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1) CASAA Calls on LA CA (vaping = smoking), MD (ditto).
2) SD CA councilman proposes vaping=smoking ord.
3) MN's simple minor ban HB 15 passes house.
4) M&As in the vaping industry; Lorillard downgraded by industry analyst due to PV sales unknowns.
5) UT SB 12 presently dormant.
6) Solana Beach CA passes vaping=smoking ord., Fremont CA passes B&M moratorium.
7) Minor sales bans coming in ND: Bismark & Willison.
Coverage: Taiwan, India, US States: MA; RI; CT; MD; FL; OH; ND; UT; NM; WA; CA.
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(CASAA Call on LA CA) CASAA: Call to to Action: Los Angeles E-Cigarette Usage Ban Hearing to be held Feb 24 on vaping=smoking ban - i.e. bans vaping outside as well as inside, wherever analogs are banned.
(CASAA Call on MD) CASAA: Call to Action: Maryland E-Cigarette Usage Ban HB 1291 would define vaping as smoking for purposes of the Indoor Clean Air Act. Hearing set for 3/5/14.
(CASAA Call on UT temporarily? cancelled) CASAA: Call to Action! Utah Online Sales Ban (Effectively Would Make It Illegal for Utah Residents to Purchase Online) SB 12 which would ban on-line sales isn't going to be presented/discussed at the moment. UT vapers pls. watch the legislation forum and/or your email.
(ECF's Infozone) Little not-Tobacco Socks Big Tobacco Back! - ECF InfoZone Gary Cox on M&As within the "clean hands" vaping industry. Finally we have some co.s that are large enough to compete with BT.
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(Taipei Taiwan local paper) http://www.chinapost
.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2014/02/14/400552/FDA-sees.htm More on the CNA story yesterday about the Taiwan FDA's search to locate vapers who can tell them where they got their PVs. Story tries to assuage vapers that they are under no personal legal threat from Taiwan's ban on vaping as a prohibited uncontrolled drug delivery device. No junk.
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(India nat'l news cite) http://health.india
.com/diseases-conditions/are-electronic-cigarettes-actually-safe-for-you-n214/ Interview w/ local ANTZ is chock-full of junk, including FDA '09 study. Vaping isn't presently regulated in India.
(Pune MH India - local amalgum site for Times of India) http://www.punemirror
.in/article/2/2014021420140214103839906c871cfa5/Nicotine-gum-is-new-high-in-face-of-tobacco-ban-.html Story characterizes nicotine chewing gum as a "new high". This is the first article that I've seen anywhere in the world that warns about nicotine gum.
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(Yahoo Finance - nat'l US business) http://finance.yahoo
.com/news/jefferies-downgrades-lorillard-underwhelming-e-205057830.html Analyst downgrades Lorillard in part due to uncertainties in the vaping market. Straight junk-free business reporting.
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(Amity MA US) http://www.amityobserver
.com/6504/vapor-from-an-e-cigarette-triggers-fire-alarm-at-high-school/ Story describes how three HS students triggered a school fire alarm by vaping in a bathroom. I wouldn't normally list something like this, but it's the first report ever that I've seen of its kind. No junk. Students were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.
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(Re: RI US, from Nat'l Ctr. For Public Policy Research - US conservative think tank) Revenue-Hungry Rhode Island Seeks 80% Tax on Lifesaving E-Cigarettes | The Lund Report Report on Jeff Stier's testimony for the RI legislature in opposition to Gov. Chaffree's proposal for an 80% tax on the wholesale price. RI is under threat, see yellow banner above. There's a link to a copy of Stier's testimony but it 404s on me.
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(New Haven CT US local paper) http://www.nhregister
.com/opinion/20140213/editorial-e-cigarettes-ok-for-adults-not-children Reprints a relatively junk-free editorial from a NM paper which supports NM's HB 15 (simple minor ban: see other story today). It looks like CT currently has no reg.s on vaping? Last year there was a CASAA call out on CT's SB 990 - if anyone knows what happened to this bill, please PM me.
