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continues
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to minors moves to Senate
City, said the devices prep teens to
become smokers.
Oregon is one of just nine states
that do not ban sales of e-cigarettes
to minors, according to the National
Conference of State Legislatures.
The bill also would bar use of
e-cigarettes by adults where smok-
ing is already banned under the Or-
egon Indoor Clean Air Act, which
was extended to bars and taverns in
2009.
Some representatives raised
questions about providing an ex-
emption for shops where vaporiz-
ing devices are sold. They also say
they do not want to discourage use
of e-cigarettes by adults who seek to
quit smoking.
“I don’t want kids to buy it or
have access to it,” Rep. Bill Post,
R-Keizer, said. “On the other hand,
I don’t want to classify it as a cig-
arette if it’s a way to get people off
cigarettes.”
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facilities to allow use of vaporizers
by medical-marijuana patients, who
hold state cards. Those vaporizers
differ from e-cigarettes.
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sale of e-cigarettes to minors.
By PETER WONG
Capital Bureau
SALEM — Sales of e-cigarettes
to teenagers would be banned, and
use of e-cigarettes would be banned
in most indoor settings, under a bill
that has cleared the Oregon House.
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The bill would ban sales of e-cig-
arettes — under the bill, they are
known as “inhalant delivery sys-
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similar to an existing ban of sales of
regular cigarettes and other tobacco
products to minors.
E-cigarettes do not contain to-
bacco. They are battery-powered
devices that create a vapor mix from
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chemicals, which are inhaled.
“Children are highly suscepti-
ble to the dangers of nicotine,” said
Rep. Kathleen Taylor, D-Milwaukie,
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its chief sponsors. “We’ve been
successful in decreasing the rate of
tobacco use among youth, but teen
use of e-cigarettes has risen and will
continue to rise, threatening that suc-
cess.”
Rep. Bill Kennemer, R-Oregon
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Washington would be enough to
bring nearly 10 oil trains rolling
into the state every day by 2020,
according to a report from the
state Department of Ecology.
That’s far more than the two
to three trains daily that pass
through many counties now. In
response to a federal order, rail-
roads last year reported that as
many as 19 oil trains per week
traverse some parts of the state
en route to existing facilities.
If a slew of new proposals is
permitted and fully built during
the next few years, that number
could soar to 137 or more trains
per week, according to the Ecol-
ogy report.
The detailed report, released
Monday, offers the clearest
picture yet of how — and how
much — oil moves through
Washington in a changing ener-
gy landscape. The report comes
as state lawmakers in Olympia
consider new regulations aimed
in improving safety in the wake
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derailments and explosions in-
volving crude oil.
“When I’m talking to peo-
ple around the state, one issue
people always ask me about is
what we’re going to do to pro-
tect our state from the dangers
of transporting crude oil,” Gov.
Jay Inslee said in a released
statement. “Increasing numbers
of oil trains are coming through
Washington and this is our op-
portunity to take reasonable and
necessary steps to improve pub-
lic safety. This is a high priori-
ty for Washingtonians, and for
me.”
Nationwide, the transport of
crude oil by rail has continued
its rapid growth, reaching an
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up from about 303 million bar-
rels in 2013, according to the
report.
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U of O opens mass
vaccination clinic
in Idaho and Oregon.
Allen was ordered to get a mental
health evaluation and pay $11,500
in restitution. Shelter organizers said
that won’t cover their costs.
EUGENE (AP) — The
University of Oregon is opening a
mass vaccination clinic Monday
at Matthew Knight Arena in the
campaign against a blood stream
infection that can cause a form of
meningitis, called meningococcemia.
So far, nearly 3,000 students have
received the vaccine. The university
hopes to inoculate thousands more
this week in a partnership with Lane
County Public Health.
The disease is believed to be
responsible for the death of one
student and for making three other
students seriously ill this winter.
KEZI reports university staff
and volunteers will sign up students
for health insurance and some
uninsured students will get free
vaccine that was donated.
Senate passes bill to ban
pot vending machines
AP Photo/The Register-Guard, Brian Davies
Pharmacist Jenna Wright administers the Meningitis B vaccine to
University of Oregon freshman Drew Russert during a mass vacci-
nation clinic at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene on Monday. The
Meningitis B vaccine helps protect against the meningococcemia
disease that has been diagnosed in four University of Oregon stu-
dents, resulting in the death of one of those students.
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59° 30°
60° 34°
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52° 22°
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LOW
46°
51°
69° (1931)
28°
32°
2° (1896)
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2.58"
HERMISTON
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Yesterday
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Records
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53°
73° (1936)
24°
31°
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Moonset today
Full
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6:31 a.m.
5:44 p.m.
4:10 p.m.
5:18 a.m.
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Wenatchee
37/18
47/25
Tacoma
Moses
51/26
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 44/20
36/19
53/29
52/24
47/19
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
54/27
44/25 Lewiston
48/16
Astoria
41/22
54/31
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
55/31
Pendleton 39/18
The Dalles 45/16
41/21
51/23
La Grande
Salem
41/15
55/29
Albany
Corvallis 55/28
56/29
John Day
40/16
Ontario
Eugene
Bend
48/21
53/28
40/16
Caldwell
Burns
46/21
40/12
Medford
59/28
Klamath Falls
48/16
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45° 16°
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The
Washington state Senate has passed
a bill to forbid selling marijuana
through a drive-through window or
in a vending machine.
In a 47-0 vote Monday, Senators
voted to add the new restriction
to the state’s legalized trade in
recreational marijuana, which is
restricted to sales in state-licensed
stores. Sen. Barbara Bailey, R-Oak
Harbor, said the bill would keep
marijuana-laced edible products
from being supplied in parks,
football games and in coffee shop
drive-through windows.
Senators also voted 45-3 to
create a marijuana research license
so the drug’s effects can be legally
studied by researchers working with
the University of Washington and
Washington State University.
Both bills will next move to the
state House for consideration.
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Michigan. Rain showers will dot the Southwest.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 86° in Okeechobee, Fla.
Low -15° in International Falls, Minn.
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