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A generally good news day:
1) Both OR bills die in committee - that means HB4073 (simple minor ban, which CASAA supported), and HB4115 (vaping=smoking, desired by ANTZ).
2) OH HB 144 simple minor ban (endorsed by CASAA) passes senate unanimously, passed house yesterday - ANTZ are not amused.
3) Clarified minor ban in CO ready for st. sen (out of committee).
4) Miami FL moves towards minor ban (all-but-passed).
The bad news: Sante Fe NM passes a vaping=smoking indoor and outdoor (25 feet from doorway) vaping ban (i.e. defines vaping as smoking). Cook Co. to ban vape shops w/i 500 ft. of schools and rec. areas (if history is any guide, these distance prohibitions will gradually increase - article in this space discussed issue in CA just last week).
Other news - NYC museum sponsors event on vaping; flap over French guest at state dinner w/ PV; Dr. Siegal publishes diatribe on tobacco control industry (see separate post).
Coverage: Taiwan, US States: NY, FL, PA, OH, KY, IL, TX, CO, NM, OR, CA
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(ECF's Info Zone) Art Happening Looks at E-Cigs - ECF InfoZone [Gary Cox on event at NYC's New Museum. "This is the ENDD (Electronic Nicotine Delivery Device): The E-Cigarette in Context a variety of performances, installations, talks, and goings-on that are certain to be of interest to vapers."]
(The SGlantz's blog) http://www.tobacco
.ucsf.edu/obama-allows-e-cigs-pollute-air-white-house-dinner [Glantz is apalled that vaping is (allegedly) permitted at the state dinner w/ Hollande. However it's not clear if this really is the policy, see: http://www.dailymail
.co.uk/news/article-2557654/No-light-White-House-French-guest-defies-smoking-ban-Obama-state-dinner.html ]
(US Nat'l retailer's assn site) http://www.csnews
.com/product-categories/tobacco/lorillard-reynolds-continue-e-cigarette-rollout [Junk-free report on Lorillard's and Reynold's expansion of PV sales]
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(Taipei Taiwan CNA TV) http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201402130039
.aspx [junk-free article explains that Taiwan's FDA is asking members of the public to report PV users, in an effort to track down the vendors who are supplying the banned devices. PVs are considered an "unregistered prohibited drug" in Taiwan.]
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(Miami FL US ind. radio) http://www.wiod
.com/articles/wiodam-local-news-122821/ecigarette-sales-could-go-up-in-12062777/ [Miami commission votes unanimously to ban sales of PVs to minors, ord. is not yet law, this is a "first reading." Junk-free. FL has a simple minor ban currently in the legis.]
***
(Harrisburg PA US local paper) http://www.pennlive
.com/midstate/index.ssf/2014/02/post_662.html [third in a five-part series asks whether flavors entice minors. Junky quotes from ANTZ, but overall balanced. PA is considering has a simple minor ban, which is still in cmte.]
(Harrisburg PA US local paper) http://www.pennlive
.com/midstate/index.ssf/2014/02/electronic_cigarettes_e-cigare_1.html [fouth in a five-part series tackles the Q of cessation. Surprise, there is no junk!]
(Waynesburg US PA college paper) http://www.heraldstandard
.com/yellow_jacket/university-will-discuss-e-cigarette-policy-this-summer/article_30890e2a-9426-11e3-a87f-0017a43b2370.html [Waynesburg currently bans all tobacco products - smokeless or otherwise, including PVs - *inside*. It's not clear if the intent here is to extend the prohibition to outdoor use. Some junk and writer seems to know little about PVs.]
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(Toledo OH US local paper) http://www.toledoblade
.com/State/2014/02/12/Ban-on-sale-of-electronic-cigarettes-to-minors-passes-Ohio-Senate.html [OH's simple minor ban (HB 144) is now ready for gov's signature, it's passed both chambers. Opposition by ALA & ACS fails. All articles junk-free ... also picked up by AP, see list of syndicated articles at end.]
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(Henderson KY US local CNN affiliate) http://www.tristatehomepage
.com/story/d/story/ky-governor-wants-tax-on-electronic-cigarettes/30539/MnlsCWQ3X0632YgHEzvHDQ [generic report on Gov. Beshear's support of the 20% wholesale tax proposal w/ some minor junk. Story doesn't mention that KY also has a higher tax proposal as well as a vaping=smoking bill. See CASAA call on KY: CASAA: Call to Action! Kentucky Bills to Ban E-Cigarette Usage & Impose Excessive Tax ]
***
(Chicago IL US local paper) http://www.chicagotribune
.com/news/politics/clout/chi-cook-county-looking-at-ecigarette-rules-20140212,0,864294.story [Cook Co. ord. introduced to put vaping supplies behind the counter (similar to analogs) and ban their sale w/i 500 feet of a school, playground, or child rec. center). This may be a harbinger of things to come.]
