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Not so long ago, having your first cigarette was a rite of passage, like a first drink or a first kiss.

Smoking a cigarette stolen from a parental pack was something kids did in secret, behind the bike shed, down at the footy oval. It was a form of play, pretending to be a grown-up.

Now that first puff is more likely to come from a vape inhaler as tobacco companies pivot to survive.

Hailed by some as a safer alternative to smoking, there are growing concerns vaping is creating a new generation of nicotine addicts, some of whom will end up as tobacco users.

Vaping fluid, turned into an inhalable vapour by a heating element in an e-cigarette, is widely available in retail stores and online.

While fluid containing nicotine is only legally available in Australia with a prescription, vapers will tell you it's not hard to get.

Many vaping fluids sold over the counter labelled as non-nicotine, do in fact contain nicotine.

Professor Simon Chapman, who has been at the forefront of public health efforts against tobacco smoking since the 1980s, spoke to The Context this week and said it took decades for the deadly effects of tobacco smoke to become clear, and it may be the same with vaping.

"Some of my biggest concerns are with flavourants," Chapman says.

"The average vaper who vapes daily takes about five to six hundred puffs and we really have no idea what the long-term consequences of that are going to be."

Professor Chapman says time is running out to prevent a repeat of the past. He and others want to see all vaping fluid made prescription-only and importation heavily restricted.

"We need to be very, very cautious. We need to err on the side of strong regulation."

Nicola Roxon, who now chairs VicHealth, Victoria's Health Promotion Foundation, is similarly dubious about the tobacco industry's motives in promoting vaping.

"I don't think the industry has earned the right to be trusted, which is kind of their argument on vaping 'look trust us, it's not as bad as tobacco, at least it will help some people quit' when the early signs are it's actually being used as an entry product back into smoking."

Researchers at the ANU came to a similar conclusion, stating: "There is strong evidence that non-smokers who use e-cigarettes are three times as likely to go on to smoke combustible tobacco."

Other studies suggest around 10 per cent of 14 to 17-year-olds are now vaping, a higher proportion than regularly smoke.

Currently around 12 per cent of men and 8 per cent of women smoke around half of what it was at the turn of the century.

Yet smoking rates in the Indigenous population are three times that.

A quarter of adult Australians used to smoke but have quit, while more than 60 per cent of us have never smoked. Of those who do, 70 per cent say they want to quit.

People experiencing problems with their mental health are much more likely to be smokers. More than 30 per cent of those with social phobias, more than half of people with general anxietyand two-thirds of people experiencing some form of psychotic disorder smoke.

Where you live can also be an indicator of whether you're still likely to smoke.

People living in remote areas smoke at a rate of around 20 per cent. It's 13 per cent in the regions and around 10 per cent in our cities.

People in the lowest-income areas are almost four times more likely to smoke than those in the richest areas.

The highest smoking rates are now among people in their fifties, followed by the forty-somethings.

Fewer than 5 per cent of people aged over 70 smoke, in part simply because many older male smokers have died.

People in their twenties were the biggest smokers 20 years ago that's fallen from 31 per cent to 13 per cent today.

There was a time when smoking was everywhere.

Ornate ashtrays adorned every coffee table, dining table, even the bedside table.

You could smoke on trains, on planes, in taxis, in pubs, clubs and the finest restaurants.

On TV and in the movies, everyone seemed to smoke almost non-stop.

A cigarette draped from Humphrey Bogart's lip was a sign of both toughness and nonchalance;in James Dean's hand it was rebellious, even dangerous;in Audrey Hepburn's long holder, it spoke of elegance.

For a bunch of burning leaves rolled in a piece of paper, a cigarette sure had acting range.

At the end of World War II in 1945, 72 per cent of Australian men and 26 per cent of women smoked.

Servicemen were given free cigarettes with their rations.

A smoking soldier was, by definition, at ease, relaxing between battles or after victory had been won.

You couldn't see people smoke on the radio, but the ads told they were rich, mild, tasty and smooth on the throat.

That was our first clue.

Until smoking became commonplace in the first decades of the 20th century, lung and throat cancers were comparatively rare.

Doctors started noticing more and more cases until by the 1950s it was impossible to ignore.

In 1957, Humphrey Bogart died from smoking-related cancer of the oesophagus.

In 1964, the US Surgeon General announced cigarette smoking was "causally related to lung cancer", and a few months later singer Nat King Cole died from the disease at the age of just 45.

Female smoking rates peaked at 33 per cent in the mid-1970s, after tobacco companies targeted the economically empowered women's movement to make up for lost male smokers.

Faced with overwhelming evidence, and a growing burden on health budgets, the 1970s saw a phased ban on tobacco advertising on Australian television and radio.

It took much longer to remove cigarette ads from billboards, newspapers and magazines.

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Tobacco companies still bought their way onto TV screens through sporting sponsorships into the 2000s, until finally a decade ago when their brands were effectively taken from them in Australia with world-first generic packaging.

That reform was championed by then-federal health minister Nicola Roxon, who told The Context it was aimed at stopping younger people from wanting to start smoking in the first place.

"The way that tobacco is appealing, the way that packets looked, making them uglier, making it embarrassing for people to have them on the table at the pub."

