FDA Finds Toxic Chemicals In Electronic Cigarettes

Thanks, Amy. The upload wouldn't work for me.

Things that make you go Hummm

"Because these electronic cigarettes have not been submitted to the FDA for evaluation or approval, there is no way of knowing exactly what dangers these products pose to the public."

if this is a device for administering a drug, doesn't that imply that the FDA should evaluate it?

I would hope so, but it again sounds like the gov. isn't doing its job...

"If this is a device for administering a drug, doesn't that imply that the FDA should evaluate it?"

The only thing the FDA and our government is concerned about is finding a way to ban these because they aren't making any money off of them. Cigarettes are the single largest cause of death in this country and those are ok to sell? They are an addictive drug that kills every day!  People really need to wake up! If the government is going to allow cigarette smoking to continue then they should allow people access to the e-cigs! I am not going to say that the e-cig is completely safe but I will say it is way safer than cigarettes! I was a pack a day smoker for over 20 years and have tried many times to quit. I have been using only e-cigs for the past month! Also I am now using my e-cig about half of what I was. I am not saying this will help everyone quit smoking but it is helping me and as an ADULT it should be my right to use this product if I want to.

If the FDA had done an actual study and not some jerry-rigged test, I might be able to believe their findings. But all they did was compare a couple of different e-cigs to an inhaler. Sounds like comparing apples to watermelons, AND according to their own report their wasn't enough of the chemicals to measure an amount. So how can anyone say anything until they are tested as an actual cigarette is tested??? And then there's the news media, they will only print one side of the story and ignore anything else, wanna see the other side? Check out this article from the only site that will put it up.

Here is a intresting alternative view regarding this new product, this is also a Youtube video 

Hmm, the FDA report found one carcinogen in one electronic cigarette cartridge.

Here are the carcinogens found in regular cigarettes:

Benz(a)anthracene, Benzo(b)fluoranthene, Benzo(j)fluoranthene, Benzo(k)fluoranthene, Benzo(a)pyrene, Dibenz(a,h)anthracene,, Dibenzo(a,l)pyrene, Dibenzo(a,e)pyrene, Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene, Quinolineb, Dibenz(a,j)acridine, Benzo(b)furan, Furan, N-Nitrosodimethylamine, N -Nitrosoethylmethylamine, N -Nitrosodiethylamine, N -Nitroso-di-n-butylamine, N -Nitrosopyrrolidine N -Nitrosopiperidine, N -Nitrosodiethanolamine, N -Nitrosonornicotine, 4-(Methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone, 2-Toluidine
2,6-Dimethylaniline, 2-Naphthylamine, 4-Aminobiphenyl, AaC, PhIP, Formaldehyde, Acetaldehyde, 1,3-Butadiene, Isoprene, Benzene, Styrene, Acetamide, Acrylamide,, Acrylonitrile, Vinyl chloride, DDT, DDE, Catechol, Caffeic acid, 1,1-Dimethylhydrazine, 2-Nitropropane, Nitrobenzene, Ethyl carbamate, Ethylene oxide, Propylene oxide, Methyleugenol, Hydrazine, Arsenic, Nickel, Chromium, Cadmium, Lead and Polonium-210.

They also found tobacco specific nitrosamines in the electronic cigarettes - at "very low levels." (Quote from the actual report, not the announcement.) They used a testing method that tested the cartridges at 40 parts per trillion. On the tobacco analysis blog Proffessor Michael Siegel pointed out that there are between 300 and 1400 more tobacco nitrosamines in regular cigarettes than in electronic cigarettes.

Which would you rather smoke?

Does anyone know why they add benzene and cadmium, nickel and the other things mentioned here in cigarettes?