It's also part of a push to reduce the Northwest Arctic's smoking rates, among the nation's highest, by making an already expensive product even pricier, said Don Fancher Jr., tobacco and injury prevention manager at Maniilaq Association, the region's nonprofit health organization
Although population-level evidence continues to suggest a potential displacement of smoking by e-cigarette use, possibly even in diverting individuals from initiation, use of e-cigarettes by unintended subpopulations (e.g., nonsmokers) remains a high concern
but as one town hall official told me, finger-waggingly, you had better be married
This completely changes the vibe of the session, making it easier for a chilled-out group to hang where you don't want to constantly fiddle with filling and unzipping bags