Smoking was no longer associated with glamour:the drab packs now linked it to phlegm and gangrene.

Government-mandated increases in tobacco taxes had an impact too.

Back in 1980, a pack of cigarettes cost $1.10 (adjusted for inflation, that's around $5) compared with close to $50 for a pack today.

Price, along with health concerns, is the major reason people say they've quit.

So, all-in-all we have come a long way, although because death from smoking-related illness often involves a time lag of many years, we are still seeing in excess of 20,000 deaths from smoking-related disease each year.

The Context with John Barron puts news and major issues into historical, international and factual context. The new show airs on the ABC on Friday nights at 8PM AEST.

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REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pivot, a digital health company empowering individuals to embrace wellness and enabling corporations and health plans to improve their population's health, today released Employee Vaping - What Employers Need to Know to Foster a Healthier Workforce. This free guide helps employers understand vaping, how it harms employees, and why it's essential to include a vaping cessation program when creating healthier workplaces.

Vaping is one of the fastest-growing industries globally, expected to top $61.4 billion in total worth by 2025, according to business analyst FinSMEs. Many analysts predict that vaping will become the next nicotine epidemic.

Vaping is popular among former smokers and those who have never lit up a cigarette, especially younger people. Vaping prevalence is increasing, which should cause concern and sound the alarm for employers responsible for employee wellbeing and healthcare costs. Just recently, it was reported that annual healthcare costs have risen by $2,000 for Americans who vape.

"There's a myth that vaping is safer than smoking tobacco," said David Utley, M.D., Pivot's Founder and CEO. "The plethora of tempting flavors and lack of secondhand smoke make it attractive to younger people and former smokers. But research shows vaping is not safer and causes the same health and societal issues as other forms of nicotine. Nicotine use, including vaping, can cause depression, neurological disorders, and other health problems. Pivot created this guide to help employers and their workforce understand the dangers of vaping and discover effective ways to quit."

This guide offers employers information on:

Pivot's personalized app-based cessation program helps those who vape, smoke and use other forms of tobacco. With program enrollment more than five times higher than traditional cessation programs, the Pivot program's personalized approach to the quit journey engages participants in cessation activities they find most comfortable and effective. Pivot's first-of-its-kind FDA-cleared Breath Sensor integrates with the mobile app and is clinically proven to increase motivation to quit smoking while decreasing the number of cigarettes smoked. The program also offers coaching and peer-to-peer support via the Pivot community, available from the privacy of an employee's home.

To learn more about how Pivot is working to solve this deadly and costly trend of increased tobacco and nicotine use and download the guide, here.

About Pivot

Pivot is a digital health company that empowers individuals to embrace wellness and enables corporations and health plans to improve their population's health. Pivot's first product addresses tobacco use, the leading cause of preventable illness and death in the US. Pivot addresses cessation for all forms of tobacco (combustible, vaporized and smokeless) and delivers a mobile app experience complete with tailored behavior change content, pharmacotherapy, an FDA-cleared carbon monoxide (CO) breath sensor, a supportive peer community, and a personal tobacco treatment coach. For more information, please visit: https://pivot.co/

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OAKLAND California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, as part of a bipartisan coalition, urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to protect public health and address the youth vaping crisis by banning the sale of synthetic nicotine products. Synthetic nicotine products, which are often marketed as tobacco-free,have become increasingly popular in recent years as manufacturers attempt to evadeincreasingFDA regulation of e-cigarettes and other traditionaltobacco products. In todays letter, the coalition urges the FDA to use its recently clarifiedauthority to deny authorization for all synthetic nicotine products, or at a minimum, deny authorization for all flavored synthetic nicotine products.

Syntheticnicotine products have become the new driver of the youth vaping crisis, with manufacturersusing fun flavors and attractive marketing to addict a newgeneration to nicotine,said Attorney General Bonta.While synthetic nicotine products claim to be 'healthier' and 'safer' than traditional tobacco products, these products, particularly when flavored, can pose significant health risks. The FDA has the ability to protect public health by putting a stop to the sale of synthetic nicotineproducts. I urge the FDA to move swiftly beforeanewgeneration of teens starts vaping andsmoking.

Smoking is the number one preventable killer in the United States, resulting in more deaths than the number of people who die from alcohol, AIDS, car accidents, illegal drugs, murder, andsuicides combined. Every day, thousands of young people will use an e-cigarette for the first time, and many of those products will be flavored. The 2021 National Youth Tobacco Survey, conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and FDA, found that one-tenth of high school students reported regularly using an e-cigarette. Of those students, the vast majority use a flavored product and around one-quarter reported that their go-to brand was the syntheticnicotine product Puff Bar.

In today's letter, a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general urge the FDA to ban the sale ofall synthetic nicotine products given the known and unknown dangers these products pose to public health. These products, manufactured in a lab with little to no regulatory scrutiny, are being used to addict the next generation of smokers through appealing flavors and misleading health claims. At a minimum, the FDA must ban the sale of all flavored synthetic nicotine products and require manufacturers to submit evidence to back up their claims that these products can help people quit smoking and are healthier and safer than traditional tobacco use.

Attorney General Bonta joins the attorneys general ofIdaho, Illinois, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Alaska, Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Guam, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming in filing the comment letter.

