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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    E-Cigarettes

    The LA City Council voted unanimously yesterday to ban e-cigarettes wherever regular cigarettes are banned. That means no more ‘vaping’ at workplaces, restaurants, bars and other public spaces. And LA’s not the only one -- New York and Chicago already have similar restrictions.

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    The LA City Council voted unanimously yesterday to ban e-cigarettes wherever regular cigarettes are banned. That means no more ‘vaping’ at workplaces, restaurants, bars and other public spaces. And LA’s not the only one -- New York and Chicago already have similar restrictions. But while local lawmakers are sounding the alarms, there’s a lot we still don’t know about e-cigarettes. Could they be a safer alternative to the real thing? Or are they just a gateway vice?

    The full episode

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    Vaping, Chevron in Ecuador & Crowdsourcing Science
    1. 0:00E-CigarettesYou’re reading this
    2. 9:11The Mad Brand Vapes with The Joel Stein
    3. 17:11Chevron and the Amazon
    4. 26:35Crowdsourcing Citizen Science
    5. 33:39Kickstarter Reaches $1 Billion
    6. 41:52The Movie '300'
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Andrew Walsh

      Too Beautiful to Live

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Emily Anne McDonald

      UC San Francisco

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    The full episode

    1 of 6
    Vaping, Chevron in Ecuador & Crowdsourcing Science
    1. 0:00E-CigarettesYou’re reading this
    2. 9:11The Mad Brand Vapes with The Joel Stein
    3. 17:11Chevron and the Amazon
    4. 26:35Crowdsourcing Citizen Science
    5. 33:39Kickstarter Reaches $1 Billion
    6. 41:52The Movie '300'
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand