(Newser) – A flight out of Portland had to return to the airport yesterday after a man started puffing on an e-cigarette shortly after takeoff and refused to turn it off. He was escorted off the plane at Portland International Airport and may …

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An airline passenger flying on a Houston-bound plan is facing a federal charge in Oregon, after first refusing to turn off an electronic cigarette then threatening other passengers and the crew. Yazeed Mohammed A. Abunayyan is charged for interfering with …

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A man who was arrested Tuesday after defying a flight attendant’s orders to turn off an “e-cigarette” is to make his first court appearance this afternoon on a federal charge of interfering with flight crew members and attendants. Yazeed …

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SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah House approved a proposal to ban the smoking of hookah pipes and e-cigarettes in public places, after opponents held a hookah pipe smoking demonstration on the Capitol steps then held signs in the gallery urging the bill’s defeat.

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Currently, state law only requires elementary school students to recite the pledge daily. The bill would apply the law to all public and charter schools, grades K-12. Students can opt out, if they choose – current law says a student may be …

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