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(Harrisburg PA local paper) http://www.pennlive
.com/midstate/index.ssf/2014/02/electronic_cigarettes_e-cigare_2.html Yet another entry in the Patriot-News' series on vaping. Discusses indoor vaping policy in the area. These stories tend to have incendiary anti-vaping headlines, but generally don't contain huge amounts of junk (by comparison to most mainstream media articles). I can't find any in this one.
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(Miami FL US local paper) http://www.miamiherald
.com/2014/02/13/3933285/miami-moves-to-ban-sale-of-e-cigarettes.html More coverage on Miami City Comm'ns unanimous vote to approve a simple minor ban on a "first reading." (It's not final yet.) Read between the lines in the story, and you get the idea that the ANTZ are advocating for a general ord. that would treat vaping as smoking for all purposes. Some junk. See more stories below at end.
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(Columbus OH US NBC affiliate) http://www.nbc4i
.com/story/24717500/nbc4-investigates-hazards-of-e-cigarettes Alarmist junky story on child poisoning potential from PVs. Contains some material from CASAA VP C.V. Phillips. Coverage of OH's passage of HB 144 - a simple minor ban which is now ready for Gov's sig. is at end.
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(Bismark ND US - AP story) http://www.therepublic
.com/view/story/a39c408bf35447ea8120924c94937301/ND--E-cigarettes-Minors Bismark passes a simple minor ban. Willison ND is apparently next. ND defines vaping as smoking for purposes of its clean air laws but apparently has no statewide minor ban. No junk, this is straight reporting.
(Wiliston ND US - local paper) http://www.willistonherald
.com/news/city-moves-to-ban-e-cigarettes-for-minors/article_9769aa48-94c9-11e3-aa41-001a4bcf887a.html More detailed story on Williston, with some junk re: minor use.
(Fargo ND ABC affiliate) http://www.wday
.com/event/article/id/93446/ Vape store opens in Fargo. Local ANTZ quoted as saying that vaping "hasn't proven to be a safe alternative to smoking."
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(Albuquerque NM US local paper) http://www.abqjournal
.com/352757/news/santa-fe-limits-ecigarettes.html Report on SF's ord.s that an the sale of minors and define vaping as smoking for purposes of the indoor clean air ordinance (both passed unanimously yesterday). No junk, but what's fascinating is that the sponsor argued that both ord.s were nec'y to protect children.
(NM US - AP story) http://www.greenfieldreporter
.com/view/story/288e6deed1434bb1b057020151a4dbc6/NM-XGR--Electronic-Cigarettes HB 15, NM's simple minor ban passes house w/o no ammendment. No junk. CASAA supports: CASAA: Call to Action New Mexico: URGENT! Support HB 15 Ban on Sales to Minors as Introduced with no Amendments
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(Spokane WA US local paper) http://www.spokesman
.com/stories/2014/feb/12/shawn-vestal-raiding-of-tobacco-prevention-fund/ I don't usually post articles which don't mention vaping in this space, but I made an exception for this largely junk-free editorial which bemoans the raiding of the '98 Master Settleman Agreement funds for other purposes. Writer discusses the situation in WA.
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(San Jose CA local paper) http://www.mercurynews
.com/fremont/ci_25137399/fremont-council-issues-moratorium-e-cigarette-stores-45 Story cites Fremont City Council's decision to issue 45-day moratorium on new vape store licenses. Chock-full of junk on minor alarmism, FDA '09 study cited. City Councilperson argues that neighboring cities have passed moratoriums on vape stores, so Fremont has to do the same in order to prevent them from moving.
(Stockton CA US local paper) http://www.recordnet
.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140212/A_OPINION02/402120313/-1/A_OPINION This ANTZ-written 100% junk-content letter to the ed. calls for a response from anyone who lives in CA. The title is "e-cigarettes are the same as cigarettes."
(SD CA US ABC Affiliate) http://www.10news
.com/news/san-diego-councilman-mark-kersey-proposals-to-regulate-e-cigarettes-021314 SD city councilperson Mark Kersey proposes that vaping be regulated as smoking - including an outdoor use ban in parks, etc. Justifications listed are: (1) gateway argument for both adults and minors; (2) safety of both vapers and bystandards. Junk in article comes from councilperson's quotes.
