Are E-Cigs Too Easy for Kids to Get?
The electronic cigarette industry is a growing and productive part of the smokers world. With new and challenging smoking bans being presented in every public place from restaurants and bars, to casinos and sporting arenas, smokers have virtually no where to take a drag. Since the inception of the electronic cigarette, smokers have been able to find and regain freedom that they once had. Unfortunately those who oppose electronic cigarette use (such as the FDA), continue to make claims that electronic cigarettes are not only dangerous but also targeted toward teens and young adults.
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Judgement Withheld in New York Tribal Tax Dispute
A federal judge has temporarily held his decision regarding sales taxes on cigarettes in New York Indian reservations. Instead, he has chosen to await the results of a pending court case that should be settled this week. The judge said that he would first like to see what happens in the case and then he will consider necessary decisions for the tribal communities. Tribal land was to begin the initiation of new cigarette taxes this week. Gov. David A. Paterson is now vowing to collect the same $5.35 tax on cigarettes that he is currently taxing on all tobacco sales in the state of New York. In an attempt to increase revenue for a fledgling economy, the governor, along with the state attorney general have presented the case, to hopefully get what they want. Residents of New York are already paying over $11 for a pack of cigarettes.
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FDA Releases List of More Dangerous Chemicals
For those who smoke, it is common knowledge that cigarettes contain tar, nicotine and other carcinogens that can cause cancer. If you look around, you’ll find lots of long lists– compiled by virtually every health care industry in the world that sites the myriad of toxic chemicals found in cigarettes. Now, the FDA is unleashing a new list of chemicals. These chemicals, are in addition to those already included in the lengthy tabulations of toxic compounds known to be in tobacco products. These products are being called ” harmful or potentially harmful” and the list contains nearly 100 chemicals that are found either in the tobacco products themselves or in their smoke.
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Electronic Cigarette Tug-of-War Continues
In an August article from the Wall Street Journal, the battle between the FDA and electronic cigarette retailers across the country is brought to light. The financial and political struggle that these products have faced has brought about both concern and hope for the smoking world. On one side, we have the FDA–who continues to seize shipments of electronic cigarettes from China in an attempt to control their use in the U.S. On the other hand, we have thousands of Americans and others around the world who have found their only hope in the electronic cigarette, either for smoking cessation or a change from traditional tobacco products. The fate of what is now a growing industry, estimated at $100 million in annual sales and climbing, hinges on oral arguments that are headed for appellate court in Washington D.C. next month.
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Nicotine Linked to Breast Cancer
We have known for a long time that the toxic chemicals and carcinogens that are found in cigarettes as well as their smoke have been linked to cancer and other health conditions throughout the human body. Until now, the actual study of nicotine itself and its effect on the body was thought to be minimal. It is this study out from a medical center in Taiwan and published in a prominent cancer journal, researchers are finding a link between nicotine use and an increased risk for breast cancer.
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“Inn” Your Face Smoking Fines
For the majority of those who have had a smoking ban initiated in their area–and that is pretty much everyone in the country–we all follow the rules. No smoking here…you’re too close there…everyone does as requested and we all get along fine. Well, not the Suburban Inn located in Middleburgh Heights Ohio. Now, don’t all you smokers fire up the Winebago and make tracks for Ohio just yet…the Inn, has decided to give a big “in your face” to Ohio smoking bans and allow the practice to continue on the premises. The inn has accrued (since 2007) a whopping and hilarious 49,000 in fines that they refuse to pay.
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Santa Cruz Elderly to Face Eviction
I guess it just goes to show that smoking bans, and those who create them don’t care if you’re young or old, if you’re black or white, or even where you live. According to a recent article in the Santa Cruz Sentinel paper, residents of the San Marino Park Apartments have 90 days to quit smoking or face eviction. Of course many of the seniors have been smoking since they were teenagers, so if you can imagine having a packet a habit for 75 years, and you are 90 –stopping is less than appealing.
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E-Cig Use Banned On Central Michigan Campus
Poor Central Michigan University students–they are just one of many educational institutions with uneducated faculty and staff. Colleges across the country have initiated smoking bans that will prevent the use of cigarettes, pipes, or other tobacco products by student staff and faculty. This is no new news, and everybody jumped on the bandwagon. Unfortunately, I’m now finding that along with traditional cigarettes, e-cigs are also being banned. Central Michigan University is now banning the use of electronic cigarettes on campus, citing that they are waiting for the FDA to approve first. This really makes me laugh, and it makes me sad at the same time. Because electronic cigarettes are nothing like traditional tobacco products, and if we are waiting on the FDA to approve them before use, we will be waiting a really long time.
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The Safe Cig Launches New and Improved Affiliate Program
With the launch of our new and updated affiliate program (starting today), I would like to take this opportunity to share this easy and fun way to make money and share your love of The Safe Cig. We have been working hard to update the program and make it easy for you to earn money while sharing our products–and we are ready to start. Thank goodness signing up is free–that’s right–I said free. No upfront cost to you at all, so you may want to consider all the benefits that are in it for you. My mom wouldn’t let me sell anything growing up…not even a candy bar in second grade. But this is by far the best way to sell product and make money and its totally low-pressure/high benefit.
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Smoking Bans Mean Drops in School Funding
For Michigan residents, the smoking ban could be hurting more than just local businesses. While numbers have not been clearly indicated as of yet, an article out this month shows that local Michigan schools could lose as much as $10 million in annual funding thanks to drops in lottery sales, and critics are pinning the drop on smoking bans. A workplace smoking ban took effect on May 1 and with the exception of some Detroit casinos and special smoking clubs, lighting up is now banned in all bars and restaurants throughout the state.
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