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This post originally appeapred on the shuttered Bedford Slims blog The U.S. Senate last week confirmed President Trump’s nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Scott Gottlieb, M.D., a physician and venture capitalist investor. As with all things Trump, the choice of Gottlieb was controversial. Democrats were not happy about Gottlieb’s financial ties to dozens…
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This post originally appeapred on the shuttered Bedford Slims blog New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo last week issued his annual budget plan, which includes a proposal to tax vaping in the state for the first time. Specifically, the budget (were it to become law) would impose a tax of 10 cents per millimeter on the liquid or gel…
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This post originally appeapred on the shuttered Bedford Slims blog Andrew Hall, a 30-year-old car salesman from Pocatello, Idaho, was severely injured this week when his vaping rig exploded in his mouth. According to a series of posts on Hall’s Facebook page, he was standing in his bathroom getting ready for work when it happened. The explosion blasted…
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This post originally appeapred on the shuttered Bedford Slims blog The National Parks Service this month proposed a ban on vaping and e-cigarette use in National Parks. It’s not really anything new. NPS is just making permanent an earlier order clarifying that vaping is not allowed in all areas designated non-smoking. Ken Burns’ documentary on National Parks referred to them…