Legislation To Regulate E-Cigarettes Is Facing Stiff Resistance in California

In a California Healthline report by Erika Kelly, experts discussed the legislative effort to ban electronic-cigarette vaping in public — the same regulation imposed on cigarette smokers. E-cigarette proponents say smoking cigarettes is more hazardous than vaping, and that the proposed regulation should not apply to them. But less-hazardous secondhand vapor still carries carcinogens, such as formaldehyde and benzene, and legislators are discussing a ban on their use in public places.

The report includes comments from:

Stefan Didak of the Smoke Free Alternatives Trade Association;
Tim Gibbs of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network;
UC-San Francisco professor Stanton Glantz;
State Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco); and
Zach Shpizner, a vape shop worker in San Mateo (Kelly, California Healthline, 05/13/15).

You can download a PDF of this report.

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<h1>Legislation To Regulate E-Cigarettes Is Facing Stiff Resistance in California</h1>
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			May 13, 2015		</time>
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<p>In a <em>California Healthline </em>report by Erika Kelly, experts discussed the legislative effort to ban electronic-cigarette vaping in public — the same regulation imposed on cigarette smokers. E-cigarette proponents say smoking cigarettes is more hazardous than vaping, and that the proposed regulation should not apply to them. But less-hazardous secondhand vapor still carries carcinogens, such as formaldehyde and benzene, and legislators are discussing a ban on their use in public places.</p><p>The report includes comments from:</p><ul><li>Stefan Didak of the Smoke Free Alternatives Trade Association;</li><li>Tim Gibbs of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network;</li><li>UC-San Francisco professor Stanton Glantz;</li><li>State Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco); and</li><li>Zach Shpizner, a vape shop worker in San Mateo (Kelly, <em>California Healthline</em>, 05/13/15).</li></ul><p>You can <a href="https://californiahealthline.org/legacy/4F5C70FF-3864-40D5-9D1E-CE803E11E9F7">download a PDF</a> of this report.</p><ul><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/legislation-to-regulate-ecigarettes-is-facing-stiff-resistance-in-california/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/legislation-to-regulate-ecigarettes-is-facing-stiff-resistance-in-california/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/legislation-to-regulate-ecigarettes-is-facing-stiff-resistance-in-california/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Legislation%20To%20Regulate%20E-Cigarettes%20Is%20Facing%20Stiff%20Resistance%20in%20California&body=https%3A%2F%2Fcaliforniahealthline.org%2Fnews%2Flegislation-to-regulate-ecigarettes-is-facing-stiff-resistance-in-california%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/legislation-to-regulate-ecigarettes-is-facing-stiff-resistance-in-california/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/legislation-to-regulate-ecigarettes-is-facing-stiff-resistance-in-california/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p>

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