A copy of the comment letter can be foundhere.

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DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Global Overview of Recycling Programs for e-Cigarettes, Heated Tobacco Products, and Vaporizers Business for 2022 and Future Prospects of Electronic Devices & Consumables Development" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Every year, 44.7 million tonnes of e-waste is generated around the world - containing up to US$ 65 billion worth of raw materials like gold, silver and platinum sent to landfill. The amount of global e-waste is expected to increase by almost 17% to 52.2 million tonnes in 2021, or around 8% every year.

Vape products are e-waste since they contain lithium-ion batteries & a heating element. Disposing of e-waste is a considerable challenge due to the many different types of chemicals and materials in these products. Electronic vape products present at least two problems, as their vaporizers contain a circuit board, which can contain plastics and heavy metals and they also use lithium-ion batteries.

There are no direct regulations for recycling or utilization of e-cigarettes, heated tobacco products, vaporizers and cellulose acetate filters as product items in the EU, USA, China and Japan. There is legislation that regulates waste management and e-waste in particular. But e-cigarettes, HTPs and vaporizers are not covered by any one of the categories of electrical and electronic equipment that cause waste.

Big Tobacco has its own recycling programs and recycling targets for the nearest future:

It is expected that the future of e-cigarettes, HTPs and vaporizers recycling will depend on producers` product life cycle programs.

Main vape companies recycling decisions include:

The transition to eco-packaging faces the problem of a limited PLA amount and its high cost. The price of PLA is higher the price of non-biodegradable plastic. Another problem is that heated sticks and filters are not biodegradable and vape companies pay not much attention to its recycling.

Key Topics Covered:

Executive Summary

1. Typical Construction of Vaporizing Devices and Used Materials

2. Overview of the Main Recycling Policies in Economic Zones

2.1. EU Regulatory Framework

2.2. US Regulatory Framework

2.3. China Regulatory Framework

2.4. Japan Regulatory Framework

3. Brief Overview of the Recycling Programs in Vaping Related Business

3.1. Big Tobacco Business

3.1.1. Philip Morris International

3.1.2. British American Tobacco

3.1.3. Japan Tobacco International

3.1.4. Imperial Brands

3.2. Other Vape Companies

3.2.1. DotMod

3.2.2. Innokin

3.2.3. AVD

3.2.4. VINN

3.2.5. Dovpo

3.2.6. ALD Group

3.2.7. Riot

3.2.8. Soyee

3.2.9. Altria Group

3.3. Recycling Companies

3.3.1. Gaiaca

3.3.2. Terracycle

3.3.3. RELX and China Siyuan Foundation for Poverty Alleviation

3.3.4. Canadian Cannabis Companies

3.3.5. Bowman

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The newly-released government-commissioned report promotes vapes as an effective swap to stop tool to help people quit smoking.

The first e-cigarette and vape stores hit the UK just before 2010, with more than a dozen popping up across the Portsmouth area.

At Vapestore Portsmouth, in Crasswell Street, one staff member said that most customers were tobacco-users looking move to a smoke-free source for their nicotine hit.

Shop assistant Michael Dymock said: I have worked here for four years and the majority of customers are people looking to move away from tobacco.

A lot of people want to start with a high nicotine product and then go down and wean themselves off it.

Speaking personally, the shop worker said he approved of the plans put forward by the Khan Review.

He said: I took (smoking) up when I was 18.

I moved onto vaping a couple of years afterwards.

But the vape seller remained sceptical that the country could see a smoke-free society within a generation, saying that he believes he would have still taken up smoking even under the proposed increasing age restrictions.

He said: I would have still possibly taken it up it depends on the people youre around.

In many e-cigarettes, puffing activates the battery-powered heating device, which vaporises the liquid which often contains nicotine in the cartridge or reservoir.

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Tobacco-dependent countries which will delay moving away from the crop are being warned that not switching will have disastrous effects on their economies in a not so distant future from now.

In response to a journalists comment about the fact that some African countries rely on tobacco production, Stimson warned that any tobacco-dependent countries which will delay moving away from the green gold would have disastrous effects on their economies in a not so distant future from now.

I know there are some countries in African such as Malawi that heavily rely on tobacco production. But by now, Malawi should be thinking about agricultural transformation. The question these countries that depend on tobacco should be considering is: What does the future of tobacco production look like for them? he emphasized.

Echoing the experts arguments, Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera recently urged the local tobacco industry to switch to high-growth crops like cannabis. The Presidents comments were made during a state of the nation address in which he said that tobacco was expected to generate less than $200 million in 2021. The figure is roughly similar to the past two years but well below the annual earnings of previous years which used to top $350 million.

The inconvenient truth is that while Malawi has come a long way by relying on tobacco as our largest single crop contributor to our GDP, this reliance is now seriously threatened by declining demand worldwide, said Chakwera. Clearly we need to diversify and grow other crops like cannabis, which was legalized last year for industrial and medicinal use, he added.

Similarly, neighbouring Zimbabwes government has amended local regulations to encourage similar changes. Data from 2019 released by the industry regulator Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB), has indicated that after 53 days of trade, tobacco sales were at $292,8 million, down from $523,5 million achieved last season. Similarly, deliveries were down by 12% at 157,7 million kg from 180,3 million kg delivered in the same period last year. Naturally, this means that the price being offered for the crop is also lower than last year at an average of $1,85 per kg, down from $2,87 per kg.

