The FDA in 2010 had outlawed importation of e-cigarettes as a "drug delivery device," pending furthe

FILE - Johnny "Vapor" Mays draws and exhales a cloud of water vapor as he "vapes," a term used by e-cig users instead of smoking, as he enjoys one of his high nicotine E-Cigarettes that he sells at his kiosk at the Paddock Mall near the the AT&T store.
Seeking to fill what he sees as a regulatory void, County Commissioner David Moore is advocating a ban on sales of electronic cigarettes to minors and seeks to outlaw the use of e-cigarettes in public places where traditional smoking is already disallowed.
"Nobody in Tallahassee will close the loophole throughout the state, so until Tallahassee gets to it, we'll try to close the loophole here," said Moore, who is expected to request a public hearing on a proposed ban at the commission's regular meeting Tuesday.
The proposed ordinance Moore is offering would also prohibit the sale of liquid nicotine to people younger than 18. E-cigarettes burn liquid nicotine, which is usually sweetly flavored, to simulate the effects of tobacco mobile home vacation rentals in florida smoking.
"SFATA believes that vaporizing devices, like electronic cigarettes, should mobile home vacation rentals in florida be available to those of legal age who are looking for a combustion-free alternative to tobacco cigarettes. We fully support age restrictions on the sale of these products to minors and we urge states to pass regulation to ensure just that," Cynthia Cabrera, the group's executive director, said in a statement to the Star-Banner.
Some states also are calling for the federal Food and Drug Administration to take action against sales of the pseudo cigarettes. The Washington Post reported last week that attorneys general from almost mobile home vacation rentals in florida 40 states wrote the FDA urging the agency to crack down on ads targeting young people.
The FDA in 2010 had outlawed importation of e-cigarettes as a "drug delivery device," pending further review of their safety. A federal judge struck down the regulation, however, declaring the devices were tobacco products and not pharmaceuticals.
In 2011, the FDA claimed that authority over e-cigarettes but, according to proponents of stricter regulation, the agency has not followed up, leaving them still largely mobile home vacation rentals in florida unregulated at the national level.
In August, Miami-based V2 Cigs, which says it is the nation's mobile home vacation rentals in florida largest mobile home vacation rentals in florida online seller of e-cigarettes, announced that in 2013 total sales of the devices would top $1 billion for the first time. The company further noted that analysts at Wells Fargo had projected overall retail sales to reach $1.7 billion by the end of the year a spike of 240 percent over an estimated $500 million recorded in 2012.
In its litany of reasons for regulating sales of the devices, the county's ordinance notes that manufacturers flavor the nicotine with cherry, chocolate and vanilla, for instance so that they become "training wheels for traditional cigarettes."
The proposed ordinance also argues that the use of an e-cigarette in public places where smoking is already banned by state law, such as restaurants and workplaces, sows "fear, stress and confusion among patrons and workers alike" and "seriously compromise(s)" Florida's prohibition of indoor smoking.
Noting that traditional smoking costs the nation up to $268 billion a year in health care coverage and lost economic productivity, the ordinance concludes, "Protecting Marion County residents against an untested nicotine product like electronic smoking devices represents sound public health and fiscal policy."
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