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E-cigarette use is prohibited in workplaces and many public spaces, including restaurants and bars. It is allowed wherever smoking is allowed. [7] Communities can have stronger e-cigarette laws, e.g. covering parks, beaches, bus stops, outdoor worksites, and so on. [8] Sale of e-cigarettes to persons under 21 is prohibited. [9]
Electronic cigarettes are marketed to smoking and non-smoking men, women, and children as being safer than cigarettes. [1] In the 2010s, large tobacco businesses accelerated their marketing spending on vape products, [2] [3] similar to the strategies traditional cigarette companies used in the 1950s and 1960s.
A vaporization heat wand and vaporization chamber bowl used to deliver vapor through a water pipe. A vaporizer or vaporiser, colloquially known as a vape, is a device used to vaporize substances for inhalation. Plant substances can be used, commonly cannabis, tobacco, or other herbs or blends of essential oil. [ 1 ]
E-cigarette explosions have resulted in burns, lost teeth, neck fractures, and battery acid contact to the face, mouth, and eyes. [ 80 ] The extent of the burns varied from 1% to 8% total body surface area, were reported and most commonly occurred in the lower extremity, hands, head and neck, and genitalia. [ 95 ]
Parts of a second-generation e-cigarette. An electronic cigarette is a handheld battery -powered vaporizer that simulates smoking, but without tobacco combustion. [ 1] E-cigarette components include a mouthpiece (drip tip [ 2] ), a cartridge (liquid storage area), a heating element / atomizer, a microprocessor, a battery, and some of them have ...
June 21, 2024 at 11:26 AM. The Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized menthol-flavored electronic cigarettes for adult smokers, the government’s strongest indication yet that vaping ...
The Chicago Clean Indoor Air Act was updated to mention e-cigarettes in 2014, making it the first major U.S. city to legislate e-cigarette use. [94] The Chicago Park District 's Board of Commissioners has discussed banning all forms of smoking in Chicago parks, beaches, play lots and other facilities, but there is not yet a municipal ordinance.
An electronic cigarette ( e-cigarette) or vape[ note 1 ][ 1 ] is a device that simulates tobacco smoking. It consists of an atomizer, a power source such as a battery, and a container such as a cartridge or tank. Instead of smoke, the user inhales vapor. [ 2 ] As such, using an e-cigarette is often called " vaping ". [ 3 ]