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Lawsuit filed over new Kentucky law aimed at curbing youth vaping
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A new Kentucky law aimed at curbing youth vaping is being challenged in court. The Kentucky Vaping Retailers Association, the Kentucky Hemp Association and four vape retailers filed a lawsuit last week in Franklin Circuit Court challenging the...
UK lawmakers back landmark bill to gradually phase out smoking for good
LONDON (AP) — The British government's plan for a landmark smoking ban that aims to stop young people from ever smoking cleared its first hurdle in Parliament on Tuesday despite vocal opposition from within Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party. The bill, a key policy...
Editorial Roundup: Michigan
Detroit News. April 6, 2024. Editorial: Claw back grant used to buy $4,500 coffeemaker Let’s put in perspective that $4,500 coffeemaker purchased by a politically connected recipient of a $20 million state economic development grant. While it’s a...
New Zealand will ban disposable e-cigarettes in a bid to prevent minors from taking up the habit
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand said Wednesday it will ban disposable e-cigarettes, or vapes, and raise financial penalties for those who sell such products to minors. The move comes less than a month after the government repealed a unique law enacted by the previous...
Kentucky House passes bill meant to crack down on electronic cigarette sales to minors
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Legislation aimed at cracking down on the illegal sale of electronic cigarettes to young people and keeping unauthorized vaping products out of stores won passage in the Kentucky House on Monday. Republican state Rep. Rebecca Raymer, the bill's lead sponsor,...
Michigan residents urged not to pick up debris from explosive vaping supplies fire that killed 1
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities investigating a fire and explosions that rocked a suburban Detroit building filled with vaping industry supplies, killing one man as gas canisters soared up to 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) away, urged residents Friday not to pick up any debris because they...
Gas chemicals investigated as cause of fire and explosions at suburban Detroit building
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A large fire followed by multiple explosions at a building in suburban Detroit killed one person and injured a firefighter. A look at what we know about the site, including investigators' questions surrounding the vaping supply distributor operating...
Explosive fire at site housing vaping supplies kills 1 outside Detroit, sends debris a mile away
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A fire that destroyed a building housing supplies for the vaping industry caused multiple explosions, killing one person and injuring a firefighter as the blasts rocked suburban Detroit, sending gas canisters and debris into the air, authorities said. ...
How a debate over vaping might derail the war on tobacco
Cliff Douglas fought the tobacco industry for decades. As a lawyer, activist, and executive at nonprofit organizations, he sued cigarette makers, cultivated whistleblowers, and led the campaign to ban smoking on airlines. Which is why allies in the anti-smoking movement were...
The UK will ban disposable vapes and curb candy-flavored e-cigarettes that attract children under 18
LONDON (AP) — Britain's government will ban the sale of disposable vapes and limit their cornucopia of flavors to prevent children from becoming addicted to nicotine, officials said Monday. It also plans to stick to a contentious proposal to ban today’s young people from ever buying cigarettes....
