THE City Council this week voted 46-1 to ban many flavorings in a variety of tobacco products, and Mayor Bloomberg is likely to sign it into law. Speaker Christine Quinn justified it as an effort to protect children — but the main effect will be to make it harder for adult smokers to quit.

The ban also covers many flavors of snus — a smokeless, and thus far less harmful, tobacco.

Snus is a pouch of tobacco that goes between cheek and ..read more

30-11-2009

Julie Woessner puffs on an electronic cigarette and feels a vapor full of nicotine wafting deep into her lungs.

Woessner and thousands around the country are passionate in their belief that the battery-powered sticks that deliver nicotine without burning have been lifesavers.

“If I hadn’t have had it, I’d still be smoking,’ said Woessner, 46, a homemaker living in Wildwood.

People like Woessner call themselves “vapers” because they “vape” or inhale vapor that includes nicotine from e-cigarettes. They

worry the government may try to ..read more

30-11-2009

A major policy shift is underway, and it is bound to have a dangerous unintended consequence. The new team at the FDA has slapped a black box warning on an important class of drugs that treat inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease, and colitis.

The cancer risk highlighted by this new bold warning has been known for years — and hasn’t gotten worse. We already knew of the cancer risk in children and adolescents, and responsible doctors were cautious ..read more

30-11-2009

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

30-11-2009
Cigarette substitute produces no deadly smoke

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

30-11-2009
A Good Review of Green Smoke Compared To Other Companies review02  A Good Review of Green Smoke Compared To Other Companies

This guy reviews the greensmoke electric cigarette and compares it to some other eCigarettes that he has tried. He explains that some other vendors did not fill the cartridges up correctly while greensmoke always had good cartridges.

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28-11-2009
Electronic cigarette interview with Dr Adrian Payne dr adrian payne  Electronic cigarette interview with Dr Adrian Payne

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

27-11-2009

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

25-11-2009
Quick Review of the GreenSmoke eCigarette quick review  Quick Review of the GreenSmoke eCigarette

This lovely lady gives us an overview of the GreenSmoke eCigarette. She explains basically how it works and shows us the amazing amount of vapor that the GreenSmoke puts out. Buy a GreenSmoke for 10% off! Click Here.

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25-11-2009
Video Review 01 of GreenSmoke review01  Video Review 01 of GreenSmoke

This is the first video review of the GreenSmoke Electric Cigarette

12-11-2009