Electronic Cigarette Sales and Use Banned in Oregon and Israel
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Oregon Attorney General bans sale of e-cigarettes. Click here to read his statement. Washington DC-based advocacy organization, ASH, is petitioning the other 49 Attorneys General to consider doing the same. More information on ASH’s concerns with e-cigarettes is at http://ash.org/ashprecigs and http://www.pr-inside.com/fda-to-regulate-e-cigarettes-as-toxins-r1403601.htm.
The Israeli Health Ministry has banned electronic cigarettes, both the import and use of those previously brought into the country. The product is marketed as an aid to help smokers stop smoking. The move comes in the wake of a health warning by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about the product. Click here to read the article.