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Metro Considers E-Cig Ban On Buses & Trains
CBS Local
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - Riders on Metro buses and MetroLink trains are prohibited from lighting up, even on train platforms.

Altria Group (MO): E-Cigarettes Or Die?
Forbes
Electronic-cigarettes or E-Cigarette's, are battery-powered devices that heat liquid nicotine in a disposable cartridge and produce a vapor that's inhaled.

RT @cjsnowdon: There's a special place in hell reserved for @ProfGlantz and his friends. The truth about that study here: http://t.co/MD5mKIfmiH

TheFix.com
My Acceptable E-Cigarette Addiction
TheFix.com
I was first introduced to electronic cigarettes three years ago. My flatmate at the time had a 40-a-day habit, and was unsuccessfully attempting to give up smoking every six months.

The Epoch Times Italian Tobacco Industry Wrestling With Electronic Cigarettes The Epoch Times “There is a very large drop in consumption due to smuggling, counterfeiting and the dissemination of the electronic cigarette,” said John Risso, National...

“Nicotine addiction has always been the problem. People trying to use e-cigarettes aren't really addressing that issue,” Ms. Kowalczk said. “They're still putting nicotine in their bodies and they're still engaging in smoking ...

Orange UK News Jury's Still Out On Electronic Cigarettes - Sky News Sky News The role of the e-cigarette is a controversial one, but already some schools, social venues and public bodies have decided to treat them as they would normal cigarettes...

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One-third of smokers looking to quit used e-cigarettes. (Do E-Cigarettes Really Work?

Why the WHO is not qualified to attempt to educate people about electronic cigarettes http://t.co/MhMIbtma4j

Following swiftly on from yesterday's article about how Italian MEP Giancarlo Scottà has been floating the idea of sin taxes on e-cigs, comes this from German news source Südtirol Online.

Almost half a million people in France have turned to substitute but studies show it may be harmful to health.

Illinois Senate approves electronic cigarette ban for minors - The Times
nwitimes.com
SPRINGFIELD | Minors statewide would not be able to buy electronic cigarettes under a plan unanimously endorsed in the Senate Tuesday.

I don't know who Jodie Marsh is, but the video below says she is a model, so does that make her glamorous?
Whether the answer is yes or no, she certainly knows her stuff on e-cigs, by crikey!

It has to be asked... Is Linda McAvan MEP, European Parliament rapporteur for the Tobacco Products Directive, in an unholy alliance with the tobacco industry? At the European Parliament hearing on ...

E-cigarettes blow fog into ban on DC Metro
The Japan Times
In 2010, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II ruled that the state's smoking ban does not apply to electronic cigarettes. On the other hand, the D.C.

Electronic cigarettes were constantly in the spotlight and one major issue kept coming up. Joel Nitzkin is Chair of the Tobacco Control Task Force for the American Association of Public Health Physicians.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Changes in the marketplace have forced the public health community to wrestle with the idea that some tobacco products may pose less of a health risk than others, the new head of the Food and Drug Administration’s tobacco...

Utah lawmakers intend to pursue legislation that would regulate the sale and marketing of electronic cigarettes to children and teens. (Utah lawmakers look to regulate child access to e-cigarettes - Deseret News: Deseret NewsUtah lawmakers look t...

E-Cigarette Use Growing in the Tri-Cities
KNDO/KNDU
KENNEWICK, Wash.-- Electronic cigarettes are grabbing the attention of tobacco smokers as an alternative to their addictive habit.