Friday, November 29, 2013
Kennesaw proposal would ban smoking in most public places
Kennesaw could join a growing list of Georgia cities that have banned smoking nearly everywhere except private residences.
Last week, City Councilmember Dr. Cris Welsh introduced an ordinance that would ban smoking tobacco and e-cigarettes in public places.
"What we want to do is talk to our business owners, talk to our citizens and just begin the conversation -- see if this is something they would like to follow in the footsteps of Savannah, DeKalb County and other municipalities around us who have created a smoke-free environment for their citizens," said Welsh.
Unlike state law, Dr. Welsh's ordinance would ban smoking in bars, restaurants, public parks and all privately owned, indoor workplaces. The ban even includes e-cigarettes.
Dixie's Vapor Shop owner David Owens says no studies have proven that what comes out of an e-cigarette or vaporizer is harmful.
"It's a bi-product of the vegetable glycerin, which is basically a water vapor that you exhale, and very, very little of the nicotine is exhaled because most of it -- because it's vaporized -- is absorbed immediately into your system," said Owens.
Smokers think banning tobacco nearly everywhere except their homes is a violation of their rights as adults.
"I believe much in tobacco, so I am very against this movement of people trying to ban smoking at public facilities," said John Fitzrobert Webb.
The proposal would severely limit the places smokers could light up.
"The places that we would be looking at are public parks, public buildings -- anywhere that children would be," Welsh said.
According to Welsh, Kennesaw says a vote on the draft ordinance won't come anytime soon. Last week was just initial presentation of the proposed smoking ban.
Last week, City Councilmember Dr. Cris Welsh introduced an ordinance that would ban smoking tobacco and e-cigarettes in public places.
"What we want to do is talk to our business owners, talk to our citizens and just begin the conversation -- see if this is something they would like to follow in the footsteps of Savannah, DeKalb County and other municipalities around us who have created a smoke-free environment for their citizens," said Welsh.
Unlike state law, Dr. Welsh's ordinance would ban smoking in bars, restaurants, public parks and all privately owned, indoor workplaces. The ban even includes e-cigarettes.
Dixie's Vapor Shop owner David Owens says no studies have proven that what comes out of an e-cigarette or vaporizer is harmful.
"It's a bi-product of the vegetable glycerin, which is basically a water vapor that you exhale, and very, very little of the nicotine is exhaled because most of it -- because it's vaporized -- is absorbed immediately into your system," said Owens.
Smokers think banning tobacco nearly everywhere except their homes is a violation of their rights as adults.
"I believe much in tobacco, so I am very against this movement of people trying to ban smoking at public facilities," said John Fitzrobert Webb.
The proposal would severely limit the places smokers could light up.
"The places that we would be looking at are public parks, public buildings -- anywhere that children would be," Welsh said.
According to Welsh, Kennesaw says a vote on the draft ordinance won't come anytime soon. Last week was just initial presentation of the proposed smoking ban.
Nicolites Respond to Smoking Rates in Wales
Leading electronic cigarette provider, Nicolites, has responded to the
release of figures which suggest that if smoking rates in Wales do not
decrease by 7%, smoking related illnesses could cost the NHS millions of
pounds.
As reported by Wales Online, it is thought that 23% of people in Wales smoke, and so it has been suggested that further action needs to be taken to meet the target of reducing rates of smoking to 16% within the next seven years.
The Welsh Government has outlined that, by 2020, it wishes to reduce rates of smoking by 7%. As the number of people who have stopped smoking has reduced by only 1% since the implementation of the smoking ban in 2007, it has been suggested that this target may be missed. Smoking related illnesses currently cost the NHS in Wales approximately £1 million each day, and not meeting targets could increase this figure.
Dr Ruth Hussey, Chief Medical Officer, spoke to Wales Online about introducing a public health bill which would focus on helping to improve people’s lifestyles and reduce smoking rates. She also spoke of campaigns to help people stop smoking, adding that:
“It’s something that needs continued attention and multiple ways in which we raise awareness of the harms smoking causes. Research has shown that a lot of smokers – around 70% – are ready to quit, so it’s finding the methods that help people to say ‘now is the moment for me to do this’”.
The recent concerns over meeting smoking targets in Wales come after the approaching Stoptober campaign, which encourages smokers to give up smoking for 28 days throughout October.
As a leading electronic cigarettes provider, Nicolites closely follow industry news. Offering an alternative for those looking to quit smoking, a representative for the company offered their comments:
“With initiatives and legislation proposed in order to help reduce the number of people who smoke, many smokers are looking to quit the habit. Electronic cigarettes offer an alternative for those who feel they are unable to give up smoking completely, and have also been suggested to help people quit smoking. Nicolites’ e cigarettes are similar in appearance to traditional cigarettes which help to satisfy tactile and oral cravings. Containing a measured dose of nicotine, these products also help to satisfy nicotine cravings.”
Nicolites is now the leading and most widely available brand of electric cigarette in the UK; they have formed business partnerships with many of the largest retailers to bring these wonderful innovations right on to the doorstep of every person in the country. Established in late 2007, Nicolites has grown into a multi-million pound company with international distribution networks and continues to grow at a phenomenal rate. Available at competitive prices, you can buy Nicolites online today.
As reported by Wales Online, it is thought that 23% of people in Wales smoke, and so it has been suggested that further action needs to be taken to meet the target of reducing rates of smoking to 16% within the next seven years.
The Welsh Government has outlined that, by 2020, it wishes to reduce rates of smoking by 7%. As the number of people who have stopped smoking has reduced by only 1% since the implementation of the smoking ban in 2007, it has been suggested that this target may be missed. Smoking related illnesses currently cost the NHS in Wales approximately £1 million each day, and not meeting targets could increase this figure.
