U.S. middle (click here) and high school students are using e-cigarettes at an increasing rate. Between 2011 and 2012, 1.8 million students had tried the devices. Of those, 160,000 had never used regular cigarettes.
This is a perfect election year issue if there is obstruction to passage.
April 14, 2014 10:22 AM
Craig Dellimore, political editor for WBBM
CHICAGO (CBS) – U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) (click here) and others were calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to crack down on what they say are efforts to market electronic cigarettes to children.
WBBM Newsradio Political Editor Craig Dellimore reports U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) said a new report shows e-cigarette companies have boosted their marketing budgets, and seem to have their eyes on children.“E-cigarette manufacturers don’t have to play by the same rules. For example, e-cigarette makers are free to sponsor youth-oriented events, or use flavors that appeal to kids,” he said....
