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E-Cigarettes: What We Know E-cigarettes: What we know What are e-cigarettes? Can e-cigarettes help people quit • E-cigarettes are typically battery-operated devices smoking? containing nicotine and other chemicals that produce • There is no conclusive scientific evidence that 1 a vapor that is inhaled. e-cigarettes are effective in helping people stop smoking. • Most e-cigarettes are designed to look like cigarettes, but • Until more is known, people looking to quit should use some resemble everyday items such as pens. FDA-approved smoking cessation aids that are shown • E-cigarettes do not contain tobacco, but many contain to be safe and effective, such as nicotine gum, lozenges varying levels of nicotine, which is the addictive and patches. chemical found in tobacco products. • Free quitting assistance is available to all Minnesotans through QUITPLAN® Services by calling Are e-cigarettes safe to use? 1-888-354-PLAN or visiting www.quitplan.com. • E-cigarettes are not currently regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. There is no way for consumers Why should communities care about to know what types or concentrations of potentially e-cigarettes? harmful chemicals are found in e-cigarettes or how much • Some advertisements for e-cigarettes encourage nicotine they are inhaling.2, 3 smokers to use them in places where they cannot use • Early studies show that e-cigarettes have lower levels of conventional cigarettes.7, 8 toxic chemicals than conventional cigarettes.4 ,5, 6 • E-cigarettes can complicate enforcement of smoke-free • There have been no long-term studies conducted on laws, as it may be difficult to distinguish e-cigarettes e-cigarettes, so the lasting impact on the health of users from conventional cigarettes. and of those exposed to secondhand vapor is unknown. • E-cigarettes often have candy flavors such as gummy bear and cotton candy, and research shows that flavored tobacco products appeal to children and teens.9 • A CDC study found that use of e-cigarettes among middle and high school students increased between 2011 and 2012.10 • The three largest tobacco companies (Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds and Lorillard) have their own e-cigarette product lines and are putting significant time and money into promoting these new products.11 3/14 The FDA has the authority to regulate e-cigarettes but it has yet to take action. As a result, Communities can many businesses and localities regulate e-cigarettes are choosing to regulate these new products. Businesses can: ›› Ban the use of e-cigarettes How does Minnesota law treat e-cigarettes? on their property. • In Minnesota, e-cigarettes are taxed as tobacco products and it is illegal to sell them to minors.12 • Currently, using e-cigarettes does not meet the definition of “smoking” under the Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act – so using them in indoor public places, such as bars and restaurants, is not against state law. Cities and counties can: • Since Minnesota workplaces became smoke-free in 2007, clean indoor air has ›› Update clean indoor air become the standard and 87 percent of Minnesotans support the statewide laws to prohibit use of smoke-free law.13 e-cigarettes. • A majority of Minnesotans – 79 percent – would support restricting e-cigarette ›› Require e-cigarette retailers use where smoking is prohibited.13 to obtain a tobacco retailer license Communities across Minnesota are taking action. ›› Prohibit the use of • The cities of Duluth, Hermantown, Ely and Mankato ban the use of e-cigarettes on city and e-cigarettes everywhere smoking is prohibited, including bars and restaurants. county grounds. They also prohibit the sampling of e-cigarettes in retail stores and require ›› Restrict the sale of flavored e-cigarette sellers to get a tobacco license. e-cigarettes to adults-only • Beltrami County includes e-cigarettes in its county indoor air law, requires tobacco products shops. e-cigarette vendors to get a tobacco license and has limits on sampling in stores. ›› Require that e-cigarettes • Hennepin County bans the use of e-cigarettes on county property. be sold from behind the • Housing and Redevelopment Authorities in St. Cloud, Eveleth and counter. Worthington include e-cigarettes in their smoke-free housing policies. ›› Prohibit the sampling of • Hennepin County Technical College and Bemidji State University ban the use e-cigarettes in stores. of e-cigarettes on their campuses. • Rock County requires that e-cigarettes be sold from behind the counter in a locked case in retail stores and prohibits sampling. • Target Field, Mall of America and the Minnesota Zoo prohibit e-cigarette use. Minnesota can: ›› Update the Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act to include 1 Kuschner, WG, Reddy, S, Mehrotra, N, Paintal, HS. 7 blu eCigs. blu eCigs. www.blucigs.com. Sept. 2013. e-cigarettes. Electronic cigarettes and thirdhand tobacco smoke: 8 FIN e-cigarettes. FIN e-cigarettes. www.fincigs.com. ›› Require e-cigarette retailers Two emerging health care challenges for the primary Sept. 2013. to obtain a tobacco retailer care provider. Int J Gen Med. 2011. 9 U.S. Surgeon General. Preventing Tobacco Use Among license 2 U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Division of Youth and Young Adults. Atlanta, GA: Department Pharmaceutical Analysis. Evaluation of e-cigarettes. of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease ›› Restrict the sale of flavored Sept. 2013. Control and Prevention; 2012. e-cigarettes to adults-only 3 U.S. Food and Drug Administration. FDA and Public 10 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Notes tobacco products shops. Health Experts Warn About Electronic Cigarettes. from the Field: Electronic Cigarette Use Among July 2009. Middle and High School Students — United States, ›› Require that e-cigarettes 4 Williams, M, Villarreal, A, Bozhilov, K, Lin, S, Talbot, 2011–2012. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. be sold from behind the P. Metal and silicate particles including nanoparticles 11 Babej, M. NJOY: The E-Cigarette That Aims to Snuff counter. are present in electronic cigarette cartomizer fluid and Out Smoking. Forbes. July 2013. aerosol. PLoS ONE. Sept. 2013. 12 Minnesota State Legislature. Minnesota Session Laws. ›› Prohibit the sampling of 5 Goniewicz, ML, Knysak, J, Gawron, M, et al. Levels www.revisor.mn.gov/laws/?key=57965. Sept. 2013. e-cigarettes in stores. of selected carcinogens and toxicants in vapour from 13 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota. electronic cigarettes. Tobacco Control. 2013. ›› Require disclosure of Minnesota E-cigarette Study by Decision 6 Schripp, T, Markewitz, D, Uhde, E, Salthammer, T. Resources, Ltd. 2014. ingredients in e-cigarettes. Does e-cigarette consumption cause passive vaping? Indoor Air. 2013. 3/14.
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