August 2, 2010
Carl Phillips, MPP, PhD
The Health section article in the Los Angeles Times reports that Carl Phillips, former associate professor of public health at the University of Alberta, says that experts and policymakers who criticize electronic cigarettes are missing a great chance to improve public health. “If users are engaging in something that feels the same as smoking but doesn’t involve any smoke, that great.” He further states that he’s confident that e-cigarettes are at least 95% safer than actual cigarettes. LA Times 8/2/2010
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
July 22, 2009 Two e-cigarette brands were tested by the FDA and were shown to have different ingredients. The FDA cautions, though, that this report does not suggest that any of these specific ingredients are contained in all e-cigarettes – or even in most. They say that, “Due to the variability among products, this analysis [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
In June, 2009 the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives approved laws that will allow the FDA to regulate the content and marketing of regular cigarettes. The basis for this is that burning tobacco is a drug. This legislation comes on the heals of an effort by many U.S. states to force a new cigarette [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
From afar, an e-cigarette can look like the real thing. A white cigarette stick with a brown filter and a glowing red tip – it even has a puff of what looks like smoke. This is not your father’s cigarette, though. It’s an electronic cigarette – an e-cigarette. An e-cig. E-cigarettes have been laboratory tested [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Imagine being able to smoke indoors without the effects of cancer, respiratory diseases, secondhand smoke, or even sideways glares from others. E-cigarettes are being touted near and far as the first safe and pure cigarettes. The many brands all work similarly by heating liquid flavored nicotine with a small battery. The heated liquid turns into [...]
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