NJ Banning Electronic Cigarettes

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N.J. Assembly committee approves e-cigarette ban
By Susan K. Livio
December 07, 2009, 7:02PM
Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-Ledger
State Assemblywoman Connie Wagner (D-Bergen) in a 2008 file photo.

TRENTON -- Electronic cigarettes look like the real thing. And in New Jersey, lawmakers want to treat them the same way.

That's why the Assembly voted unanimously today to ban the sale of e-cigarettes to people under 19, and prohibit adults from smoking them at work and in public places.

The Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee also gave unanimous backing to the legislation.

E-cigarettes look like the actual cigarettes but don't contain tobacco. A metal tube with a battery heats up a nicotine solution allowing smokers to breathe in vapor. They have not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, which in July issued an advisory the devices contain carcinogens and toxic chemicals such as diethylene glycol, an ingredient used in antifreeze. Read more here

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