Wednesday, January 28, 2015

California declares electronic cigarettes a health threat

FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2013, file photo, John Hartigan, proprietor of Vapeology LA, a store selling electronic cigarettes and related items, takes a puff of an electronic cigarette at his store in Los Angeles. A California state lawmaker has introduced legislation Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, that would ban the use of increasingly popular electronic cigarettes in public spaces. The bill by Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, would classify the devices that heat liquid nicotine into vapor as tobacco products similar to cigarettes. That would prohibit Californians from using the devices in restaurants, buses, hospitals and other places they cannot smoke. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California health officials on Wednesday declared electronic cigarettes a health threat that should be strictly regulated like tobacco products, joining other states and health advocates across the U.S. in pushing back against the fast-growing device.








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