These products are generally safer than cigarettes because they do not burn tobacco, and it is tobacco smoke, not nicotine, that causes most of the harmful effects of cigarettes
Dr Brendan Gogarty, of the University of Tasmania, wrote in The Conversation in 2016 that while smoking represents a significant social danger, the legislative response to social risks must be evidence-based and considerate of constitutional limits and civil rights
The number of children under 16 who regularly smoke has halved to 3% since 2007 the lowest figure on record
It killed 31 and was blamed on a lit match thrown away by a smoker exiting the station
The laws work by raising the legal purchase age for tobacco by one year, every year, effectively ensuring that anyone born after a specific cutoff datemost commonly January 1, 2000can never legally buy tobacco products in those towns, for the rest of their lives
Whether nicotines staying power is a good thing is still unclear