Thursday, March 6, 2014

West Bend, SB440, and E-Cigarettes


Doctors, scientists express concerns over e-cigarette bill.  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3/5/2014)

Sen. Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend) is the sponsor of the bill.    "It's sad that we have to introduce legislation to clarify that the smoking ban was not supposed to (affect) e-cigarettes." 

Another West Bend resident was in the hearing room.  Don Muehlbauer, owner of DuraSmoke, the largest e-liquid company in the country, said his products are safer than conventional cigarettes. He said the flavored liquid, which is heated by a coil in the devices and turned into a vapor, contains four ingredients: nicotine, flavoring, vegetable glycerin and propylene glycol.

Found at the DuraSmoke homepage.

But this doesn't stop conservative talk radio bloviator Vicki McKenna from confusing customer testimonials with medical claims.   "I found out that over the course of a few days I was able to transfer my dependency of cigarettes to the use of an e-cigarette with substantial benefits to my health." 

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