The e-cigarette industry is getting organized. Clear the Air Alaska, a trade association representing retailers in Alaska, announced its creation on Thursday.<\/p>\n
In a statement, spokesman Tom Anderson wrote that the organization was created to \u201cclarify and correct\u201d statements of anti-tobacco, pro-tobacco and pro-cannabis advocates.<\/p>\n
Electronic cigarettes vaporize small amounts of liquids that contain nicotine or a flavored substance. Marketed as a more healthy alternative to traditional smoking, e-cigarette vapor has nonetheless been determined to contain cancer-causing chemicals.<\/p>\n
Those chemicals are present at much lower levels than traditional smoking, and studies are inconclusive as to whether e-cigarette use increases cancer risk.<\/p>\n
In a recent speech, Alaska Health and Social Services Commissioner Valerie Davidson said e-cigarettes \u201care just as harmful, and perhaps more harmful, than smoking cigarettes and chewing tobacco.\u201d<\/p>\n
By email, Clear the Air executive director Acey Priest said she intends to speak with Davidson about the issue and will lobby the Legislature when the 2016 session begins.<\/p>\n
In Alaska, e-cigarette use is on the rise, and Senate Bill 1, up for consideration in the Senate Finance Committee, would ban smoking \u2014 including e-cigarette use \u2014 in all public places statewide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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