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Vaping essays: E-cigarette dOCTOR ON dUTY
Oranjestad
Dr. Aljaf
sellers offering scholarships Tel. 582 8337
San Nicolas
GREAT DEAL Dr. Giel
Tel. 584 5155
By COLLIN BINKLEY the Las Vegas-based re- Reduced from U$595,000
Associated Press view site Vapor Vanity, said to U$485,000 EMERGENCIA 911
A growing number of e-cig- he was offering new schol- Beautiful house 4 rooms,
arette and vaporizer sellers arships of up to $1,500 this apartment , pool, two blocks
have started offering col- year. He acknowledged it's from ritz and Marriott hotels,
lege scholarships as a way partly a marketing tool, but fully furnished. renovated,
to get their brands listed on he also says many in the modern kitchen, 4 cars garage POLICE 100
ORANJESTAD 527-3140
university websites and to industry are former smok- whatsapp (507)67277101 NOORD 527-3200
get students to write essays ers and want to help teens Ph 630 9882 STA. CRUZ 527-2900
about the potential ben- avoid tobacco. ________________________________209651 SAN NICOLAS 584-5000
efits of vaping. "It's a little bit of being In this Feb. 20, 2014 file photo, POLICE TIPLINE 11141
a customer exhales vapor
The tactic is taken from genuine, a little bit of self- from an e-cigarette at a store FIRE DEPT. 115
a method that was once interest," said Pagano, in New York. FIRE DEPT. 582-1108
HOSPITAL
527-4000
believed to improve a whose company does not Associated Press DENTAL CLINIC 587-9850
site's ranking in search re- sell vaping products. "This AMBULANCE 582-1234
sults, and it has success- is probably the best way to buy vaping products — IMSAN 524-8833
fully landed vaping brands get people to actually fo- many are open to younger RED CROSS 582-2219
on the sites of some of the cus on the issues that we're teens or have no age limit. Women in Difficulties
nation's best-known univer- trying to write about." Most companies behind
sities, including Harvard. Days after Pagano was in- the essay contests did not PHARMACY
It also has drawn criticism terviewed by The Associ- return calls or declined in- Oranjestad:
that the scholarships are a ated Press, the scholarships terview requests. But the Oduber Tel. 582 1780
thinly disguised ploy to at- were removed from his site American Vaping Associa- San Nicolas
tract young customers. without explanation. He did tion trade group defended San Nicolas Tel. 584 5712
The scholarships, ranging not return calls or emails the practice, saying it al-
from $250 to $5,000, mostly seeking further comment. lows companies to boost INFORMATION 118
involve essay contests that The grants have emerged their brand while offering TAXI-TAS 587-5900
ask students to write about as high schools struggle college students a helping PROF. TAXI 588-0035
the dangers of tobacco or to rein in booming teen hand.q TAXI D.T.S. 587-2300
whether vaping could be use of the devices, some- SERVICE AUA 583-3232
A1 TAXI SERVICES 587-8850
a safer alternative. At least times threatening students 280-2828
one company asks appli- with suspensions or install- CruISe SHIP
cants to write about differ- ing alarms that can de- Editor
ent types of e-cigarettes tect the devices' discreet Caribbean Speed Printers N.V.
and which one they rec- vapor. Federal agencies Aruba Bank N.V. Acc. #332668
ommend. Some seek pa- have attempted to crack Caribbean Mercantile Bank N.V.
pers in support of medical down on underage sales Acc. #23951903
marijuana. and are investigating mar- RBC Royal Bank Acc. #1330772 June 11
Over the past two years, keting efforts by the brand Assistant Director Carnival Sunshine
June 13
the grants have been post- Juul, which has become Monarch/ Freedom of the Seas
ed online by e-cigarette especially popular among Xiomara Arends Aruba Airport 524-2424
retailers and review web- teens. Editor in Chief American Airlines 582-2700
sites such as Slick Vapes, Although some of the Avianca 588-0059
Linda Reijnders
SmokeTastic and DaVinci scholarships are limited to (linda.reijnders@cspnv.com) Aruba Airlines 583-8300
588-2244
Jet Blue
Vaporizer. students 18 and older — Surinam 582-7896
Robert Pagano, owner of the nation's legal age to Editor Venezolana 583-7674
Richard Brooks Aruba Foundation
For those Visually Incapasitated
Sales Tel. 582-5051
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