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GREAT VAPE (THE)
GREAT VAPE (THE). In August 2014, The Great Vape, operated by Holly Wall, opened in Dubuque at 3250 Central. The store carried electronic cigarette starter kits and refills of liquid, batteries and chargers. Nicotine liquid came in fifty flavors.
Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) dispensed nicotine in the form of flavored water vapor. Unlike cigarettes which could only be sold with menthol varieties, there were no restrictions on e-cigarettes. In 2013 the U. S. Centers for Disease Control estimated that an estimated 263,000 youth who had never smoked before used e-cigarettes. Neither e-cigarettes or cigarettes could be sold to minors. In 2014, e-cigarettes were not regulated by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration. Wall credited e-cigarettes with helping her to quit smoking.
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Source:
Jacobson, Ben. "New Business 'Vaporizes Cigarette Habits," Telegraph Herald, September 12, 2014, p. 3A