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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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      Claire Martin

      Producer, To the Point/Which Way LA?

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      Mike Esterl

      Wall Street Journal

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