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World Health Organization Urges Regulations Against E-Cigs

With the numger of teen-aged users tripling in just three years, the World Health Organization wants a crackdown on e-cigarettes. Governments should ban the use of electronic cigarettes indoors and in public places… and they should outlaw marketing tactics to encourage use by teenagers.

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By Warren Olney • Aug 26, 2014 • 1 min read

With the numger of teen-aged users tripling in just three years, the World Health Organization wants a crackdown on e-cigarettes. Governments should ban the use of electronic cigarettes indoors and in public places… and they should outlaw marketing tactics to encourage use by teenagers. That’s the latest from the World Health Organization, an agency of the UN. Mike Esterl writes about the beverage and tobacco industries for the Wall Street Journal…

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Producer, To the Point/Which Way LA?

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    Mike Esterl

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