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An electronic cigarette (e-cigarette), or vape, [note 1] [16] is a device that simulates smoking. It consists of an atomizer, a power source such as a battery, and a container such as a cartridge or tank. Instead of smoke, the user inhales vapor. [17] As such, using an e-cigarette is often called "vaping". [18]
The scientific community in the United States and Europe are primarily concerned with the possible effect of electronic cigarette use on public health. [1] There is concern among public health experts that e-cigarettes could renormalize smoking, weaken measures to control tobacco, [2] and serve as a gateway for smoking among youth. [3]
Though the city-wide smoking ban remains intact, the vaping ban itself was lifted in 2016 due to a state law which was passed then, prohibiting e-cigarettes and vape products from being regulated in the same way as tobacco. In 2019 the city-wide vaping ban was reinstated, via a separate ordinance, by a unanimous vote from the City Council. [19 ...
This article was originally published on Weedmaps News in May 2019 before it was updated on August 26, 2019 in the midst of an outbreak of lung illnesses associated with e-cigarette and illicit ...
To try to keep young people from becoming addicted to tobacco, Congress took two steps in 2020 to keep minors from posing as adults to buy vaping products online: It barred e-cigarette sites from ...
Apr. 10—Any future vape stores looking to open shop in the city of Cullman may soon have the number of prospective locations drastically reduced under a new amendment to the city's zoning ...
On December 5, 2016 HUD passed a rule banning the use of tobacco products in common areas and within each home unit. [278] HUD did not include e-cigarettes in their list of prohibited tobacco products, and they will allow each public housing agency to make that decision. [278] The ban includes cigarettes, cigars, pipes and waterpipes (hookahs ...
City Council members have raised concerns about the number of such businesses opening within Peoria. 'Expanding like wildfire': Peoria could limit the number of vape shops opening in the city Skip ...