The intended use of a product is important not only from the perspective of categorization by the FDA but also to ensure the consumer is not misled by advertising. The FDA has been arguing that the intended use of the electronic cigarette is, or should be, to help people quit smoking. We do not believe [...]

August 29, 2009 Lawrence Deyton, MD Incoming Director FDA Center for Tobacco Products Re: Don’t Write Off Current Smokers Dear Dr. Deyton: For the past half century, the American Association of Public Health Physicians (AAPHP) has served as the national voice of physician directors of state and local health departments and other like-minded physicians. We [...]

As noted in a previous about how the new tobacco legislation effects the electronic cigarette, we noted that in order for a product to be a drug it must be “intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or other animals”. And in order to be a new [...]

The e-cigarette or electronic cigarette mimics smoking using vapor. It can contain tobacco products, but doesn’t necessarily need to. Some believe it helps people quit smoking, while others (such as Instead) believes it is not a quit smoking product. So where does it fit in? A tobacco product needs to contain tobacco. A new drug [...]

It has been a busy few months! Our fight to keep the electronic cigarette from being seen as a quit smoking device by the FDA and anti-smoking groups continues. We have also been working hard to ensure that our supply of American Made E-Liquid is solid so we can provide our customers with better pricing! [...]

So what is the big deal over electronic cigarettes? Why would any public health organization or quit smoking group be against a product that doesn’t produce smoke? Why would the FDA be so determined to undermine the electronic cigarette’s current success by misleading the public with false conclusions from it’s testing? It all started when [...]

The current litigation between two electronic cigarette suppliers and the FDA has everyone in a tailspin. It certainly did not help that the FDA openly misled the public into believing that the electronic cigarette is as (or more) dangerous than tobacco cigarettes. Many medical health professionals have weighed in on this noting the following: * [...]

The Electronic Cigarette Association has just released a letter on it’s website that it will be sending to each member of Congress as well as some other public officials. In it, along with some information about the very poor job the FDA did in testing the electronic cigarette, there is important information about the position [...]

A humorous evaluation of the FDA press release regarding electronic cigarettes: Recent Studies Indicate That the FDA May Contain Trace Elements of Bos Taurus Egesta Update:  Since “13 Guys Named Ed” use a one page type website and the referred story is now buried, here is the actual post: Recent Studies Indicate That the FDA [...]

Below is the summary of the Technical Review and Analysis of FDA Report: “Evaluation of e-cigarettes”. The review of the now infamous FDA report on electronic cigarettes was done by: Janci Chunn Lindsay, Ph.D. Exponent Health Sciences Toxicology and Mechanistic Biology Division 10850 Richmond Ave. Suite 175 Houston, TX 77042 July 30, 2009 It was [...]

Below is a quote from an article in the Washington Times named FDA Smoke Screen On E-Cigarettes written by Dr. Elizabeth Whelan, president of the American Council on Science and Health. “In making its distorted, incomplete and misleading statement, FDA was violating its long-cherished tradition of sticking to sound science as the basis for its [...]