Author Archives: Victor Vitale

OUR OPINION: E-cigs bring benefits in smoking reduction

OUR OPINION: E-cigs bring benefits in smoking reduction

The fine folks at the Grand Forks Herald have the right idea about why vaping is a great alternative to smoking tobacco. Vaping looks like smoking. And many regulators, including the FDA, want to treat vaping like smoking. But vaping isn’t smoking. Nor is vaping — inhaling the nicotine-laced vapors of e-cigarettes — akin to […]

BLR poll: Only one-third of companies address ‘vaping’ in smoking policies

BLR poll: Only one-third of companies address ‘vaping’ in smoking policies

Are you allowed to vape on the job? This piece details that a whole bunch of employers haven’t even thought about it yet. According to a recent BLR ® poll, only one-third of respondents (33 percent) reported that they address the use of electronic smoking products, known as “vaping,” in their companies’ smoking policies. For […]

Opinion: Vaping is helping me kick the habit

Opinion: Vaping is helping me kick the habit

One person’s take on how vaping is helping her to quit smoking cigarettes. Amy Persinger is the Lifestyles and Medley editor for the Bluefield Daily Telegraph. Should they be regulated like tobacco? Does vaping produce chemicals like secondhand smoke does? Is vaping or using an e-cig less harmful than cigarettes? These questions are being answered […]

Three Things Parents Can Do to Prevent Their Kids from Using Vapor Cigarettes

Three Things Parents Can Do to Prevent Their Kids from Using Vapor Cigarettes

Some tips for parents who vape in being responsible and making sure your kids wait until they’re old enough to make their own adult decision. Vapor cigarettes and vaporizers are becoming increasingly popular in North America, and some would say they’re almost hitting the mainstream. Estimates from the Tobacco Vapor Electronic Cigarette Association state that […]

Waco council votes to regulate e-cig ‘vaping’ as smoking

Waco council votes to regulate e-cig ‘vaping’ as smoking

A loss for vaping as well as personal freedom of business owners as e-cigs get lumped in with regular cigarettes in Waco. John Graham By a 6-0 vote, the council amended the smoking ordinance to treat e-cigarette use the same as cigarette use. That means no vaping in most enclosed public spaces, such as stores, […]

The E-Cigarette Industry is Getting a Lot of Flak in Washington State

The E-Cigarette Industry is Getting a Lot of Flak in Washington State

Washington State made headlines by pioneering legal marijuana, but they are falling woefully behind the times in the draconian policies about vaping and e-cigarettes. Washington state administrators are considering forcing a higher tax and additional regulations on the sale of e-cigarettes law; the bill’s sponsor said on Wednesday would be the hardest in the country. […]