February 26, 2012 – 6:44 pm
While e-cigarette bans and restrictive regulations have been big news in the U.S. in recent months, the U.K. has heretofore been more sensible in its view of vaping. Now comes word that Standard Life, one of Scotland’s biggest employers, has outlawed the use of e-cigs in its offices. The company, when challenged, has pointed to [...]
February 10, 2012 – 11:42 pm
The State of Hawaii recently introduced bills in both houses of the legislature which would tax e-cigarettes at the same 70 percent tax on sales as are currently levied against tobacco cigarettes and other tobacco products. The stated aims of both bills are to discourage sales to minors—but also it is suspected to bolster state [...]
February 9, 2012 – 11:42 pm
The Idaho State Legislature voted last week to ban the sales of e-cigarettes to minors in a 68-0 vote. The state already had a law in place banning the sales of tobacco cigarettes and tobacco products to minors, but the wording of the law did not specifically include nicotine delivery devices such as the e-cigarette, [...]
February 4, 2012 – 6:49 pm
As reported recently in Business week, e-cigarettes are fast replacing the tobacco cigarette as the old standard of the epitome of “cool”. Aided by high profile folk who have been spotted vaping, such as Katherine Heigl, Jeremy Piven, Britney Spears, Leonardo DiCaprio, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Kate Moss; and those extolling the virtues to the point [...]
February 3, 2012 – 6:45 pm
Recently Doctor Chris Steele, the U.K.’s resident medical expert came out with a well timed endorsement of e cigarettes on the network’s “This Morning” show. Seen by millions of viewers daily, this is an important milestone reached by the e-cig industry. Steele, who has run a smoking cessation clinic for over 30 years began his [...]