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Briefing { 1 ' THE MILITARY Navy Drones Take to the Sea The Navy is seeking a way to do underwater what the Air Force has been doing in the sky: prowl stealthily for long perlods of time and gather the kind of data that could turn the tide in war. i But M a new twist, the Nary has found a way to power an eventual UNEMPLOYMENT fleet of150submersibledrones B BENEFITS R d t he n Nm and cutting g L fuel Wits• More than 1.3 mil- The drone, known as the lion Americans Slocum GWer, chars density i lost federal urierri- In response to the out" Water, ployment benefits � on Dec. 28 as causin the S�r1on (1.5 rrq S Out Local lawmakers treat ,�pedo4ikevesseltoriseorsink a � "Woughthoocee„'stherrnoclkres, e- cigarettes like the real thing during the depths or bands of warm and cod water at BY ELIZA GRAY of the recession and below its surface. The stubby expired. Demo- wings translate sane of that up- crats condemned and-down nwtkm into a forward IF IT LOOKS LIKE A DUCK AND There are no federal rules on s awtoeth lice path at about a mile quacks like a duck, the old say- -cigs, which work e s renew the mea emitting Congress's failure an hour (1.6 kpVh). ing goes, then it might just be a a vaporized n to Much of the work such gliders j icotine solution sure, which ex ! duck. Such is the reasoning be- and have become a popular al tends Jobless pay do is oceanographic, collecting hind a series of state and local ternarive for smokers looking to perature and beyond the Stan data about water tem regulations enacted in the final quit. Lawmakers say the vapor dard 26 weeks currents. The drone transmits ! at an average of better sonar information — used to goner- month of 2013 that treat elec looks like smoke, weakening ate Images --to head- ! tropic cigarettes just like regu- social pressure to enforce exist- $300 per week, s ti c ki ng its tail -borne lar smokes. ing smoking bans, and that and warned of dire quarters by H d other chemicals in consequences antenna out of the water. But the nicotine an Right before Christmas, for families and drones are also being enlisted to Oklahoma Governor Mary Fal the vapor could be harmful to the economy. The scout enem coastlines, where breathe in secondhand. A recent p will push the they could help the Navy hunt lip issued an executive order, j effective Jan. i, barring the use study published in the journal issue in January down mi Nicotine an and to � d Tobacco Research as Congress con- without putting sellers of e- cigarettes on state-owned m ciders a W-day _MARK THOMPSON property. Earlier in December, found that e- cigarettes are a extension of ; the Los Angeles city council source of secondhand exposure long -term Jobless Slocum Gliders transmit vo t Re to license a -cig vendors to nicotine. But a -cig support benefits, bu data to waiting ships o and prohibit a -cig sales in self ors caution that there is not publicans are de- when they surface service displays. And in one of enough available information manding offsetting i the strongest moves yet against about the health effects to draw saw to More o the increasingly popular to conclusions. 4.1 million Ameri ° bacco product, the New York The Food and Drug Adminis- cans ha d b Ben city council extended the city's tration has been weighing how out of work for at ` strict ban on smoking in pub- to handle e-cigs and promising least 26 weeks s lic places to a -cigs. Chicago is action for months. In September, and were looking considering a similar measure. 40 state attorneys general urged for j ob i Utah, New Jersey and North Norem- E the FDA to regulate the sale and the Department Dakota have all passed legisla- advertising of a -cigs, and observ- of Labor. tion prohibiting a -Gigs wherever ers expect that regulations could _ZM MILLER f regular smoking is banned, and come early in 2Ox4. Until that many other states are weighing happens, local lawmakers will r p their own regulations. likely continue taking matters Why the flurry of new laws? into their own hands. TIME January 13, 2014 10 21