The city of San Francisco spends some $7.5 million a year cleaning up cigarette butts, and is far from the only municipality dealing with such waste
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However, on May 9th, 2016, the FDA introduced new rules that extend their regulatory authority to now include Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) which encompass e-cigarettes and similar devices
On a more generic note, smoking is emblematic of modernity and our fragmented existence
