1/22/14 morning: ON Canada (Tor. & London), Holland MI (Gr. Rapids area) & McAllen Tx (Corp. Christi area) US

[Roger_Lafayette]

The situation in Canada might be thawing a bit:

"We have never seen any product, nicotine-replacement therapy product, that has generated so much interest on behalf of the smokers ... This is so amazing," said François Damphousse, a researcher with the Non-smokers Rights Association, one of Canada’s most influential tobacco-control organizations.

"What you should do is permit it on the market and inform the public -- ‘If you have to make a choice because you’re addicted, go for the safer product.’"

(This is a very far cry indeed from the American Smoker's Rights orgs. Quote comes from Ca's national post which I believe is based in Tor.: http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/0...anti-smoking-advocates-call-for-legalization/

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A less interesting but not horrible London (ON, Canada) article: The burning question: Are e-cigarettes bad for you? | Metro

Canadians who haven't seen this VPLive vape Team YT vid might also check it out (it's almost a year old, but is still accurate as far as I can tell): VPLive Vape Team Episode #59: Nicotine and Canada... The Truth - YouTube (Canadian segment begins at 22:15).

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Corpus Christi/RG Valley (TX, USA) area - McAllen's The Monitor Editorial (I broke the link mainly because the authors suffer from the usual ignorant inability to distinguish PVDs and tobacco cigarettes): www . themonitor . com/opinion/the_monitor_view/article_81df8034-82f5-11e3-81b9-001a4bcf6878.html

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Gr. Rapids (MI, USA) area - Holland state sen. proposes ban on sales to minors (there's no indication here that the legislation would do more, and there appears to be no junk science): Proposal would ban e-cigarette sales to minors | wzzm13.com