***
(El Paso TX US local paper) http://www.elpasotimes
.com/opinion/ci_25127031/states-can-keep-e-cigarettes-from-minors [junk-free editorial advocats for minor ban in TX; no TX vaping legislation has been passed or is pending as far as I know - PM me if you have info please.]
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(Denver CO US local paper) http://blogs.denverpost
.com/thespot/2014/02/12/colorado-senate-tobacco-dissolvables/105926/ [CO SB14-018 out of sen. cmte, ready for floor vote. Clarifies simple minor ban, article is junk-free. Here's the bill: http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics/CL...48A9A22387257C300006AE57?Open&file=018_01.pdf other local coverage (junk-free): http://www.greenfieldreporter
.com/view/story/58fab36e2a2049018ee7c2e1fb60642f/CO-XGR--Nicotine-Minors ]
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(SF NM US local paper) http://www.santafenewmexican
.com/news/health_and_science/council-puts-strict-limits-on-e-cigarettes/article_38fb2bc6-f246-5bd9-b02a-36a63f45a903.html [Junk-free article reports that SF passed both a simple minor ban (no opposition), and an extension to the city clean air act that defines vaping as smoking (vapers tried but failed to stop it). CASAA supports a simple minor ban in NM: CASAA: Call to Action New Mexico: URGENT! Support HB 15 Ban on Sales to Minors as Introduced with no Amendments]
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(Eugene OR US local paper) http://www.statesmanjournal
.com/article/20140213/NEWS/302130048/Legislative-roundup-E-cigarettes-OSH-assaults-vulnerable-adults-birthday-tours?nclick_check=1 [OR's SB4115 which would've extended the state clean air act to cover vaping has died in committee. Apparently so has the simple minor ban, HB4073 - but it's not clear why. (ANTZ opposition?). This means the battle will become local in OR. Other coverage in Portland's local paper, both articles are junk-free: http://www.oregonlive
.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/02/oregon_legislation_on_e-cigare.html and (behind a paywall) http://www.registerguard
.com/rg/news/local/31141863-75/state-cigarettes-debt-public-ban.html.csp and - AP story, which we'll see repeated tomorrow http://hosted2.ap
.org/ORBEN/b9c78830725e4646849871a247322f76/Article_2014-02-12-E-Cigarette%20Bills%20Fail/id-6293123bf8e44278b4c2968a037d8671#.Uvz7KM6tYs8
***
(Sac. CA US local NBC affiliate) http://www.kcra
.com/news/consumer-reports-big-tobacco-invests-in-ecigarettes/24430412 [Video report begins w/ success stores, but then quotes Lancet study to argue that they're ineffective as cessation. Then moves on to "concerns about minors" (due to flavors) and interviews Consumer Reports spokeswoman w/o identifying her, who helpfully advises viewers not to use vaping as a cessation tool. Surprisingly, this is only the third time I've seen the C-U junk propagated.]
***
Local and AP syndicated articles on OH:
http://www.daytondailynews
.com/news/news/local/ohio-may-be-e-cigarette-sales-to-minors/ndL6s/
http://www.ohio
.com/news/ohio-senate-oks-ban-on-e-cigarette-sales-to-kids-1.466250
http://www.adn
.com/2014/02/12/3321472/ohio-senate-to-consider-e-cigarettes.html
http://www.kansascity
.com/2014/02/12/4817929/ohio-senate-to-consider-e-cigarettes.html
http://www.seattlepi
.com/news/article/Ohio-bill-would-ban-sales-of-e-cigarettes-to-kids-5224294.php
http://www.sfgate
.com/news/article/Ohio-Senate-OKs-ban-on-e-cigarette-sales-to-kids-5228167.php
http://www.idahostatesman
.com/2014/02/12/3024238/ohio-senate-to-consider-e-cigarettes.html
http://www.islandpacket
.com/2014/02/12/2944076/ohio-senate-to-consider-e-cigarettes.html
http://www.mercedsunstar
.com/2014/02/12/3492023/ohio-senate-to-consider-e-cigarettes.html
http://www.morningjournalnews
.com/page/content.detail/id/456711/Ohio-Senate-OKs-ban-on-e-cigarette-sales-to-kids.html?isap=1&nav=5020
A generally good news day:
1) Both OR bills die in committee - that means HB4073 (simple minor ban, which CASAA supported), and HB4115 (vaping=smoking, desired by ANTZ).
