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Electronic cigarette imports on hold  

A federal appeals court has put on hold a lower court ruling allowing electronic cigarettes to be imported.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit stayed a lower court order banning the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from seizing the devices when they enter the country.

Electronic cigarettes, also known as "e-cigarettes," are devices that heat and vaporize small amounts of nicotine, the addictive substance in tobacco. They contain no tobacco, however.

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