Quit, and turned to ecigarettes. Ive hahaa number of friends who have q qt smoking through vaping and i just wanted to be a part of that, said long. Eighteen months ago, long opened vape 712, a store that sells e cigarettes. He says a majority of his customers are people who want to quit smoking. But, an American Heart Association study says that e cigarettes should only be used as a last resort to quit smoking. The study says vaping can be a gateway to nicotine addiction. Lisa crum, a manager at vi ecig and vape lounge, disagrees. It really helped me to get off off of the cigarettes basically by weening myself off of the nicotine, which you have the ability to do when youre vaping, said crum. You can start out at a higher level of nicotine and just work your way down. I got down to a zero and stayed on that level throughout my entire pregnancy, which was okayed by my doctor. Su while vape store manager lisa crum says are an effective way to quit smoking, she says she Still Believes in
Square feet of new cononruction. The compananhopes to have the facility up and running in just 7 months. Matt and sheila . Thanks tommie. An orange city, iowa, manufactur will have help from the state to complete a major expansion of its facility. Today, the Iowa Economic Development Authority Board approved tax benefits for vogel paint and wax company its through the high quality jobs program. The amount of help the state will offer wasast disclosed. Vogel will invest nearly 30Million Dollars in an 86thousand square foot expansion of its powder coatings manufacturin g facility in orange city. The project is expected to create 49 jobs. The orange city, Iowa Fire Department is looking to expand its fire station. In order to get the funding, a 2point7 Million Dollar bond issuance will be put to a vote on marar 1st. This will pay for a portion of ththestimated 3 point56 million llar cost to expand the fire station. The remaining cost will be paid for by fundraising. matt a company that an
Is not related to any other thefts or assualts that have happened in the area. Police say they are looking for two suspects in relation to the robbery, individuals have been described as masked men, one being around 6 foot, thin slinder build. The other is being described as 58 to 511 thin build. Anyone with information is urged to Contact Crime stoppers at 258tips or by private message through sioux city polices Facebook Page a reward up to one thosand dollars will be given to anyone who helps in leading to the arrest ofthe suspects. Reporting live in studio bria bell abc9 news tim less than a week after a former Sioux City School employee was sentenced for Sexual Misconduct with a student, the mother of that student is filing suit against the Sioux City School district and employee erick deleon. The lawsuit claims that the School District failed to provide enough supervision to prevent her daughter from being exploited by deleon. Were no policies in place to prott the girl from the e
Ice iceaby galley far, far away on gma with star wars about to become the biggest movie ever, this morning we take you to one of theidden worlds where it was filmed. The icy place behind the hottest hit right now. Good morning, america. I love that music. I know. So many spectacular other woworldly landscapes in star wars. You see it right there. And now people are actually going and flocking there to visit these places. Amy on her way to one right nonow. Were hear from her in a little bit. With amy on a special assignment its good to have tom llamas with us. We beginith t the re for the white house. Donald trump and bill clinton going head to head on the campaign trail overnight. The gop frontrunner going after the former president. Abcs c cilia vega is here and, cecilia, the race heating up with just 27 days too go for the oh, but who is counting, right . Good morning to you. All eyes on iowawa. Korndzer. A sign this race is hotter than evertake a listen to this. Bill clinton has bee
Clouds moving through. Temperatures are currently in the 30s across most of the map and its another fairly warm start to our day. The wind is light and variable between 5 and 10 against one of the Six Baltimore Police officers accused in the death of freddie gray. The defense mooned for the judge to dismiss the case against officer william porter. But the judge denied the motion. Porter has pleaded not guilty to several charges including seconddegree assault. Before resting its case. The state called several witnesses to the stand including a former Police Officer who said he believed the officers should have taken gray to the hospital. Jessica rae a stunning new video out of chicago is raising even more questions about the Chicago Police departments use of force now under investigation by the justice department. Abcs alex perez has the very latest. Another difficult to watch Chicago Police video. This one showing several times while he was in lockup in 2012, then dragging him by his w