2) OH HB 144 simple minor ban (endorsed by CASAA) passes senate unanimously, passed house yesterday - ANTZ are not amused.
3) Clarified minor ban in CO ready for st. sen (out of committee).
4) Miami FL moves towards minor ban (all-but-passed).
The bad news: Sante Fe NM passes a vaping=smoking indoor and outdoor (25 feet from doorway) vaping ban (i.e. defines vaping as smoking). Cook Co. to ban vape shops w/i 500 ft. of schools and rec. areas (if history is any guide, these distance prohibitions will gradually increase - article in this space discussed issue in CA just last week).
Other news - NYC museum sponsors event on vaping; flap over French guest at state dinner w/ PV; Dr. Siegal publishes diatribe on tobacco control industry (see separate post).
Coverage: Taiwan, US States: NY, FL, PA, OH, KY, IL, TX, CO, NM, OR, CA
***
(ECF's Info Zone) Art Happening Looks at E-Cigs - ECF InfoZone [Gary Cox on event at NYC's New Museum. "This is the ENDD (Electronic Nicotine Delivery Device): The E-Cigarette in Context a variety of performances, installations, talks, and goings-on that are certain to be of interest to vapers."]
(The SGlantz's blog) http://www.tobacco
.ucsf.edu/obama-allows-e-cigs-pollute-air-white-house-dinner [Glantz is apalled that vaping is (allegedly) permitted at the state dinner w/ Hollande. However it's not clear if this really is the policy, see: http://www.dailymail
.co.uk/news/article-2557654/No-light-White-House-French-guest-defies-smoking-ban-Obama-state-dinner.html ]
(US Nat'l retailer's assn site) http://www.csnews
.com/product-categories/tobacco/lorillard-reynolds-continue-e-cigarette-rollout [Junk-free report on Lorillard's and Reynold's expansion of PV sales]
***
(Taipei Taiwan CNA TV) http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201402130039
.aspx [junk-free article explains that Taiwan's FDA is asking members of the public to report PV users, in an effort to track down the vendors who are supplying the banned devices. PVs are considered an "unregistered prohibited drug" in Taiwan.]
***
(Miami FL US ind. radio) http://www.wiod
.com/articles/wiodam-local-news-122821/ecigarette-sales-could-go-up-in-12062777/ [Miami commission votes unanimously to ban sales of PVs to minors, ord. is not yet law, this is a "first reading." Junk-free. FL has a simple minor ban currently in the legis.]
***
(Harrisburg PA US local paper) http://www.pennlive
.com/midstate/index.ssf/2014/02/post_662.html [third in a five-part series asks whether flavors entice minors. Junky quotes from ANTZ, but overall balanced. PA is considering has a simple minor ban, which is still in cmte.]
(Harrisburg PA US local paper) http://www.pennlive
.com/midstate/index.ssf/2014/02/electronic_cigarettes_e-cigare_1.html [fouth in a five-part series tackles the Q of cessation. Surprise, there is no junk!]
(Waynesburg US PA college paper) http://www.heraldstandard
.com/yellow_jacket/university-will-discuss-e-cigarette-policy-this-summer/article_30890e2a-9426-11e3-a87f-0017a43b2370.html [Waynesburg currently bans all tobacco products - smokeless or otherwise, including PVs - *inside*. It's not clear if the intent here is to extend the prohibition to outdoor use. Some junk and writer seems to know little about PVs.]
***
(Toledo OH US local paper) http://www.toledoblade
.com/State/2014/02/12/Ban-on-sale-of-electronic-cigarettes-to-minors-passes-Ohio-Senate.html [OH's simple minor ban (HB 144) is now ready for gov's signature, it's passed both chambers. Opposition by ALA & ACS fails. All articles junk-free ... also picked up by AP, see list of syndicated articles at end.]
***
(Henderson KY US local CNN affiliate) http://www.tristatehomepage
.com/story/d/story/ky-governor-wants-tax-on-electronic-cigarettes/30539/MnlsCWQ3X0632YgHEzvHDQ [generic report on Gov. Beshear's support of the 20% wholesale tax proposal w/ some minor junk. Story doesn't mention that KY also has a higher tax proposal as well as a vaping=smoking bill. See CASAA call on KY: CASAA: Call to Action! Kentucky Bills to Ban E-Cigarette Usage & Impose Excessive Tax ]
***
(Chicago IL US local paper) http://www.chicagotribune
.com/news/politics/clout/chi-cook-county-looking-at-ecigarette-rules-20140212,0,864294.story [Cook Co. ord. introduced to put vaping supplies behind the counter (similar to analogs) and ban their sale w/i 500 feet of a school, playground, or child rec. center). This may be a harbinger of things to come.]
