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    Landlords and COVID-19

    Our landlords posted a notice on our doors that they would enter our apartments to measure the windows. Another tenant and I promptly posted that we would refuse them entry due to the COVID-19 situation. So far, no entry. They haven't tried to discuss the situation, either. I think the least...
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    Despicable - Young Wisconsin vapers sue Juul

    Young Wisconsin vapers sue Juul, say false advertising led them to start vaping and develop nicotine addiction, health problems Bruce Vielmetti Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Nov 13, 2020 The teen and young adults from Milwaukee, Walworth County and a small city in Barron County have all joined as...
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    E-cigarette Use Among U.S. Adults

    "In this 2018-2019 cross-sectional survey, 2.3 percent of adults reported current vaping. Among e-cigarette users, 39 percent were current cigarette smokers, 38 percent were former smokers, and 23 percent had never smoked cigarettes. Among never smokers who vaped, most were under the age of 35...
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    Help - how to add account to Twitter

    Somebody please talk me through this. I just can't figure out how. When I click on my profile image, all I get is "add existing account."
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    Chicago bans flavored liquid nicotine products

    Aldermen Approve Scaled-Back Ban on Flavored Tobacco Products Heather Cherone | September 9, 2020 12:30 pm WTTW "The ban applies to products that feature liquid nicotine that has 'tastes or aromas of menthol, mint, wintergreen, chocolate, vanilla, honey, cocoa, any candy, any dessert, any...
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    A Request

    Could somebody re-open my old thread, "My internet went down"? I have another tale to tell. Thanks.
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    Beware of Quit-Smoking Call Centers

    A programmer who worked at a non-profit medical research facility reports being asked to create software to report quit-smoking callers' addresses to HUD, which could result in their eviction. Ethics in Programming : The Project I Refused
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    Wisc. Gov. Evers closes vape shops

    I just heard on the radio that Gov. Evers is closing down the vape shops as "not essential businesses." Nothing is up on media websites yet. I heard it on WTMJ Milwaukee.
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    Cuomo considers banning cigarette sales

    There's nothing here about e-cigs, but don't be surprised if he attacks vaping next. And chew as well! Just because it's tobacco! Cuomo considers banning cigarette sales for six weeks amid Coronavirus outbreak Dr Farsalinos has addressed this, saying that smokers are less likely to get it: "An...
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    Fake News About Glucans

    Glucan, a microbial toxin, found in Juul’s nicotine vaping liquids January 2, 2020 – E-cigarette products made by Juul Labs were contaminated with a microbial toxin that can cause long-term lung damage, according to an analysis conducted by researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public...
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    (Whew) THC vaping blamed for sudden death

    Walworth County mom believes son died while vaping on Halloween Tomasello said she knew her son vaped THC and believes he was doing it that night... She says that a few weeks before her son passed away, she sent him an article about the brothers who were caught in Kenosha County peddling...
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    Wis. Indoor Vaping Ban "Unlikely"

    Despite false and defamatory rhetoric from the Lung Association and its media accomplices, "Key Republican lawmakers oppose banning vaping indoors, putting in jeopardy a proposal to bar from businesses an activity that has been linked to serious illnesses and even death." That's the first...
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    Prudential Life Insurance to Charge Vapers as Smokers

    "Prudential Financial plans to charge higher life-insurance rates to people who use e-cigarettes, bringing their policy prices in line with smokers. "Customers who vape will be classified as smokers instead of nonsmokers when applying for individual insurance policies, Prudential said in an...
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    WaPo Attacks Ecigs for Airline Fires

    They feature e-cigs as the worst risk, while glossing over much more powerful batteries in laptops. Not to mention ubiquitous cell phones...
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    Sen. Tammy Baldwin calls for hearing

    Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) is calling for a hearing on "vaping related illnesses."
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    Latest from CDC, Sep. 26 2019

    "There have been 805* cases of lung injury reported from 46 states and 1 U.S. territory. Twelve deaths have been confirmed in 10 states." They still are not telling clinicians to do a urine test for THC. That way, if the patient lies or doesn't know, the CDC and FDA can falsely pretend they...
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    House "Don't Vape" Hearing

    Here are my notes on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Tue. 24 Sep 2019. Vicki McKenna aka Porter - pro-vaping talk show host from Wisconsin was the only pro-vaping witness. Glenn Grothman R-WI brought her in. Don’t Vape: Examining the Outbreak of Lung Disease and CDC’s Urgent...
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    Melania Trump Parrots the Standard Line

    Unfortunately, First Lady Melania Trump has no insight into the truth or concern for the attacks on our liberty. She tweeted: "I am deeply concerned about the growing epidemic of e-cigarette use in our children. We need to do all we can to protect the public from tobacco-related disease and...
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    New York State Subpoenas Vit. E Acetate Labs

    "New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (D) said Monday he is ordering the state health department to issue subpoenas to three companies the department has identified as selling substances linked to the mysterious vaping-related lung illnesses that have sickened hundreds of people across the country."...
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    My Internet Went Down

    When I woke up this morning, my internet was down. Oh no! I called my ISP and they said it was a network problem and they're working on it. They're still working on it tonight. Luckily, a couple of weeks ago I splurged on a new phone whose specific purpose was to tether my computer if my ISP...