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African Countries Advised to Diversify From Tobacco Farming - Vaping Post

Geekvape and Geekbar, two world-renowned vaping brands, showcased their best-selling products and new technologies, including the Geekvape B60 (Aegis Boost 2), Wenax series and Geekbars C600, and drew the attention of retailers, wholesalers, distributors, and vape enthusiasts alike during the expo.

Geekvape Aegis Boost 2, the upgraded version of Geekvape Aegis Boost, features top airflow leakproof design and AS chip with IP68 Rating. Geekvape Aegis Boost 2 is powered by a 2000mAh built-in battery with adjustable output of 5-60W. It is equipped with 0.96-inch TFT LED Curved screen with Brand-new UI to show vaping information. The new G.Coil BOOST-Formula allows users to chase the best flavor, while being designed to prevent leaking and capable of bringing out the best flavor from most vape juice.

Leak-Guard, an exclusive leakproof system from Geekvape Wenax H1, enables you to enjoy a worry-free vaping experience. The five-layer structure of the cartridge prevents each droplet from escaping, the e-liquids and gas channels are independent and do not interfere, and a high-density seal and condensation chamber are installed to reduce the risk of leakage, which is so impenetrable that no droplets can escape.When I spotted the Geekvape Wenax H1 at the expo, I couldnt pass it up. The metallic body has an unique coating that makes the color pop and provides excellent scratch resistance. It enhances the cartridge compartments airtightness, reducing leakage; also, the all-new mesh coil gives a tight and smooth MTL experience, restoring each piece of flavor that the liquid can be sensed, commended by a local dealer.

Geekvape established the industrys first basic research institute, with a professional R & D team of over 200 people, to study the core technology of electronic cigarettes. They have independent laboratories that can support rapid trial production and continuous innovation of new products and technologies, making Geekvape a leader in the industry in the field of electronic cigarette chip technology research. Geekvape has currently applied for over 400 patents, including several patents for leakproof -related technologies, making it one of the most patented brands among mainstream e-cigarette brands in the world.

It is praiseworthy that Geekvape is committed not only to research and development of cutting-edge technology breakthrough product performance, but also to the continual enhancement of product features in order to achieve a longer and more diverse development. To ensure the orderly development of the entire e-cigarette industry, e-cigarette brands must adhere to strict discipline and place a strong emphasis on product innovation, in addition to adhering to national rules and laws.

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What are E-Cigarettes, Vapes, and Other Electronic Nicotine Delivery System (ENDS) Products?

Vapes, vaporizers, vape pens, hookah pens, electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes or e-cigs), e-cigars, and e-pipes are some of the many tobacco product terms used to describe electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS).

These products use an e-liquid that usually contains nicotine derived from tobacco, as well as flavorings, propylene glycol, vegetable glycerin, and other ingredients. The liquid is heated to create an aerosol that the user inhales.

ENDS may be manufactured to look like conventional combusted cigarettes, cigars, or pipes. Some resemble pens or USB flash drives. Larger devices, such as tank systems or mods, bear little or no resemblance to cigarettes. These products may have reusable parts, or they may be disposable and only used once before they are thrown away.

The longer ENDS and other e-cigarettes are on the market, the more information we know about their impacts on health. This includes data on youth use of these products, which has led to development of several educational programs designed to prevent adolescents and teens from using these products. Through tobacco product problem reports and tobacco product violation reports, the FDA also knows much more about many safety and health hazards they may pose.

FDA is committed to protecting the public health of all Americans while regulating an addictive product that carries health risks. Were conducting ongoing research on potentially less harmful forms of nicotine delivery for adults, including studies of e-cigarettes and ENDS. Many studies suggest e-cigarettes and noncombustible tobacco products may be less harmful than combustible cigarettes. However, there is not yet enough evidence to support claims that e-cigarettes and other ENDS are effective tools for quitting smoking.

To date, no e-cigarette has been approved as a cessation device or authorized to make a modified risk claim, and more research is needed to understand the potential risks and benefits these products may offer adults who use tobacco products.

The FDA monitors the national usage rates for all tobacco products, including an annual youth survey, and has seen a drastic increase in youth use of e-cigarette products in recent years. Due to what has been called an epidemic of youth use of these products, FDA has prioritized prevention efforts. The agency has taken a multitude of actions to keep ENDS out of the hands of youth, from policy making to enforcement to education.

Learn about public education efforts and resources that have been created to reach youth who are at higher risk of or more vulnerable to cigarette use and nicotine addiction.

The Real Cost E-Cigarette Prevention Campaign

FDAs award-winning public education campaign, The Real Cost, continues to prevent youth from tobacco initiation and use. In 2017, the campaign began prioritizing e-cigarette prevention messaging to combat increasing youth vaping rates. The Real Cost campaign also educates teens on the health consequences of smoking cigarettes.

Resources in the FDA Tobacco Education Resource Library

The FDA Tobacco Education Resource Library, from FDA's Center for Tobacco Products, provides tobacco education resources. This site offers digital and print content for state and local health officials, nonprofit organizations, and schools to support public outreach efforts.

