March 2016

The study was funded through the National Institutes of Health and the Kentucky Lung Cancer Research Program. The study can be found either at j.mp/vaperwatching or alternatively at j.mp/vapingstudy.<br />
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&quot;Based on this feasibility study we believe automated surveillance of e-cigs on Twitter is an important research direction that has tremendous application potential especially in the immediate future in the context of impending FDA initiated regulations,&quot; the study stated.<br />
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I don’t trust them, this is a violation of our First Amendment, freedom of speech! Nothing good will come of this.<br type="_moz" />

CONTROVERSIAL plans to ban &quot;vaping&quot; in public places in Wales were blocked at the last minute at the Senedd yesterday.<br />
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Again common sense prevails!<br type="_moz" />

A recent Gallop poll take in December, 2015 found that &quot;that one in three said e-cigarettes are just as bad as tobacco cigarettes for someone’s health, but the majority either said e-cigarettes are less harmful to one’s health than tobacco cigarettes (48 percent) or are not harmful to personal health at all (11 percent).&quot;<br />
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<i>Healthline News</i> reports that nearly one in four deaths worldwide can be linked to unhealthy environments.<br />
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The World Health Organization (WHO) made that conclusion in a report they released early today. The agency said an estimated 12.6 million people died in 2012 as a result of living or working near unhealthy places.<br />
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Factors included air, water, and soil pollution. WHO also pointed at secondhand smoke, chemical exposure, climate change, and ultraviolet radiation.<br />
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They had of course had to mention second hand smoke even though it has not been clinically proven to harm anyone.<br type="_moz" />

Batteries are made in China, without quality controls.&nbsp; Only 25 batteries have exploded with an estimated 4 million users it is a small number.&nbsp; However, vapers should demand that the batteries are safe and meet U.S. standards.<br type="_moz" />

A ban on the use of e-cigarettes in local bars and restaurants is being considered by the Fergus Falls City Council.<br />
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If you live there time to speak up!<br type="_moz" />

Have we not been there and done that before?&nbsp; At 18, you can serve in the military, marry and have children.&nbsp; <br />
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During Viet Nam the laws were changed from 21 to 18 to vote, drink and buy cigarettes this country is just going backwards. <br type="_moz" />

The House Human Services Committee voted 10-1 Thursday for a bill that would ban the use of electronic cigarettes in places where smoking is already prohibited, including workplaces, hotels and motor vehicles carrying children.<br />
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Their action means that the bill will come up for a vote in the House next week. It still has to be considered in the Senate. <br />
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Committee chair Ann Pugh (D-South Burlington) argued that allowing unrestricted use of e-cigarettes was creating a new path to smoking. &ldquo;It begins to make it attractive and cool.&rdquo;<br type="_moz" />

U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced today in a news release that e-cigarettes would be banned on all scheduled flights of U.S. and foreign carriers into and out of the United States. The U.S. Transportation Department also extended its ban against smoking to charter flights where a flight attendant is a required crew member.<br />
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They keep calling e-cigs and aerosol product.&nbsp; Aerosol products are under pressure, e-cigarettes are not.&nbsp; They don’t even know the difference!<br type="_moz" />

&quot;E-cigarettes are estimated to have helped 16,000-22,000 smokers in England to quit in 2014.<br />
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Previous research has found that when used in this way, e-cigarettes increase the chances of success by around 50% compared with using no support or one of the traditional nicotine products such as gum or skin patch bought from a shop.2,3 This raises the long-term success rates from around 5% to around 7&frac12;%. The increased success rate amounts to an additional 22K people stopping who would otherwise have continued smoking. Some of these people may have used an e-cigarette instead of one of the more established aids to cessation such as the Stop-Smoking Services. Adjusting for this, the number helped by e-cigarettes may be somewhat lower, at 16K.<br />
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Professor Robert West, who led the research team, said &quot;E-cigarettes appear to be helping a significant number of smokers to stop who would not have done otherwise – not as many as some e-cigarette enthusiasts claim, but a substantial number nonetheless.&quot;<br />
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