Not too much is known about the harm they may or may not cause. It just stands to reason that inhaling anything into your lungs could be harmful. What we do know is that it’s a booming, billion-dollar industry and it has been said that e-cigarettes will outsell tobacco within the next ten years. Teens are getting hooked and think it cool and those using e-cigarette products have doubled between 2011 and 2012.
Dylan Harrison owns a store that sells these in downtown Lake Worth and generally they consist of a mixture of propylene glycol, glycerin, nicotine, and flavorings. Many of these products come from China. Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its proposed “deeming rule,” which would regulate e-cigarettes as tobacco products. If the rule is adopted as proposed, the deeming rule would extend FDA’s regulatory authority over a variety of tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, and hookah tobacco.
The Gainesville City Commission officially approved an ordinance prohibiting the use of e-cigarettes in places where smoking is already forbidden. The City already had a ban on outdoor smoking at city facilities and Regional Transit System bus stops and bus shelters and the ban is now extended to those spots as well. They joined Alachua County and 67 other local municipalities in enacting such restrictions. Read more...
Florida HB 169 prohibits the sale to anyone under the age of 18 and requires certain signage at retail locations. This bill was "laid on the table" but a similar bill passed in the Florida Senate, SB 0224, and was signed by Governor Scott on June 13, 2014 and became law on July 1, 2014.
I hate these sleazy operations in our downtown. Cigar shops, kava and this. Do you see the people who congregate around there? At least we won't get marijuana.
ReplyDeleteI detest people who smoke, too bad they can't get help to stop, although many do not want to. Today I saw so many cig. butts on the beach. People who smoke, drink, or do drugs just do not care. They throw their cig butts all over and blow their smoke in your face like it is their right to harm mother nature and their brothers and sisters. Smokers do not care nor do the people selling them. It is true that alcohol, cigs, drugs are all roots to evil, people who use them still have the evil in them, plain and simple. Pray for them!
ReplyDeleteIf people cared about themselves, they would not use or abuse cigarettes, alcohol, or drugs. Smoking kills you, why do people want to harm their bodies and their children by smoking. If they cared they would get the help and quit, overcome it. Smokers do not care!
ReplyDeleteThose who continue to smoke, knowing the dangers of it and the overall stupidity, must need a crutch of some kind. Can't figure it out. I don't think that they can either. They say they can't kick what they consider a habit. BS. They smoke because they want to and believe that they will beat the odds given by the medical profession. Filters do not biodegrade so throwing their personal garbage wherever they please shows no respect for much of anything.
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