See E-Cigarettes and Vaping Resources

Scholastic Materials for Educators

FDA has joined forces with Scholastic to provide e-cigarette prevention information in English and Spanish to middle and high school educators.

Content includes:

There are no safe tobacco products, including ENDS. In addition to exposing people to risks of tobacco-related disease and death, FDA has received reports from the public about safety problems associated with vaping products including:

These problems can seriously hurt the person using the ENDS product and others around them. There may be added dangers, for example if a vape battery catches fire near an oxygen tank, a propane tank (such as used in backyard grills), or a gas pump, or if a person has a vape-related seizure while driving. FDA has a webpage with tips to help users avoid vape fires or explosions.

If you have experienced undesired health or quality problems with any tobacco product, including ENDS, you can report it to FDA. Knowing more about adverse experiences can help FDA identify concerning trends and causes or contributors for particular incidents or health or quality problems beyond those normally associated with tobacco product use. You can read some tobacco-related adverse experience reports on the Tobacco Product Problem Reports page.

If you think ENDS or other tobacco products are being sold to underage users, or you see another potential violation of the FD&C Act or FDAs tobacco regulations, please report the potential tobacco product violation.

FDA regulates the manufacture, import, packaging, labeling, advertising, promotion, sale, and distribution of ENDS, including components and parts of ENDS but excluding accessories.

Examples of regulated components and parts of ENDS include:

Products marketed for therapeutic purposes (for example, marketed as a product to help people quit smoking) are regulated by FDAs Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER). FDA published a rule clarifying when products made or derived from tobacco are regulated as tobacco products, drugs, and/ or devices.

If you make, modify, mix, manufacture, fabricate, assemble, process, label, repack, relabel, or import ENDS, you must comply with the requirements for manufacturers.

CTP's Office of Small Business Assistance can answer specific questions about requirements for small businesses and how to comply with the law. This office also provides online educational resources to help regulated industry understand FDA regulations and policies.

This is Our Watch is a complete toolkit of resources to help tobacco retailers better understand and comply with FDA tobacco regulations. Tobacco retailers play a direct role in protecting kids from nicotine addiction and the deadly effects of tobacco use. Learn what tobacco retailers need to do to comply with the rules designed to prevent our nation's youth from becoming the next generation of Americans to die prematurely from tobacco-related disease.

Retail Sales of Tobacco Products offers more information about federal rules that retailers must follow as well as information on regulations, guidance, and webinars for retailers.

Did you know?Beginning December 2019, it is illegal for a retailer to sell any tobacco product including cigarettes, cigars and e-cigarettes to anyone under 21.

If you operate a vape shop that mixes or prepares liquid nicotine or nicotine-containing e-liquids, or creates or modifies any type of ENDS, in addition to product sales, you may be considered a manufacturer and have to comply with the requirements for manufacturers linked above.

Some vape shops may have legal responsibilities as both manufacturers and retailers of tobacco products.

For information about ENDS products that are authorized for marketing in the U.S., see:

Note: This page does not provide a comprehensive list of all ENDS products that may be marketed in the U.S. Retailers should discuss with their suppliers about the current status of any particular tobacco products application or any products marketing authorization.

