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Conley, president of the American Vaping Association, says the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services has been misleading the public about the health effects of using electronic cigarettes. "Alaska's department of health has been perhaps the wor

Conley, an e-cigarette advocate from New Jersey, flew into Anchorage this week to hold meetings with lawmakers' staff, as well as a press conference, where he extolled e-cigarettes as a way to help people quit smoking, comparing the products to nicotine

The change comes after the University of Alaska’s board of regents approved a policy last year banning the use of tobacco and tobacco-related products across all campuses. UAF was the only campus that failed to meet this year’s Dec. 1 deadline, The Alask

The e-cigarette industry is getting organized. Clear the Air Alaska, a trade association representing retailers in Alaska, announced its creation on Thursday. In a statement, spokesman Tom Anderson wrote that the organization was created to “clarify and

ad campaign in favor of electronic cigarettes is hitting Alaskan airwaves. It’s sponsored by a group called “Clearing The Air Alaska,” which represents local businesses...don’t want to be regulated like tobacco, especially if it means being taxed or banne

The other obvious development is a decline in the popularity of cigarettes. 32.5 percent of students said they have tried a cigarette, compared to 52.7 in 2007... While the popularity of traditional cigarettes may be slowing, the electronic cigarette in

Alaska teens have increased their use of nicotine products since the arrival of electronic cigarettes, and a nearly two-decade decline in the use of traditional tobacco products among teenagers has stagnated since 2011, a recent survey shows.

A recent study by the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services shows one in three teenagers in Alaska are using a few type of tobacco product. “We need more research before we can say for sure that e-cigarettes can be useful for people trying to k