Dr Ruth Hussey, Chief Medical Officer, spoke to Wales Online about introducing a public health bill which would focus on helping to improve people’s lifestyles and reduce smoking rates. She also spoke of campaigns to help people stop smoking, adding that:
“It’s something that needs continued attention and multiple ways in which we raise awareness of the harms smoking causes. Research has shown that a lot of smokers – around 70% – are ready to quit, so it’s finding the methods that help people to say ‘now is the moment for me to do this’”.
The recent concerns over meeting smoking targets in Wales come after the approaching Stoptober campaign, which encourages smokers to give up smoking for 28 days throughout October.
As a leading electronic cigarettes provider, Nicolites closely follow industry news. Offering an alternative for those looking to quit smoking, a representative for the company offered their comments:
“With initiatives and legislation proposed in order to help reduce the number of people who smoke, many smokers are looking to quit the habit. Electronic cigarettes offer an alternative for those who feel they are unable to give up smoking completely, and have also been suggested to help people quit smoking. Nicolites’ e cigarettes are similar in appearance to traditional cigarettes which help to satisfy tactile and oral cravings. Containing a measured dose of nicotine, these products also help to satisfy nicotine cravings.”
Nicolites is now the leading and most widely available brand of electric cigarette in the UK; they have formed business partnerships with many of the largest retailers to bring these wonderful innovations right on to the doorstep of every person in the country. Established in late 2007, Nicolites has grown into a multi-million pound company with international distribution networks and continues to grow at a phenomenal rate. Available at competitive prices, you can buy Nicolites online today.
Monday, November 25, 2013
New shop offers smoking alternative
Soon-to-be Arkansas City resident Cindi Campbell visited Juicy's Vapor Lounge early Monday afternoon to introduce herself to the new shop's owner.
"I'm so glad you're here," said Campbell, of Sand Springs, Okla. "I'm moving here next week and thought I'd have to stock up (on e-cigarette products) down there."
She addressed Juicy's
Vapor Lounge LLC co-owner and Ark City store manager Michael Yeager, who
opened the local shop about a month ago in a strip mall in the 1000
block of North Summit Street, next to Ionic Salon.
Campbell said she no
longer has to worry about stocking up on e-cigarettes since she
discovered Juicy's as she was driving down Summit Street on Monday.
E-cigarettes appear to be receiving a lot of attention in Ark City, as they have been throughout the country in recent years. Cigaronne cigarettes.
The devices — referred to
by Yeager as e-juice vaporizers — are shifting from being a fad to
being a mainstream way to kick the smoking habit, The Winston-Salem
Journal reported earlier this year.
They deliver smaller amounts of nicotine than cigarettes, along with vaporized juices that can be purchased in various flavors.
And the e-cigarettes
don't contain many other harsh chemical ingredients, in addition to
nicotine, that are in cigarettes, Yeager said.
"Chemical-wise,
cigarettes have over 4,000 chemicals, but the ingredients (delivered in)
our inhalers are propylene glycol, vegetable glycerin, food flavoring
and nicotine," he said.
"We mix our juices with from zero milligrams of nicotine to 6, 12, 18 or 24 milligrams of nicotine."
Sales of e-cigarettes are
expected to surpass $1 billion this year and analysts at Wells Fargo
predict sales will top $10 billion in five years, according to The Daily
Ticker, the finance blog of Yahoo.com, in a posting last week.
The battery-operated
devices are atomizers consisting of a base; tiny heating coil wrapped
around wicks that soak up e-juice, then vaporize it; metal ring; glass
tube; seal ring; and clip tip used as a mouthpiece when "vaping."
Users of e-cigarettes do not refer to themselves as smokers, as a slogan in the new Ark City shop indicates:
"Stop smoking, start vaping."
Juicy's co-owners Yeager,
of Lamont, Okla., and Zac Kirby, of Stillwater, Okla., decided recently
to be a part of the growing e-cigarette market.
"It's a humongous industry just now starting to set in," Yeager said.
In July, the two men started the first of seven shops in Kansas and Oklahoma, Yeager said.
In Oklahoma, stores have
been opened in several cities, including Clinton, Enid, Ponca City (two
shops), Stillwater and Weatherford.
The Juicy's in Ark City is the most recent to open and is their only Kansas store, he said.
Yeager and his assistant manager, Kelsey Keyworth, have been busy since the shop opened.
They have waited on many
customers and potential customers — recent non-smokers, usually — by
answering questions about the technology of e-cigarettes.
They also sell product components including "tanks" — small tubes — of juices mixed with nicotine, batteries, coils and wicks.
The Ark City shop has a comfortable seating area with a TV across the room from the shop's sales counter and product shelves.
On a low table, surrounded by chairs and couches, are dozens of small tanks, or tubes, of different e-juice flavors.
It is called the "tester
table" and potential customers can try out as many flavors as they want
before deciding on a purchase, Yeager said.
The shop offers 70
e-juice flavors in all, including various fruit and dessert flavors such
as blackberry, blueberry, cherry limeade, sour grape, orange cream,
apple pie, and banana pudding; a few drink flavors, including rum and
coke; and 10 cigarette flavors, including Marlboro, Cowboy Menthol and
Midnight Toke.
Yeager said he doesn't like the term e-cigarette because it implies a product that is disposable.
But the battery-operated devices offered at Juicy's can last for months, or "as long as you take care of them."
"This is probably the
best product on the market, by far, to stop smoking," said Yeager,
himself a former smoker who became sold on e-cigarettes after his
business partner gave him one to try.
"It seemed to me one of
the products that takes care of nicotine craving and the habit of
smoking or having to have something in your hand," he said.
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