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$('#media-container-' + videoId + ' .now-playing-container').css('display', 'block'); $('#media-container-' + videoId + ' .next-dropdown-accordion').css('display', 'block'); } //floating-video $('#media-container-' + videoId + " " + '.page-carousel-wrapper').hide(); setTimeout(function(){ var hWrapper = $('.floating-video .hlsvideo-wrapper').height(); var npWidth = $('.floating-video .now-playing-container').height(); var ndWidth = $('.floating-video .next-dropdown-header').height() + 20; var scrollerHeight = sHeight - (hWrapper + npWidth + ndWidth); scrollerHeight = 180; //scrollerHeight = parseInt(scrollerHeight * 0.5); if(WVM.device_name == 'desktop'){ $('#media-container-' + videoId + " " + " .mobile-list-videos").height(scrollerHeight); } }, 100); }else if($(window).scrollTop() 0){ var container = document.querySelector('#page-carousel-' + fullVideoId); imagesLoaded( container, function() { var screenWidth = window.innerWidth || document.documentElement.clientWidth; if(screenWidth > 850){ WVM.IS_DESKTOP = true; $('#page-carousel-' + fullVideoId + ' .page-carousel-lg-slides').css('display', 'block'); WVM['player_settings' + fullVideoId].slider = $('#page-carousel-' + fullVideoId).bxSlider({ maxSlides: 4, minSlides: 4, slideWidth: 305, infiniteLoop: false, hideControlOnEnd: true, useCSS: true, pager: false, slideMargin: 15, moveSlides: 1, nextText: '', prevText: '' }); }else{ WVM.IS_DESKTOP = false; $('.page-carousel-wrapper').css('display', 'block'); } }); } }; WVM.setupToggleButton = function(fullVideoId, player){ if($('.nextplay-switch-' + fullVideoId).length > 0){ new DG.OnOffSwitchAuto({ cls:'.nextplay-switch-' + fullVideoId, height: 24, trackColorOn:'#F9F9F9', trackColorOff:'#222', textColorOn: '#222', textColorOff: '#222', textOn:'On', textOff:'Off', listener:function(name, checked){ var theVal = 1; if(!checked){ theVal = 0; } $.ajax({ url: '/ajax/update_autoplay_video/', data: { autoplay_on: theVal }, type: 'POST', dataType: 'json', success: function(data) { WVM['player_settings' + fullVideoId]['autoplay'] = checked; }, error : function(){ console.log("Error loading video"); } }); } }); } }; WVM.setupAccordionButton = function(fullVideoId){ var deviceName = 'desktop'; $('#next-dropdown-accordion-button-' + fullVideoId).on('click', function(){ if($(this).find('i').hasClass('fa-chevron-up')){ //hide $(this).find('i').removeClass('fa-chevron-up'); $(this).find('i').addClass('fa-chevron-down'); if(deviceName == "desktop" && !$('#media-container-' + fullVideoId).hasClass('floating-video')){ $('#media-container-' + fullVideoId + " " + '.page-carousel-wrapper').slideUp(); $('#media-container-' + fullVideoId + " " + '.mobile-list-wrapper').hide(); }else{ $('#media-container-' + fullVideoId + " " + '.mobile-list-wrapper').slideUp(); $('#media-container-' + fullVideoId + " " + '.page-carousel-wrapper').hide(); } var currVideoId = WVM['player_state' + fullVideoId]['VIDEO_ID']; var nextVideoId = WVM.getNextPlaylistIndex(currVideoId); //playerId, mediaId, fieldName var myTitle = WVM.getPlaylistData(fullVideoId, nextVideoId, 'noprefixtitle'); //alert("Getting title " + myTitle); $('#video-slider-nexttitle' + fullVideoId).css('display', 'inline'); $('#video-slider-nexttitle' + fullVideoId).html(myTitle); }else{ //expand $(this).find('i').addClass('fa-chevron-up'); $(this).find('i').removeClass('fa-chevron-down'); $('#media-container-' + fullVideoId + " " + '.mobile-list-wrapper').css('display', 'block'); if(deviceName == "desktop" && !$('#media-container-' + fullVideoId).hasClass('floating-video')){ $('#media-container-' + fullVideoId + " " + '.page-carousel-wrapper').css('display', 'block'); $('#media-container-' + fullVideoId + " " + '.page-carousel-wrapper').slideDown(); $('#media-container-' + fullVideoId + " " + '.mobile-list-wrapper').hide(); if(!WVM.player_state187341['CAROUSEL_INIT']){ WVM.setupCarousel(fullVideoId); } }else{ $('#media-container-' + fullVideoId + " " + '.mobile-list-wrapper').slideDown(); $('#media-container-' + fullVideoId + " " + '.page-carousel-wrapper').hide(); if(!$('#media-container-' + fullVideoId).hasClass('floating-video')){ if(!WVM.player_state187341['CAROUSEL_INIT']){ WVM.setupCarousel(fullVideoId); } } } $('#video-slider-nexttitle' + fullVideoId).css('display', 'none'); } }); var currVideoId = WVM['player_state' + fullVideoId]['VIDEO_ID']; //console.log("current Video " + currVideoId); var nextVideoId = WVM.getNextPlaylistIndex(currVideoId); var myTitle = WVM.getPlaylistData(fullVideoId, nextVideoId, 'noprefixtitle'); //console.log("setting title " + myTitle); $('#video-slider-nexttitle' + fullVideoId).css('display', 'inline'); $('#video-slider-nexttitle' + fullVideoId).html(myTitle); }; WVM.sendbeacon = function(action, nonInteraction, value, eventLabel) { var eventCategory = 'Video'; if (window.ga) { //console.log("sending action: " + action + " val: " + value + " label " + eventLabel); ga('send', 'event', { 'eventCategory': eventCategory, 'eventAction': action, 'eventLabel': eventLabel, 'eventValue': value, 'nonInteraction': nonInteraction }); } }; WVM.getNextPlaylistIndex = function(mediaId, returnArrayIndex){ var currId = null; if(mediaId == null){ return null; } for(var x =0; x 20){ if(fullDuration > 1 && ((fullDuration - fullCurrent) > 1) && !