Research on e-cigarettes has come leaps and bounds recently, with many experts advocating that they hardly pose a risk – in fact just 5% compared to smoking. However, we know
There is trouble in the land of the free. The vaping industry has been shell-shocked by division and controversy in wake of the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA‘s) publication
Electronic cigarette companies and electronic cigarette users were astounded by a French court ruling earlier this week which effectively classified electronic cigarettes as tobacco products. The situation in France is
In response to this article named 9 Terribly Disturbing Things About Electronic Cigarettes posted on HuffingtonPost.com, we decided to clear up some of this mis-information being spread by the media.
Just like anything you take into your body, there are going to be controversies and regulations imposed. As sales of eCigs soar in the United States and Europe there are
Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates: The deadline for FDA comments on Section 918 of the FSPTCA is midnight tonight (I think eastern time). If you haven’t already done so, please submit comments to
Below is a message from Bill Godshall, Director at Smokefree Pennsylvania: The FDA will hold a public hearing December 17 at Silver Spring, MD (and requests written comments) “on FDA consideration of
Using the term “quit smoking” seems to be comparable to “curing cancer” in the eyes of government health agencies (FDA, CDC, Health Canada, UK Dept. of Health, WHO, etc) as
On April 25th, 2011 in a press release posted on the FDA’s website, the FDA finally acknowledged what the courts told them on multiple occasions; the electronic cigarette is not a
As you, our loyal reader have noticed, we have taken a break from blogging since Christmas. This was due to time constraints among other personal reasons. However our business continues
Today the US Appeals Court issued their ruling about whether the FDA could continue to block shipments of electronic cigarettes based on their assertion that the product is a New
It seems likely that the FDA will eventually be the regulators of the electronic cigarette industry. Currently they are fighting to re-classify the e-cigarette as a new drug and drug
On September 9th, 2010, the FDA issued letters to 5 electronic cigarette companies. They also sent a letter to the Electronic Cigarette Association. There has been a lot of confusion
With all the press the electronic cigarette has received lately a couple of things are obvious. First, smokers love the electronic cigarette. This is noted by all the testimonials and
In a USA Today story on June 7th, 2010 titled CDC: U.S. cigarettes contain more cancer-causing chemicals, CDC researchers announced that “the amount of tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs) in U.S. brands
A group of non profit organizations and health advocates have filed an amicus brief with the DC Court of Appeals. The group included The American Council on Science and Health
We first wrote at length about the new Tobacco Bill on June 23rd, 2009. At that time we discussed how the effectiveness of the Bill in reducing smoking related fatalities
Some select State Governments, as well as the Federal Government, is now engaged in selectively determining what products and innovations are allowed to be sold in America and who will
Joel L. Nitzkin, MD, MPH, DPA, Chair, Tobacco Control Task Force, American Association of Public Health Physicians (AAPHP) has created two petitions and sent them to the FDA. The first
We started this blog about electronic cigarettes in August of 2007. We begun selling electronic cigarettes shortly after that. Since then, we have seen a huge increase in traffic, new