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washingtonpost.com - 29 de octubre de 2013 - EEUU

Awaiting FDA, states pursue their own e-cigarette rules

Those are just two of the flavors available to consumers of electronic cigarettes. The product looks like a cigarette, but it delivers nicotine in the form of water vapor. They are different enough from regular cigarettes that existing federal and state laws didn’t cover them, setting up a race to impose new regulations — and they’re becoming big business for tobacco companies that have seen sales flag elsewhere.

Legislators in dozens of states are facing three questions when they consider regulations: Who should be able to use the product? How should the product be taxed? And what, exactly, is it in the first place?

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