(Solana Beach CA US local paper) http://www.delmartimes
.net/2014/02/13/solana-beach-city-council-prohibits-e-cigarette-use/ City Council ammends local clean air ord. to define vaping as smoking; requires same retail licensing for stores that sell PVs. Some opposition. Article is chock-full of junky ACS quotes, minor alarmism etc.
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More coverage of SD CA Councilperson Mark Kersey's proposed ord. to treat vaping as smoking for purposes of the indoor clean air ord. Many of the articles contain junk other than Kersey's quotes:
http://www.kpbs
.org/news/2014/feb/13/san-diego-councilman-proposes-regulations-e-cigare/
http://www.pomeradonews
.com/2014/02/13/kersey-proposes-san-diego-regulate-e-cigarettes/
http://www.nbcsandiego
.com/news/local/Councilman-Proposes-E-Cigarette-Ban-in-San-Diego-245449501.html
http://fox5sandiego
.com/2014/02/13/councilman-wants-to-curb-e-cigarette-use/
http://www.sandiego6
.com/story/councilman-proposes-that-san-diego-implement-e-cigarette-regulations-20140213
http://lajolla.patch
.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/sd-councilman-proposes-regulations-on-ecigarettes
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More coverage of OH vote yesterday on a simple minor sales ban (passed both houses). Some of the non-AP articles contain junk in quotes by legislators opposed to the ban, because it puts vaping in a separate category. ANTZ had opposed ban on the grounds that they wanted vaping to be regulated in the same way as analogs:
http://www.ideastream
.org/news/feature/lawmakers-approve-ban-on-e-cigarettes-for-kids-but-not-without-controversy
http://wcbe
.org/post/ohio-senate-approves-ban-selling-e-cigs-minors
http://www.sanduskyregister
.com/article/ohio/5294171
***
More coverage of the Miami City Comm'ns preliminary endorsement of a simple minor ban. Some minor gateway junk in these stories.
http://www.nbcmiami
.com/news/Miami-Commissioners-Consider-Ban-on-E-Cigarette-Sales-to-Minors-245390741.html
1) CASAA Calls on LA CA (vaping = smoking), MD (ditto).
2) SD CA councilman proposes vaping=smoking ord.
3) MN's simple minor ban HB 15 passes house.
4) M&As in the vaping industry; Lorillard downgraded by industry analyst due to PV sales unknowns.
5) UT SB 12 presently dormant.
6) Solana Beach CA passes vaping=smoking ord., Fremont CA passes B&M moratorium.
7) Minor sales bans coming in ND: Bismark & Willison.
Coverage: Taiwan, India, US States: MA; RI; CT; MD; FL; OH; ND; UT; NM; WA; CA.
***
(CASAA Call on LA CA) CASAA: Call to to Action: Los Angeles E-Cigarette Usage Ban Hearing to be held Feb 24 on vaping=smoking ban - i.e. bans vaping outside as well as inside, wherever analogs are banned.
(CASAA Call on MD) CASAA: Call to Action: Maryland E-Cigarette Usage Ban HB 1291 would define vaping as smoking for purposes of the Indoor Clean Air Act. Hearing set for 3/5/14.
(CASAA Call on UT temporarily? cancelled) CASAA: Call to Action! Utah Online Sales Ban (Effectively Would Make It Illegal for Utah Residents to Purchase Online) SB 12 which would ban on-line sales isn't going to be presented/discussed at the moment. UT vapers pls. watch the legislation forum and/or your email.
(ECF's Infozone) Little not-Tobacco Socks Big Tobacco Back! - ECF InfoZone Gary Cox on M&As within the "clean hands" vaping industry. Finally we have some co.s that are large enough to compete with BT.
***
(Taipei Taiwan local paper) http://www.chinapost
.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2014/02/14/400552/FDA-sees.htm More on the CNA story yesterday about the Taiwan FDA's search to locate vapers who can tell them where they got their PVs. Story tries to assuage vapers that they are under no personal legal threat from Taiwan's ban on vaping as a prohibited uncontrolled drug delivery device. No junk.
