To me, the most alarming concern regarding the FDA’s press conference on electronic cigarettes was how unscientific and disingenuous the Agency was in its presentation of laboratory findings on electronic cigarettes. The Agency struck an alarmist tone, acting as if its finding of detectable levels of tobacco-specific nitrosamines in electronic cigarettes demonstrated that these products are toxic and unsuitable for use. The clear message to e-cigarette users was that they should stop using these toxic products and go back to ..read more
Dr.’s Siegel, Radu, and Nitzkin all respond to the FDA’s report regarding the electronic cigarette.
BOSTON, July 27 — The FDA recently went public with misleading information about the safety of electronic cigarettes and the marketing of the devices, not only using its clout but recruiting other prominent organizations to demonize a product that has great public health benefit potential.
A group of prominent doctors and tobacco researchers, including Dr. Michael Siegel at the Boston University School of Public Health, Dr. Joel ..read more
At a time when the government is ostensibly trying to cut health costs, why is it trying to ban something that might help people quit smoking tobacco, perhaps the most devastating health problem in the U.S.?
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a press conference late last month to scare Americans about the so-called “e-cigarette” — claiming it was loaded with harmful “toxins” and “carcinogens.” The agency was implicitly saying: Stay away from these newfangled, ..read more
Dr Adrian Payne is the Managing Director of Tobacco Horizons,a Tobacco Harm Reduction Consulting Agency. During a post-doctoral career spanning more than thirty years, he has worked for both tobacco and pharmecutical companies, often in the field of Tobacco Harm Reduction.
ECD: How harmful is the electronic cigarette when compared to a regular ..read more
An electronic cigarette (or e-cig) is an alternative to the cigarette, providing small amounts of the chemical nicotine with each inhalation.
The device takes the form of a tiny rod which is slightly longer than a normal cigarette. The mouthpiece of the device contains a replaceable cartridge filled with nicotine suspended in food grade propylene glycol, and usually contains artificial flavors. When the user inhales through the device, the air flow is detected by a sensor. A microswitch then activates an ..read more
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Fox News segment called Ask Dr. Manny Where the doctor explains a little about electric cigarettes and how they are much safer for your health, it is common knowledge that tobacco cigarettes kill more than 400,000 people a year. With electronic cigarettes there are no carcinogens, no tar, no carbon-monoxide and no bad smell. They are also exempt from no smoking laws and all smoking bans because they do not burn tobacco and only emit harmless water vapor. For a ..read more
Now he vapes.
“Vaping” means he inhales the vapor from an electronic cigarette, a battery-powered device that typically looks like a cigarette, but delivers nicotine without the tobacco and smoke.
Electronic cigarettes, Riddle say, lets him enjoy the pleasures of smoking without its downsides.
But the U.S. Food and Drug Administrations says not so fast. The FDA warns that e-cigs are not safe, has seized some shipments, and is fighting in court to keep the e-cigarettes away from ..read more
By Nancy Durham CBC News
This winter, nicotine addicts in the UK are finding a way around the country’s strict smoking ban by dragging on electronic cigarettes. Users describe the devices, known as e-cigarettes as very close to the real thing.
“Really, it was to get round the issue of standing outside and feeling ostracized, which is why we sell the cigarettes, to get the smokers back in,” says Trevor Partt, publican at the Rivermill Tavern in St. Neots, Cambridgeshire, puffing on ..read more
