Late Wednesday, Brown signed the bill raising the age for tobacco use, including vaping, to 21, the Associated Press reports. He also vetoed a bill that would have asked voters to divert tobacco taxes to pay for the health expenses of those with tobacco-related ailments, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Source: NPR
(Score: 4, Touché) by Tork on Thursday May 05 2016, @10:15PM
Why is vaping, or "ecigarettes" to the haters, being bundled into smoking when there is no combustion going on? The science isn't there yet for this new technology...
You answered your own question.
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(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Friday May 06 2016, @05:33PM
Indeed. The health effects of lead and asbestos and PCBs and a host of other really nasty things were unknown for decades or even longer. And it doesn't help that tobacco folks withheld evidence of the link between smoking and cancer for a very long time.
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