***
(El Paso TX US local paper) http://www.elpasotimes
.com/opinion/ci_25127031/states-can-keep-e-cigarettes-from-minors [junk-free editorial advocats for minor ban in TX; no TX vaping legislation has been passed or is pending as far as I know - PM me if you have info please.]
***
(Denver CO US local paper) http://blogs.denverpost
.com/thespot/2014/02/12/colorado-senate-tobacco-dissolvables/105926/ [CO SB14-018 out of sen. cmte, ready for floor vote. Clarifies simple minor ban, article is junk-free. Here's the bill: http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics/CL...48A9A22387257C300006AE57?Open&file=018_01.pdf other local coverage (junk-free): http://www.greenfieldreporter
.com/view/story/58fab36e2a2049018ee7c2e1fb60642f/CO-XGR--Nicotine-Minors ]
***
(SF NM US local paper) http://www.santafenewmexican
.com/news/health_and_science/council-puts-strict-limits-on-e-cigarettes/article_38fb2bc6-f246-5bd9-b02a-36a63f45a903.html [Junk-free article reports that SF passed both a simple minor ban (no opposition), and an extension to the city clean air act that defines vaping as smoking (vapers tried but failed to stop it). CASAA supports a simple minor ban in NM: CASAA: Call to Action New Mexico: URGENT! Support HB 15 Ban on Sales to Minors as Introduced with no Amendments]
***
(Eugene OR US local paper) http://www.statesmanjournal
.com/article/20140213/NEWS/302130048/Legislative-roundup-E-cigarettes-OSH-assaults-vulnerable-adults-birthday-tours?nclick_check=1 [OR's SB4115 which would've extended the state clean air act to cover vaping has died in committee. Apparently so has the simple minor ban, HB4073 - but it's not clear why. (ANTZ opposition?). This means the battle will become local in OR. Other coverage in Portland's local paper, both articles are junk-free: http://www.oregonlive
.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/02/oregon_legislation_on_e-cigare.html and (behind a paywall) http://www.registerguard
.com/rg/news/local/31141863-75/state-cigarettes-debt-public-ban.html.csp and - AP story, which we'll see repeated tomorrow http://hosted2.ap
.org/ORBEN/b9c78830725e4646849871a247322f76/Article_2014-02-12-E-Cigarette%20Bills%20Fail/id-6293123bf8e44278b4c2968a037d8671#.Uvz7KM6tYs8
***
(Sac. CA US local NBC affiliate) http://www.kcra
.com/news/consumer-reports-big-tobacco-invests-in-ecigarettes/24430412 [Video report begins w/ success stores, but then quotes Lancet study to argue that they're ineffective as cessation. Then moves on to "concerns about minors" (due to flavors) and interviews Consumer Reports spokeswoman w/o identifying her, who helpfully advises viewers not to use vaping as a cessation tool. Surprisingly, this is only the third time I've seen the C-U junk propagated.]
***
Local and AP syndicated articles on OH:
http://www.daytondailynews
.com/news/news/local/ohio-may-be-e-cigarette-sales-to-minors/ndL6s/
http://www.ohio
.com/news/ohio-senate-oks-ban-on-e-cigarette-sales-to-kids-1.466250
http://www.adn
.com/2014/02/12/3321472/ohio-senate-to-consider-e-cigarettes.html
http://www.kansascity
.com/2014/02/12/4817929/ohio-senate-to-consider-e-cigarettes.html
http://www.seattlepi
.com/news/article/Ohio-bill-would-ban-sales-of-e-cigarettes-to-kids-5224294.php
http://www.sfgate
.com/news/article/Ohio-Senate-OKs-ban-on-e-cigarette-sales-to-kids-5228167.php
http://www.idahostatesman
.com/2014/02/12/3024238/ohio-senate-to-consider-e-cigarettes.html
http://www.islandpacket
.com/2014/02/12/2944076/ohio-senate-to-consider-e-cigarettes.html
http://www.mercedsunstar
.com/2014/02/12/3492023/ohio-senate-to-consider-e-cigarettes.html
http://www.morningjournalnews
.com/page/content.detail/id/456711/Ohio-Senate-OKs-ban-on-e-cigarette-sales-to-kids.html?isap=1&nav=5020
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