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  The federal government's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau is going to approve the sale of a powdered alcohol product, it is called Palcohol.  Its inventor is Mark Phillips who says the product is meant for hikers and the like who do not want to pack additional bottles of alcohol when they’re out on the trail. Just add 6 oz of liquid to the powder. Be it water, coffee, or whatever suits your taste, to your alcohol powder and you can have your alcohol fix on your hike.    To say the least there’s been loud roars of protest with the approval.  Those in opposition are saying that Palcohol is a form of alcohol that is going to lead to uncounted way's for it to get into the hands of under age drinkers. Not to mention the countless ways for the product can be misused by the adult population. Yes, it's true ...

  With a study in their hands that finds electronic cigarettes may expose users to high levels of formaldehyde. the California senate has introduced a bill that would define the controversial devices as tobacco products and treat them as such.       Filed Monday by state Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco), the bill would subject e-cigarettes -- battery-powered tubes that vaporize liquid nicotine instead of burning tobacco -- to the state’s existing anti-smoking laws, effectively banning "vaping" in workplaces, schools, restaurants, bars, hospitals, public transit and everywhere else traditional cigarettes are forbidden.      For those of you who think this is for the good health of California. It's not tobacco you have been smoking to much of. E cigarettes are a response to the bands on tobacco. Ban E cigarettes and the maket will find a new way around the ban.     The bill is sponsored by the American Cancer Society, the ...