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Many local and state jurisdictions have recently begun enacting laws that prohibit e-cigarette usage everywhere that smoking is banned, although some state laws with comprehensive smoke-free laws will still allow for vaping to be permitted in bars and restaurants while prohibiting e-cigarettes in other indoor places. [3]
[30] [31] In the US some states tax e-cigarettes as tobacco products, and some state and regional governments have broadened their indoor smoking bans to include e-cigarettes. [32] As of April 2017, 12 US states and 615 localities had prohibited the use of e-cigarettes in venues in which traditional cigarette smoking was prohibited. [33]
This is a list of state beverages as designated by the various states of the United States. The first known usage of declaring a specific beverage a "state beverage" within the US began in 1965 with Ohio designating tomato juice as its official beverage.
Pods are also referred to as "vape juice." [30] In July 2018, Juul raised $650 million, giving it a valuation of $15 billion. [31] On December 20, 2018, Altria, one of the world's largest cigarette manufacturers, bought 35% of Juul for $12.8 billion. According to Wells Fargo, the deal valued Juul Labs at $38 billion.
While illegal vape sellers could spend up to seven years in jail for violating the new provisions, the law does not criminalize possessing personal-use quantities of vapes, including illicit ones.
States like Massachusetts are considering a ban on flavored tobacco and vape products, and in New York, Manhattan is expected to become the largest city to ban all vaping flavors except tobacco. [20] Other states that have already banned the use of vitamin E acetate in vape products include Colorado and Ohio. [20]
Hours later, the girl was pulled from class and questioned about a vape pen, according to the complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio on Dec. 28.
Electronic cigarettes are marketed to smoking and non-smoking men, women, and children as being safer than cigarettes. [1] In the 2010s, large tobacco businesses accelerated their marketing spending on vape products, [2] [3] similar to the strategies traditional cigarette companies used in the 1950s and 1960s.