Studies have shown heavy metals, carcinogens, fine particles, and nicotine in e-cigarette emissions.
Health care costs in MN directly caused by smoking amount to $2.06 billion annually.
Early studies found detectable levels of cancer-causing chemicals in two leading e-cigarette brands.
OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS COME IN FRUIT, CANDY, AND ALCOHOL FLAVORS, WHICH CAN MASK THE TASTE OF TOBACCO AND APPEAL TO YOUTH.
The three largest tobacco companies have developed e-cigarette product lines.
MN tobacco users who want help quitting have FREE access to QUITPLAN Services www.quitplan.com
E-cigarettes are an untested and unregulated product and are not approved by the FDA for safety or efficacy in cessation.
Tobacco is responsible for more than 6 million deaths worldwide every year - the equivalent of over 36 Boeing 777 airplanes crashing every single day.
A typical 45 minute hookah session is the equivalent of smoking 100-200 cigarettes.
THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY SPENDS $1 MILLION PER HOUR TO PROMOTE PRODUCTS IN THE RETAIL ENVIRONMENT.
An estimated 85,900 Minnesota students in grades 6-12 have tried e-cigarettes, and 38,400 reported using them at least once in the past 30 days.

Lethal Lure Tool Kit

Here you will find our Lethal Lure Toolkit, including a number of issue 1-pagers that will do the following three things:

Give an overview of the issue
Describe what the public health concerns are
List a number of potential regulatory options for the local level for that particular issue.