Golfer’s tale might need retelling
One thing’s for sure in this whole Robert Allenby mess: Hawaii’s image as a safe tourist destination sure has taken a beating.
Media worldwide picked up the Australian pro golfer’s tale of being kidnapped, beaten and robbed during a night out on the town after failing to make the cut at the Sony Open.
Now Allenby’s version of events is being questioned. Police are investigating, and we hope their work will be thorough but also swift.
If Allenby’s account doesn’t stand up to official scrutiny, the world should hear that, too.
E-cigs problematic so why take risk?
Cloudier and hazier. No, we’re not talking about the smoke emanating from electronic cigarettes, but the health-risk information swirling around them.
The relative newness of e-cigs and the range of chemicals that get "vaped" continue to stir debate. The newest study, done at Portland State University and published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, suggested that using certain e-cigs at high temperature settings could potentially release more formaldehyde, a cancer-causing chemical, than does smoking regular cigarettes.
On the heels of that, though, come some who caveat the Portland findings as involving e-cig vaporizers set at an unrealistically high voltage to produce the formaldehyde.
And so it goes. Public policies on e-cigs are still forming, but when it comes to personal choices on health, consider this: When in doubt, leave it out.
