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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    The Health Science of Vaping

    It looks like the California Assembly might vote on a Senate bill that would regulate e-cigarettes just like tobacco. If the law passes, it will mean that if you can’t smoke a cigarette somewhere, you won’t be able to vape there, either. But is vaping as bad as smoking?

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    KCRW placeholderBy Barbara Bogaev • Mar 4, 2016 • 1 min read

    It looks like the California Assembly might vote on a Senate bill that would regulate e-cigarettes just like tobacco. If the law passes, it will mean that if you can’t smoke a cigarette somewhere, you won’t be able to vape there, either. But is vaping as bad as smoking? The research has struggled to catch up to the huge popularity of e-cigs, which has quickly become a billion dollar business.

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      Barbara Bogaev

      radio journalist

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Lauren Dutra

      UC San Francisco

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