The tobacco cessation rates are quite dismal. Only about 6 percent are able to quit, even with the majority of smokers having attempted tobacco cessation. Medications, counseling, nicotine supplements and incentives programs have had some success, but even in combination they are hardly a panacea.
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The Utah Vapers is happy to announce the first quarterly vendors forum. The purpose of this forum is to bring all statewide specialty retail store owners & managers together to work on issues impacting the national and Utah e-cigarette industries. Read More...

I spent the last 2 days visiting 75% of the B&M stores in the state. The purpose of the visit was to discuss the growing youth access issue that our health departments and law enforcement agencies have been reporting over the last few months. This problem became apparent during our legislative session thus felt it was an important topic to discuss directly with the store owners. Read More...

Our biggest public challenge moving forward in the state will be that of youth access of the products and that is what I expect future legislation to be focused on.  This is a problem being highlighted across the country and is a current public focus of the state and county Health Departments as demonstrated by the store visits from the Davis & Box Elder police and health departments.   Read More...