They obviously don't seem to have a great deal to do in New Jersey, because their politicians seem to be getting obsessed withe-cigarettes . The number of teenagers using the product has tripled and that's upset local politicians.





To illustrate their worries they've been using figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) who haven't got a good word to say about e-cigarettes and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Tobacco Products. It appears e-cigarette use among middle and high school students tripled between 2013 and 2014. Among middle school students it's just 3.9% using e-cigarettes and 13.4% of High School students. It's the first time that e-cigarettes surpassed the use of tobacco products, though so-called experts still label e-cigarettes as being tobacco products even though they don't contain tobacco.





Now before politicians and health officials start getting all upset, how would they feel if the figures were going up for smoking deadly tobacco cigarettes? Shouldn't they actually be happy that these students are deciding to use a much safer product? New Jersey Health Commissioner Mary O'Dowd says she's proud that New Jersey was the first state in the country to include e-cigarettes in their Smoke Free Air Act. That's despite the fact that e-cigarettes don't actually produce smoke so it's not really their business. It's not all about imposing regulations because there's another agenda here. New Jersey are considering increasing taxes on e-cigarettes and the good old CDC claim this is an effective way to reduce the number of teen users.



