States, feds grapple with fast growing e-cigarette industry, September 2010
On any given day, approximately 45 million Americans will light up a traditional tobacco cigarette…or two or three or more. But in recent years, a growing number of smokers have given up their usual brand in favor of an electronic cigarette that allows them to inhale a liquid vapor, usually but not always containing nicotine, instead of dry tobacco. While e-cigarette sellers hail the product as a clean, safe alternative to standard cigarettes, the federal Food and Drug Administration and a growing number of states disagree. [click title to continue reading]
Rich Ehisen has been a reporter and editor for almost 30 years, and is currently the editor in chief at Capitol Weekly, which covers the California State Capitol in Sacramento. For two decades previous he was the managing editor of the State Net Capitol Journal, a LexisNexis publication that covers state public policy issues and trends nationwide. In that role he was also the producer and host of the SNCJ Deep Dive podcast and the SNCJ Hot Issues webinar series. He is also the producer and moderator of The Open Mic: Writers in Their Own Words, a podcast and YouTube show that features his discussions on writing with crime fiction, mystery and thriller authors.
