March 9th, 2013
HUFFPOST
SALT LAKE CITY — A proposal in the Utah Legislature that would tax electronic cigarettes at the same rate as regular cigarettes has put the state at the forefront of a national movement to regulate the increasingly popular devices.
More than 35 proposals calling for some type of regulation of electronic cigarettes have been introduced this year in legislatures across the country, but Utah seems to be the only state currently proposing that they be taxed like regular tobacco, said Karmen Hanson, a tobacco policy analyst with the National Conference of State Legislatures. Hanson is unaware of any state with a law like this on the books.
March 3rd, 2013
By Lisa M. Krieger
lkrieger@mercurynews.com
mercurynews.com
Six hundred years before cigarettes were sold at Pleasanton’s Safeway, much earlier Californians were smoking tobacco in the same area.
UC Davis researchers have found nicotine in ancient pipes excavated from an Ohlone burial site in Pleasanton at the corner of Bernal Road and Highway 680, a discovery that deepens the history of humans’ long relationship with tobacco.
The find also sheds new light on the lives of local Native Americans — suggesting that they were gardeners, nurturing small patches of precious plants, not just restless hunter-gatherers.
February 24th, 2013
Glasgow Magazine
E-cigarettes. They are the new kid on the block.
Billboards are running promotions and TV adverts are featuring them. And a quick internet search will show that this is no niche market – there are many companies selling this battery-operated product.
But what do we really know about electronic cigarettes?
The answer, according to the British Medical Association, is not enough. It has warned that e-cigarettes should not be considered as a lower risk option to smoking or as a way to quit the habit until regulations are tightened.