$('.vjs-loading-spinner').hasClass('badspinner')){ console.log("hiding spinner"); $('.vjs-loading-spinner').addClass('badspinner'); } } var duration_time = Math.floor(this.duration()); //this is a hack because the end video event is not firing... var current_time = Math.floor(this.currentTime()); if ( current_time > 0 && ( fullCurrent >= (fullDuration - 10) )){ var currId = playerState.VIDEO_ID; var newMediaId = WVM.getNextPlaylistIndex(currId); //if(playerSettings.autoplay_next && newMediaId){ if(newMediaId){ if('desktop' == "iphone" && playerState.AD_ERROR){ console.log("skipped timeupdate end"); }else{ WVM.load_video(newMediaId, true, playerState.ORIGINAL_ID); } } } if(!playerState.START_SENT){ WVM.sendbeacon('start', true, playerState.VIDEO_ID, playerState.VIDEO_TITLE); playerState.START_SENT = true; } var currentTime, duration, percent, percentPlayed, _i; currentTime = Math.round(this.currentTime()); duration = Math.round(this.duration()); percentPlayed = Math.round(currentTime / duration * 100); for (percent = _i = 0; _i = percent && __indexOf.call(playerState['PERCENTS_TRACKED'], percent) 0) { playerState['PERCENTS_TRACKED'].push(percent); } } } }); //player.off('ended'); player.on('ended', function(){ console.log("ended"); playerState.IS_PLAYING = false; WVM.sendbeacon("complete", true, playerState.VIDEO_ID, playerState.VIDEO_TITLE); var currId = playerState.VIDEO_ID; var newMediaId = WVM.getNextPlaylistIndex(currId); //if(playerSettings.autoplay_next && newMediaId){ if(newMediaId){ WVM.load_video(newMediaId, true, playerState.ORIGINAL_ID); }else{ console.log("Playlist complete (no more videos)"); } }); //player.off('adserror'); player.on('adserror', function(e){ //$('#ima-ad-container').remove(); WVM.lastAdRequest = new Date().getTime() / 1000; console.log(e); console.log("ads error"); var errMessage = e['data']['AdError']['l']; playerState.AD_IS_PLAYING = false; playerState.IS_PLAYING = false; // && errMessage == 'The VAST response document is empty.' if(!playerState.AD_ERROR){ var dTime = new Date().getTime(); WVM.firstPrerollTagUrl = WVM.getFirstPrerollUrl(); console.log("calling backup ad tag url: " + WVM.firstPrerollTagUrl); WVM.activePlayer.ima.changeAdTag(WVM.firstPrerollTagUrl + "?" + dTime); WVM.activePlayer.ima.requestAds(); //WVM.activePlayer.src({ // src: masterSrc, // type: 'video/mp4' //}); //WVM.firstPrerollTagUrl = ""; } playerState.AD_ERROR = true; }); //player.off('error'); player.on('error', function(event) { if (player.error().code === 4) { player.error(null); // clear out the old error player.options().sources.shift(); // drop the highest precedence source console.log("now doing src"); console.log(player.options().sources[0]); player.src(player.options().sources[0]); // retry return; } }); //player.off('volumechange'); player.on('volumechange', function(event) { console.log(event); var theHeight = $('#media-container-' + playerState.ORIGINAL_ID + ' .vjs-volume-level').css('height'); var cssVolume = 0; if(theHeight){ cssVolume = parseInt(theHeight.replace('%', '')); } var theVolume = player.volume(); if(theVolume > 0.0 || cssVolume > 0){ $('#media-container-' + playerState.ORIGINAL_ID + ' .mute-overlay').css('display', 'none'); }else{ $('#media-container-' + playerState.ORIGINAL_ID + ' .mute-overlay').css('display', 'block'); } }); WVM.reinitRawEvents(playerState.ORIGINAL_ID); setInterval(function(){ WVM.reinitRawEvents(playerState.ORIGINAL_ID); }, 2000); } if(!WVM.rawCompleteEvent){ WVM.rawCompleteEvent = function(e){ var playerState = WVM['player_state187341']; console.log("firing raw event due to all other events failing"); var currId = playerState.VIDEO_ID; var newMediaId = WVM.getNextPlaylistIndex(currId); //if(playerSettings.autoplay_next && newMediaId){ if(newMediaId){ WVM.load_video(newMediaId, true, playerState.ORIGINAL_ID); } }; } if(!WVM.rawTimeupdateEvent){ WVM.rawTimeupdateEvent = function(e){ var playerState = WVM['player_state187341']; var rawVideoElem = document.getElementById('html5-video-' + playerState['ORIGINAL_ID'] + '_html5_api'); var fullCurrent = rawVideoElem.currentTime * 1000; var fullDuration = rawVideoElem.duration * 1000; var current_time = Math.floor(rawVideoElem.currentTime); console.log("raw timeupdate: " + fullCurrent + " out of " + fullDuration); if ( current_time > 0 && ( fullCurrent >= (fullDuration - 50) )){ var currId = playerState.VIDEO_ID; var newMediaId = WVM.getNextPlaylistIndex(currId); if(newMediaId){ console.log("loading new video from rawtimeupdate"); WVM.load_video(newMediaId, true, playerState.ORIGINAL_ID); } } if(!$('.vjs-loading-spinner').hasClass('badspinner')){ $('.vjs-loading-spinner').addClass('badspinner') } }; } WVM.reinitRawEvents = function(playerId){ var playerState = WVM['player_state' + playerId]; var rawVideoElem = document.getElementById('html5-video-' + WVM['player_state' + playerId]['ORIGINAL_ID'] + '_html5_api'); //COMPLETE EENT if( WVM['player_state' + playerId].COMPLETE_EVENT){ rawVideoElem.removeEventListener('ended', WVM.rawCompleteEvent, false); } rawVideoElem.addEventListener('ended', WVM.rawCompleteEvent, false); //TIME UPDATE EVENT if( WVM['player_state' + playerId].TIMEUPDATE_EVENT){ rawVideoElem.removeEventListener('ended', WVM.rawTimeupdateEvent, false); } rawVideoElem.addEventListener('ended', WVM.rawTimeupdateEvent, false); WVM['player_state' + playerId].COMPLETE_EVENT = true; WVM['player_state' + playerId].TIMEUPDATE_EVENT = true; };