***
(India nat'l news cite) http://health.india
.com/diseases-conditions/are-electronic-cigarettes-actually-safe-for-you-n214/ Interview w/ local ANTZ is chock-full of junk, including FDA '09 study. Vaping isn't presently regulated in India.
(Pune MH India - local amalgum site for Times of India) http://www.punemirror
.in/article/2/2014021420140214103839906c871cfa5/Nicotine-gum-is-new-high-in-face-of-tobacco-ban-.html Story characterizes nicotine chewing gum as a "new high". This is the first article that I've seen anywhere in the world that warns about nicotine gum.
***
(Yahoo Finance - nat'l US business) http://finance.yahoo
.com/news/jefferies-downgrades-lorillard-underwhelming-e-205057830.html Analyst downgrades Lorillard in part due to uncertainties in the vaping market. Straight junk-free business reporting.
***
(Amity MA US) http://www.amityobserver
.com/6504/vapor-from-an-e-cigarette-triggers-fire-alarm-at-high-school/ Story describes how three HS students triggered a school fire alarm by vaping in a bathroom. I wouldn't normally list something like this, but it's the first report ever that I've seen of its kind. No junk. Students were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.
***
(Re: RI US, from Nat'l Ctr. For Public Policy Research - US conservative think tank) Revenue-Hungry Rhode Island Seeks 80% Tax on Lifesaving E-Cigarettes | The Lund Report Report on Jeff Stier's testimony for the RI legislature in opposition to Gov. Chaffree's proposal for an 80% tax on the wholesale price. RI is under threat, see yellow banner above. There's a link to a copy of Stier's testimony but it 404s on me.
***
(New Haven CT US local paper) http://www.nhregister
.com/opinion/20140213/editorial-e-cigarettes-ok-for-adults-not-children Reprints a relatively junk-free editorial from a NM paper which supports NM's HB 15 (simple minor ban: see other story today). It looks like CT currently has no reg.s on vaping? Last year there was a CASAA call out on CT's SB 990 - if anyone knows what happened to this bill, please PM me.
***
(Harrisburg PA local paper) http://www.pennlive
.com/midstate/index.ssf/2014/02/electronic_cigarettes_e-cigare_2.html Yet another entry in the Patriot-News' series on vaping. Discusses indoor vaping policy in the area. These stories tend to have incendiary anti-vaping headlines, but generally don't contain huge amounts of junk (by comparison to most mainstream media articles). I can't find any in this one.
***
(Miami FL US local paper) http://www.miamiherald
.com/2014/02/13/3933285/miami-moves-to-ban-sale-of-e-cigarettes.html More coverage on Miami City Comm'ns unanimous vote to approve a simple minor ban on a "first reading." (It's not final yet.) Read between the lines in the story, and you get the idea that the ANTZ are advocating for a general ord. that would treat vaping as smoking for all purposes. Some junk. See more stories below at end.
***
(Columbus OH US NBC affiliate) http://www.nbc4i
.com/story/24717500/nbc4-investigates-hazards-of-e-cigarettes Alarmist junky story on child poisoning potential from PVs. Contains some material from CASAA VP C.V. Phillips. Coverage of OH's passage of HB 144 - a simple minor ban which is now ready for Gov's sig. is at end.
***
(Bismark ND US - AP story) http://www.therepublic
.com/view/story/a39c408bf35447ea8120924c94937301/ND--E-cigarettes-Minors Bismark passes a simple minor ban. Willison ND is apparently next. ND defines vaping as smoking for purposes of its clean air laws but apparently has no statewide minor ban. No junk, this is straight reporting.
(Wiliston ND US - local paper) http://www.willistonherald
.com/news/city-moves-to-ban-e-cigarettes-for-minors/article_9769aa48-94c9-11e3-aa41-001a4bcf887a.html More detailed story on Williston, with some junk re: minor use.
(Fargo ND ABC affiliate) http://www.wday
.com/event/article/id/93446/ Vape store opens in Fargo. Local ANTZ quoted as saying that vaping "hasn't proven to be a safe alternative to smoking."
***
(Albuquerque NM US local paper) http://www.abqjournal
.com/352757/news/santa-fe-limits-ecigarettes.html Report on SF's ord.s that an the sale of minors and define vaping as smoking for purposes of the indoor clean air ordinance (both passed unanimously yesterday). No junk, but what's fascinating is that the sponsor argued that both ord.s were nec'y to protect children.
