"The Food and Drug Administration authorized a set of e-cigarette products for sale in the United States for the first time on Tuesday after it concluded that the benefit to adult cigarette smokers outweighed the risk posed to young people. The authorization of an e-cigarette device and two accompanying nicotine cartridge products, which are sold under the brand name Vuse by the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, is a shift in the ongoing debate over e-cigarettes, fueled by criticism that tobacco companies are addicting another generation to nicotine under the guise of helping adult smokers quit. The FDA authorized only tobacco-flavored nicotine cartridges and denied requests from R.J. Reynolds for 10 flavored products, saying that young people typically start e-cigarette use, often called vaping, not with tobacco but with flavors such as fruit, candy or mint. A request for authorization of menthol-flavored Vuse products was still being evaluated, the FDA said."

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2021-10-13/fda-authorizes-use-electronic-cigarette-first-time-3233418.html

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April, 2021: "The vast majority of drones owned and operated in the United States are manufactured by Chinese corporations, the largest of which is Da-Jiang Innovations, or DJI, as it is more commonly known in North America. Many of those drones are being employed by federal, state, and local agencies and departments in and around some of the most critical activities and infrastructure we possess. It is important to remember that all companies in China are required by law to give the Chinese Communist Party access to all of their information, despite any disingenuous protests to the contrary. That means that Chinese technology is anything but secure, and its employment by government agencies presents a risk to our national security.

One ominous example is DJI’s gift of 100 Chinese-made drones to law enforcement and emergency service agencies throughout the U.S. to monitor social distancing and public interactions during the COVID-19 outbreak. This overtly generous gift placed those drones in our heartland, and they are now being employed in ways that are eerily similar to the way they are flown in the totalitarian state of China, all the while collecting terabytes of images and data."

https://www.heritage.org/technology/commentary/chinese-made-drones-us-are-spying-us-congress-must-put-end

CHARLESTON, WV: "A Kanawha county delegate is in the hospital after taking a leave from interims and the special session since Sunday, according to a House of Delegates spokesperson. Republican Delegate Larry Pack, 63, from Kanawha County is from the 35th district. Other West Virginia delegates are gathering outside of the CAMC Memorial hospital at 5:20 to pray for him. No word on his condition at this time."

https://www.wowktv.com/news/west-virginia/developing-west-virginia-delegate-rushed-to-hospital/