South Bend, Ind. -- Smoking has been around for many years, but it looks different now. Vaping comes in many different forms and flavors, targeting teens and potentially introducing them to the bad habit.

Due in part to the success of anti-smoking campaigns by organizations like the American Cancer Society and QuitNet, cigarette-smoking has decreased steadily amongst teens in the past decades.

Cigarettes have been considered to be "off-putting" for the younger generation, however, there is a new smoking trend that has now become popular with teens.

Vaporizers and e-cigarettes first came to the market in 2007 and have 38.9% of high schoolers addicted as of 2020.

Sandi Pontius, a Tobacco Education Coordinator Saint Joseph Health System said, They (tobacco companies) went into schools and they talked to classes and they told them that this is a product for adults that you dont want to use this it is for adults, but just know that when you are an adult it is a perfectly safe product to use.

Cigarettes in America were the popular smoking trend, but over time and many campaigns later, smoking cigarettes was seen in a different light.

Now vaping has taken center stage for the younger generation.

Sandi Pontius, a Tobacco Education Coordinator with St. Joseph Health System, says that the smoking industry targets youth through flavors, attracting them before they turn 21.

Flavors have always been one of the tactics that the tobacco industry has used to lure young people to smoke. Fortunately, the government had said no more pod flavors for the Juuls, but they did not extend that to disposables, said Pontius.

Vape pens have seen a transformation over the years; from thick, handheld devices (mods) that emit more smoke to now smaller pens that more closely resemble flash drives (pods).

Schools are trying to combat the use of vapes by installing sensors and rules against the use of vape pens.

Some of them have installed sensors that can sense when vapes are being used in the bathrooms. Its not as effective as you would hope because you still have to get there and catch them,Pontius said.

The tobacco industrys marketing isnt toward those who already smoke, because they are already addicted. Rather, the industry is more interested in keeping the cycle going by attracting new users

Youth are not already smoking they are not looking to quit for the most part. That stuff wouldnt have already happened they wouldve left it or kept that marketing toward smokers, but they didnt, said Pontius

It is never too late to quit.

Smokefree.gov recommends setting a date to quit, building a support system, creating healthy habits to distract from cravings and learning what factors trigger cravings in the first place.

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Secaucus has updated its regulations regarding the licensing of establishments that sell electronic smoking devices.Mayor Michael Gonnelli and the Secaucus Town Council voted unanimously to do so at its May 24 meeting.

The town has previously adopted regulations, that among other things restrict smoking in public areas and set license requirements for establishments that sell electronic smoking devices. According to the ordinance, this is in the interest of public health.

Upon recommendation of the Secaucus Board of Health through the Secaucus Drug Free Coalition, Gonnelli and the council have determined that the licensing regulations and fees need to be updated.The ordinance caps the limit of licenses to operate a retail electronic smoking device establishment within the town at nine, the current number of locations selling the products currently in Secaucus.

This deals with our vaping ordinance, Town Administrator Gary Jeffas told the Hudson Reporter. It sets the maximum number of licenses at nine. We currently have nine in town, so the Board of Health just wanted to make sure that the vaping didnt continue to expand. So we just capped it off at that.

Other aspects of the licensing changes

The ordinance also raises the licenses fee from $1,000 to $1,200. And it also adds in a section about inspections.

The Board of Health will inspect every retail electronic smoking device establishment in the Town of Secaucus. Any retail electronic smoking device establishment which upon initial inspection is rated conditionally satisfactory or unsatisfactory will be subject to a re-inspection fee of $200.

One follow-up inspection after the initial application inspection may be done for a minor violation or correction without a fee at the sole discretion of the Board of Health Inspector. Subsequent re-inspections deemed necessary by the Health Inspector shall be at a fee of $200 per inspection.

As far as the inspections, it sets a fee of $200 for an inspection, Jeffas said. And if youre conditionally satisfactory or unsatisfactory, the inspectors have to come back until you get it right and that there would be an additional charge for further inspections.

Failure to pay said fee prior to the re-inspection date established by the Department constitutes a violation. Violations were raised from a range of $5 to $500, to $50 to $1,000.

It changed the fines too, Jeffas said. It was written a while ago, so the fine was $5 to $500, and now its, $50 to $1,00 depending on the violations.

License updates for retail food establishments too

Also recommended by the Board of Health, the Town Council adopted an ordinance regarding the licensing of retail food establishments.

The ordinance raises fees for re-inspection of conditionally satisfactory or unsatisfactory retail food establishments to $200.

Added to the existing regulations was that one follow-up inspection after the initial application inspection may be done for a minor violation or correction without a fee at the discretion of the Board of Health Inspector. Subsequent re-inspections by the Health Inspector will cost $200 per inspection.

Failure to pay said fee prior to the re-inspection date established by the Department is a violation. Violations were raised from a range of $5 to $500, to $50 to $1,000.

This is just a fee change on food licensing, Jeffas said. So if theyhave a health inspection and its conditionally satisfactory or unsatisfactory, its just setting forth the fee of $200. It covers an additional inspection. If the inspectors have to continue to come out, then there can be additional inspection fees beyond those first two.

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