(NM US - AP story) http://www.greenfieldreporter
.com/view/story/288e6deed1434bb1b057020151a4dbc6/NM-XGR--Electronic-Cigarettes HB 15, NM's simple minor ban passes house w/o no ammendment. No junk. CASAA supports: CASAA: Call to Action New Mexico: URGENT! Support HB 15 Ban on Sales to Minors as Introduced with no Amendments
***
(Spokane WA US local paper) http://www.spokesman
.com/stories/2014/feb/12/shawn-vestal-raiding-of-tobacco-prevention-fund/ I don't usually post articles which don't mention vaping in this space, but I made an exception for this largely junk-free editorial which bemoans the raiding of the '98 Master Settleman Agreement funds for other purposes. Writer discusses the situation in WA.
***
(San Jose CA local paper) http://www.mercurynews
.com/fremont/ci_25137399/fremont-council-issues-moratorium-e-cigarette-stores-45 Story cites Fremont City Council's decision to issue 45-day moratorium on new vape store licenses. Chock-full of junk on minor alarmism, FDA '09 study cited. City Councilperson argues that neighboring cities have passed moratoriums on vape stores, so Fremont has to do the same in order to prevent them from moving.
(Stockton CA US local paper) http://www.recordnet
.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140212/A_OPINION02/402120313/-1/A_OPINION This ANTZ-written 100% junk-content letter to the ed. calls for a response from anyone who lives in CA. The title is "e-cigarettes are the same as cigarettes."
(SD CA US ABC Affiliate) http://www.10news
.com/news/san-diego-councilman-mark-kersey-proposals-to-regulate-e-cigarettes-021314 SD city councilperson Mark Kersey proposes that vaping be regulated as smoking - including an outdoor use ban in parks, etc. Justifications listed are: (1) gateway argument for both adults and minors; (2) safety of both vapers and bystandards. Junk in article comes from councilperson's quotes.
(Solana Beach CA US local paper) http://www.delmartimes
.net/2014/02/13/solana-beach-city-council-prohibits-e-cigarette-use/ City Council ammends local clean air ord. to define vaping as smoking; requires same retail licensing for stores that sell PVs. Some opposition. Article is chock-full of junky ACS quotes, minor alarmism etc.
***
More coverage of SD CA Councilperson Mark Kersey's proposed ord. to treat vaping as smoking for purposes of the indoor clean air ord. Many of the articles contain junk other than Kersey's quotes:
http://www.kpbs
.org/news/2014/feb/13/san-diego-councilman-proposes-regulations-e-cigare/
http://www.pomeradonews
.com/2014/02/13/kersey-proposes-san-diego-regulate-e-cigarettes/
http://www.nbcsandiego
.com/news/local/Councilman-Proposes-E-Cigarette-Ban-in-San-Diego-245449501.html
http://fox5sandiego
.com/2014/02/13/councilman-wants-to-curb-e-cigarette-use/
http://www.sandiego6
.com/story/councilman-proposes-that-san-diego-implement-e-cigarette-regulations-20140213
http://lajolla.patch
.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/sd-councilman-proposes-regulations-on-ecigarettes
***
More coverage of OH vote yesterday on a simple minor sales ban (passed both houses). Some of the non-AP articles contain junk in quotes by legislators opposed to the ban, because it puts vaping in a separate category. ANTZ had opposed ban on the grounds that they wanted vaping to be regulated in the same way as analogs:
http://www.ideastream
.org/news/feature/lawmakers-approve-ban-on-e-cigarettes-for-kids-but-not-without-controversy
http://wcbe
.org/post/ohio-senate-approves-ban-selling-e-cigs-minors
http://www.sanduskyregister
.com/article/ohio/5294171
***
More coverage of the Miami City Comm'ns preliminary endorsement of a simple minor ban. Some minor gateway junk in these stories.
http://www.nbcmiami
.com/news/Miami-Commissioners-Consider-Ban-on-E-Cigarette-Sales-to-Minors-245390741.html
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