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“No man is truly married until he understands every word his wife is NOT saying.” – unknown

A February newsletter just wouldn’t be complete without mentioning Valentine’s day.  Most people I know detest this little holiday devoted to all things love, either because they’re not in a relationship or because they are in a relationship.  You just can’t win when it comes to getting a gift to symbolize how much another means to you.  Roses wilt, chocolates melt and practical gifts like blenders or vaccum cleaners become grounds for divorce.  Of course, I think an electronic cigarette is the perfect gift, which is why I’m offering an extra incentive this month.  Buy a Pink DSE901 e cigarette and we donate $5.00 to The Breast Cancer Society in Arizona.   This way you can say “I love you! (and your breasts).”

Laying down the Law on E Cigarettes

Utah House Bill 88 Titled Electronic Cigarette Restrictions, sponsored by Ronda Rudd  Menlove, (R-Garland) was passed unanimously by the Utah Legislature February 18,2010.   The bill makes it a misdemeanor to provide an electronic cigarette to a person under 19 and a class C misdemeanor for an 18 year old person to buy, attempt to buy, accept, or possess an electronic cigarette.  If an 18 year old does buy, attempts to buy, accepts, or has in the person’s possession an electronic cigarette is subject to the jurisdiction of the Juvenile Court.  Further it describes when the sale of an electronic cigarette is required to be face-to-face and provides criminal penalties for violation of those requirements.  It describes when free distribution of an electronic cigarette is prohibited and provides criminal penalties for violation of those prohibitions.

Proponents of the bill site their concerns that children may have access to nicotine which could prove fatal.    Rep. Paul Ray, R-Clearfield, highlighted the potentially serious, even fatal, effects of tiny doses of nicotine exposure on toddlers. The amount of nicotine in two or three regular filter cigarettes is enough to kill someone in ingested. However, because nicotine is only partially consumed and is mixed with air going into the lungs over several minutes spread out over many years, the risk of nicotine poisoning from cigarette smoke is very low, even for chain smokers, Ray said.

Opponents of the bill point out that the logic is flawed.   Spike Babaian, president of the National Vapers Club, concludes that by passing HB88, Utah would rather someone who is trying to switch their smoking habit do so only by inhaling nicotine, the addictive drug in cigarettes, in its dirtiest, most unhealthy form.

See the bill le.utah.gov/~2010/htmdoc/hbillhtm/HB0088.htm

How do you feel about the passing of this bill?  Let these lawmakers hear from you, especially if you are directly affected by this legislation.